You may want to engage with the public at public meetings, promoting your views and responding to questions from the audience.
A party list or individual candidate is entitled to use publicly funded rooms and schools for public meetings between the last day on which the notice of election can be published until the day before polling day.1
Candidates are entitled to use rooms in the constituency they are contesting (or, if they are unavailable, rooms in an adjoining constituency).2
You should contact the owner of the premises to make a booking, giving reasonable notice to reduce the risk of the request being refused. Your right to use the room does not include hours during which a school is used for educational purposes or when any prior letting of a room has been agreed.3
There is no hire charge for using these rooms, but you must pay for any expenses incurred, such as heating, lighting and cleaning, and for any damage to the premises.
The Electoral Registration Officer (ERO) of each local authority in Wales keeps a list of the location and availability of meeting rooms in their area. They will make this list available for inspection by candidates and election agents, from the day the notice of election is published.4
Contact details for EROs can be found on our website.