About:
Your Voice Your City helps voluntary and community organisations develop their skills and understanding of policy and decision-making structures and processes in London in order to help people in each community become actively involved in engaging with and influencing their local councils and other statutory bodies.
Goals:
Our objective is to support the voluntary and community sector in increasing their capacity to provide support and opportunities for Londoners to engage with and influence local and regional policy-makers and funders.
Funders:
London councils’ Policy Voice funding stream
Timeline:
Ongoing
Additional information:
Your Voice, Your City is also working closely with the London Empowerment Partnership (link to LEP page) so that it can take forward and benefit from, as well as ensuring a lasting legacy for the learning from the LEP and its subgroups. The LEP task force and Your Voice, Your City will work together to :
• Identify and prioritise key participation/ engagement policy areas for Londoners and public and VCS sectors
• Identify opportunities for influence of key decision makers across London and nationally
• Identify organisations from across public, private, VCS and academic sectors which could contribute to specific policy debates and discussion
Through this programme, London Civic Forum is working to develop voluntary and community sector organisations’ understanding of the role of important London agencies and funding bodies, including the Greater London Authority (GLA).
London Civic Forum also supports the development of opportunities for voluntary and community sector organisations to influence and shape the work of London’s agencies and funding bodies, particularly through involvement in the debate and shaping of policy.
More information on the resources available is below, and to contact the Your Voice, Your City team, email: deirdre@londoncivicforum.org.uk
