🌟Remember to take Photo ID when voting🌟 Visit electoralcommission.org.uk/voting-and-ele… to find out more. Electoral Commission #GeneralElection #Voting

Did you know that to vote in the #GeneralElection2024 you must bring a valid form of photo ID with you? 🗳️ There is a long list of accepted IDs, including passports and driving licences, that you can find here via Electoral Commission: electoralcommission.org.uk/voting-and-ele… But if you don't have

In the lead up to the General Election, there's a lot of 'buzz words' flying around. But what exactly is a 'Manifesto'? #GeneralElection #DemocracyExplained Electoral Commission

Planning to vote in person? Here's one of our young co-creators showing you how its done 🗳️ #TheDemocracyBox #GeneralElection #Voting #PollingStation

Wondering who YOU can vote for in the #GeneralElections2024? Visit WhoCanIVoteFor.co.uk to find out who your local candidates are. #TheDemocracyBox #Voting #Election

Our lovely Learning Programmes Manager, Beth Ismay wrote a wonderful piece about the power of jazz as a catalyst for social change for the NYJO blog, inspired by our recent visit to The Talking Shop in Blackwood, Caerphilly, which Beth visit with four NYJO musicians in April ☀️

Dear Keir Starmer congratulations on becoming our new PM. Please now make democratic education/information for everyone a top priority for yr new gov. Top 2 barriers to democratic participation= lack of basic democratic information & focus on elections clwstwr.org.uk/beyond-ballot-…

We're looking for a theatre designer and stage/production manager to come work with us for a week in August 12-17 to help us create The Talking Shop on Tour! Come play. Apply before July 29 Details here omidaze.co.uk/blog/call-out-…

Take part in this year’s Summer Reading Challenge! Create an account and find your nearest library authority. You can read anything for the Summer Reading Challenge. Comics. ebooks. Talking books. Picture books. Non-fiction books. As long it's from your local library!

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Day 1 of The Talking Shop on Tour R&D. How do we take all the ingredients & the design of The Talking Shop on the road? Step 1 get a van. Very lucky to have designer Bethan Elsbury & stage manager Tyla Thomas on board for this magical mystery tour #design #democracy #creativity

Day 2 of The Talking Shop on Tour R&D & step 2 involves quite a bit of time on laptops working out many things including how to make lots of cups of tea without electricity, sourcing new furniture and working out how to create walls within a Talking Shop without walls

Day 3 of The Talking Shop on Tour R&D & we've got 2 shiny new whistling kettles ready to make lots of cups of tea & we succeeded on our 1st attempt to fit everything in the van! The green armchair is in the van!!!#GetInTheVan #Democracy #Creativity

Day 4 of The Talking Shop R&D & the van disguise/walls are almost ready for the lettering & questions. That big upstairs studio came in v handy! All that remains to be created is a touring version of The Tree of Thought & our weather proof 'van lounge" interior #NearlyReady

We've got somewhere to pitch up & test The Talking Shop on tour this Saturday. Full details to follow. Looking forward to seeing faces old & new this Saturday #ForOneDayOnly

We will be at Ty Coch Rhymney NP22 5DJ tomorrow afternoon Sat 17 Aug to pitch up & test The Talking Shop on tour. Exact times tbc. Come join us. #ForOneDayOnly #EveryonesInvited #OneConversationAtATime

We are beginning the public phase of our R&D of #TheTalkingShopOnTour today. Please come help us create this new open air Talking Shop without walls. We will be at Ty Coch Rhymney NP22 5DJ 1-3pm today Sat 17 Aug Come join us. #EveryonesInvited #OneConversationAtATime

At the end of a week of R&D we have a shape & a plan for The Talking Shop #ontour Lots still to finish & try out but we are almost ready to arrive somewhere for the day. A huge thank you to the residents of Ty Coch Housing Estate who welcomed us to their green space yesterday

If culture & creativity is important to you, your local area, your community & your friends & family please take a moment to fill in this consultation. Your voice matters. Deadline today 👇

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