everyday social democracy

How have I tried to find out what issues really matter to you?

As part of this, I have attracted new members, engaging with community groups and encouraging our existing members to reach out to their trusted networks of friends & colleages. Using online tools (such as our website and other social networking tools, such as Facebook, Youtube, Flickr, and Netvibes), I have increased our reach to close to 900 young people, many of whom are community organisers.

Telling your stories to inspire young people

Attracting these people has led me to attract youth leaders to participate in telling their stories of youth activism to generate a buzz about the “Living in the 21st century” ideas competition we will be launching soon. These range from youth & student clubs of the labour movement home and abroad, but also social entrepreneurs & campaigners.

Listening to you to track causes and campaigns

I have designed a personalised listening service, reaching out beyond the activity of our own blog and finding out what are the issues being discussed by other bloggers and what are the campaigns being developed by other online activists. As this available to everyone, young people can also get informed about the issues and get involved in the debate.

I have also been asking our members the issues that matter to them and activities that excited them. Given that the top issues that mattered to our members were equality, international relations & citizenship/integration, we have focused our events on these themes. Given that the top skills members were interested in were writing articles/guides, campaigning and lobbying politicians we are developing activities around these. You can still tell us the issues that matter to you here.

Attracting funding to organise activities for you

Check out how I have tried to

• develop your skills and turn your ideas into action
• organise and champion the campaigns you can get involved in