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Democray Matters

Organisations

Welcome to our organisations directory

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Civil society organisations

Democracy Network – Together, we are building a democracy where people have more influence over the decisions that affect our lives, more power and resources to improve our communities and more ability to elect and hold our politicians and governments to account.

UK Democracy directory – The UK Democracy Map is an open database of organisations and projects working on or funding, supporting and campaigning around issues of democracy in the UK.

Citizens UK – Through the method of Community Organising we enable local leaders to develop their voice and come together with the power and strategy to make real change.

Locality – Funding to help organisations tackling cost of living crisis.

Services to citizens

People who help you make a difference

Mysociety – Powerful ways to shape decisions and engage politicians for campaigners, activists… and citizens

Sheila McKechnie Foundation – We work with individuals and community groups, large charities and social enterprises, with those at the beginning of their change journey and seasoned professionals. Together we create the tools people need to make change.

Participedia – A global network and crowdsourcing platform for researchers, educators, practitioners, policymakers, activists, and anyone interested in public participation and democratic innovations

Involve – We believe tht people should be at the heart of decision-making

Education

Association for Citizenship Teaching (ACT) – ACT is the subject community for Citizenship teachers and educators. We support all those engaged in leading, teaching and supporting high quality Citizenship education in schools and colleges.

Political Literacy Oversight Group PLOG – All-party Parliamentary group on political literacy

Civic Universities Network – The Civic University Network is led by Sheffield Hallam University, and supports universities across the UK to develop and embed civic aspirations at an institutional level, particularly through developing and publishing Civic University Agreements.

Economy and workplace

Coops UK – Co‑operatives UK is the voice for the UK’s thousands of independent co‑ops. We support co‑ops to start up and thrive – join us to access expert advice, events and training. Find out what a co‑op actually is and how we can help.

Trade Unions – TUC, Changing the wrld of work for good. Protect the right to strike.

Our Vision

Everyone has confidence, contacts, knowledge, skills and support to have an effective say in society to create a world that works better for everyone in a sustainable environment. To do this we encourage educators, civil society and governments at all levels to increase education and support for political participation at all levels, particularly for people with least access to power.

Founders

Titus Alexander

Titus founded Democracy Matters in 2009 as an alliance for education in citizenship, democracy and practical politics. After 2010 the coalition government cut funding for the sector so that many members closed or reduced capacity. He is relaunching DM as a directory.

Can you join us?

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Can You Join Us?

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