Do We Have the Power to Change Portsmouth? Free Workshop for Local Residents

Description of Activity

Do We Have the Power to Change Portsmouth? This is a free workshop for Local Residents and Impact Case Study Event for Star & Crescent Project.

As citizens many of us feel like we don’t have a voice and voting doesn’t bring the changes we’d like to see.

Locally the decisions of powerful organisations like the Council and the University affect us all. How can we become informed about and challenge such decisions?

This workshop covers some of the skills needed to understand and question those who hold power:

- Using local media to bring change/build a campaign

- Making freedom of Information requests: what they are and how to use them effectively

- Finding out what the council spends our tax money on

- Unpacking sustainability claims and carbon footprints

- Cultivating insider sources and useful relationships

- Using diplomatic approaches to information gathering

The event will culminate in a discussion of the issues local people care about and that should be covered by the Star & Crescent website, soon to re-launch. 

Period	27 Jul 2024
Event type	Seminar
Location	Portsmouth, United KingdomShow on map
Degree of Recognition	Local