Here are some links you might find useful
People we are working with
Useful Links
Other people who have Partnership Grants from the Electoral Commission
Other Links!
People we are working with:
- Out of the Darkness Theatre Company
http://www.odtheatre.org.uk
Out of the Darkness Theatre Company (ODTC) is a professional theatre company located in Elgin, Scotland who perform and tour regularly through Moray, and the Highlands of Islands of Scotland. They are working with us to make the DVD.
- People First Fraserburgh
http://www.visitfraserburgh.com
/community/support.htm
People First Fraserburgh are working with us to produce resources and tell other people about how important elections are. This page tells you how to contact them.
- People First Scotland
www.peoplefirstscotland.com
People First is the International independent self-advocacy movement of people with learning difficulties. You can find out more about them here.
Useful Links:
- aboutmyvote.co.uk
www.aboutmyvote.co.uk
This website is by the Electoral Commission. It tells you all about registering and how to vote. It is Access Enabled.
- votescotland.com
www.votescotland.com
This is the Vote Scotland website. It tells you all about the Scottish elections. It also has a part about registering. It tells you how to vote.
- electoralcommission.org.uk
www.electoralcommission.org.uk
This is the main website for the Electoral Commission. It has information about elections all over the country.
- www.drc-gb.org/easyread
www.drc-gb.org/easyread
This is the Disability Rights Commission website. It has lots of useful information about voting. It is easy to read.
- ldascotland.org
www.ldascotland.org
The Learning Disability Alliance has made two documents. One explains what people think should be done for people with disabilities, and the other explains what the different Parties in Scotland plan to do if they win the election.
- vote.org.uk
www.vote.org.uk
Capability Scotland has made a website with lots of information about voting fro people with disabilities, you can see it here.
Other people who have Partnership Grants from the Electoral Commission:
Projects for people with disabilities:
Citizenship Academy
Leonard Cheshire - Scotland
http://www.leonard-cheshire.org/
Count Us In
Disability Action - Northern Ireland
http://www.disabilityaction.org/
Rethink Politics
Rethink - England, Wales & Northern Ireland
http://www.rethink.org
Every Vote Counts!
United Response - England
http://www.unitedresponse.org.uk
Projects for black and minority ethnic people
Traveller Participation Project
An Munia Tober - Northern Ireland
http://www.anmuniatober.org/originalindex.htm
Making Democracy Inclusive
Council For Ethnic Minority Voluntary Organisations (CEMVO) - Scotland
www.cemvo.org.uk
Make Your Voice Heard
Sahara Communities Abroad (SACOMA)
www.sacoma.org.uk
Projects for young people outside formal education
Choice Matters
Area 43 (Cardigan Youth Project - Wales)
www.area43.co.uk/
Young People Do Politics Project
Barnardo's North East - England
www.barnardos.org.uk
Inform & Influence
British Youth Council - UK
http://www.byc.org.uk/i%26i/
Other links (Just because we like them!)
We are What we Do
http://www.wearewhatwedo.org/
They say, "We're not another charity. We're not an institution. We Are What We Do is a movement. We'd like to inspire people to use their everyday actions to change the world. Whoever they are. And wherever they are. And that includes you."
Reversing the Stigma
www.stigma.org.uk
Health and Happiness
www.healthandhappiness.org.uk
Health and Happiness say, "Our dream is that through "Health and Happiness" the Highlands will become a place where we have control over our own lives and the services we receive."
Change Picture Bank
http://www.changepeople.co.uk/default.aspx
We use lots of the pictures from CHANGE, they're great!
Please send us more links you think we might like! Email us on the contact page
