Joshua Carrington for the UK Democracy Fund The post How To Guide: Digital Voter Registration first appeared on Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust.| Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust
Through the tireless efforts of our grantee community, the UK Democracy Fund estimates that together we helped register 750,000 voters ahead of the 2024 General Election. Grantees led campaigns in schools and universities, created youth-led content on social media, ran workshops in mosques and churches, and engaged migrant and racialised and minoritised communities in … Continue reading "Powering Participation: What we learned from the UK Democracy Fund" The post Powering Participation: ...| Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust
The UK Democracy Fund supported forty organisations to develop a shared, cross-sector vision for delivering Votes at 16 effectively across the UK. The Democracy Classroom Network, led by The Politics Project, published A Roadmap to Votes at 16, in Parliament on 16 July, at an event attended by the Minister for Democracy and Homelessness, … Continue reading "A Roadmap to Votes at 16" The post A Roadmap to Votes at 16 first appeared on Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust.| Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust
Thanks to the excellent work of campaigners, including many JRRT and UK Democracy Fund grantees, we see some really positive steps towards renewing our democracy. Some highlights include: A firm commitment to introducing Votes at 16 – enabling approximately 1.5 million young people to vote in elections, a transformative reform for youth voice. … Continue reading "The Government has announced its plans for a broad ranging Elections Bill" The post The Government has announced its plan...| Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust
Every year, the Sheila McKechnie Foundation’s National Campaigner Awards celebrate the best campaigners and campaigns. They seek to find those who have made change happen – most effectively, creatively, and courageously. That change might be in law or policy, it might be in attitudes, social norms or behaviour, it could be in how services are … Continue reading "SMK Awards: David & Goliath winners 2025" The post SMK Awards: David & Goliath winners 2025 first appeared on Joseph Rowntree ...| Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust
People who rent their homes privately are consistently underrepresented on the electoral register. The difficulty of registering to vote is particularly stark for those who move home frequently, who must re-register each time they have a new address. Electoral Commission data shows that those who have lived in their home for less than a … Continue reading "Automatic Voter Registration and Private Renters" The post Automatic Voter Registration and Private Renters first appeared on Joseph ...| Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust
A report by Generation Rent, commissioned by the UK Democracy Fund The post Automatic Voter Registration and Private Renters first appeared on Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust. The post Automatic Voter Registration and Private Renters appeared first on Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust.| Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust
Ellen Berry, Head of the UK Democracy Fund, celebrates the success of the Fund’s grantees in encouraging voter registration amongst those least likely to be engaged in voting ahead of last year’s General Election. She also explains how the Fund is leading calls to improve voter registration to build a voting system fit for the … Continue reading "How the Government can transform voter registration to increase democratic equality" The post How the Government can transform voter registrat...| Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust
A report from JRRT, JRSST-CT and the UK Democracy Fund The post Grantee & Applicant Perceptions Survey 2024 first appeared on Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust. The post Grantee & Applicant Perceptions Survey 2024 appeared first on Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust.| Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust
In late 2024, we invited grantees and applicants of JRRT, the UK Democracy Fund and JRSST-CT to share their views – anonymously – about our application processes, grant making and strategic priorities via our survey. Chief Executive Fiona Weir introduces some of the findings of the survey in her blog below and describes our … Continue reading "Our Grantee and Applicant Survey" The post Our Grantee and Applicant Survey first appeared on Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust. The post Our Grant...| Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust