Republic Towns

Republic Towns is about you taking action in your local community, to help build support for a republic right across the country.

A Republic Town is any town, city or borough that can demonstrate a certain level of support for a republic, through Republic membership, political support and campaigning activity.

Republic Towns is about securing real tangible campaigning goals, including a minimum number of paid up members, councillors signed up to the cause and money raised for future campaigning.

Republic Towns gives you a clear set of local goals and activities to work on.
Republic Towns gives your local campaigning focus and direction.
Republic Towns gives you opportunities to meet other supporters, to work together to make a real difference.

The Criteria for a Republic Town

For your town to be declared a Republic Town you need to achieve five of these seven criteria, including the first one.

Have in place an active local coordinator or contact person
Have in your area at least 20 paid up members of Republic
Raise at least £250 for Republic
Have at least three local councillors (from District, Borough or County councils) from at least two different parties signed up to the campaign
Have evidence of an active programme of writing to the local press
Have evidence of local online activity, for example comments and posts on local blogs
Have an online presence, either with an active local Facebook page or a local Republic Blog

When you have achieved these criteria Republic will grant your community Republic Town status and will organise an event in your area.

But it doesn't stop there! We will then want the campaigning to continue, and we'll review the Republic Town status each year.

Get Involved!

Here's how it works

Choose a route to success
[find out more]
Register your interest
[find out more]
Start campaigning, recruiting help as you go
Let us know when you have fulfilled the criteria
Republic will then organise an event in your town to mark the declaration of a new Republic Town

Your Republic Town status will be reviewed each year, so be sure to keep on campaigning once you've achieved the criteria!

Is your town organised?

When you register your Republic Town campaign we'll post details here. If you want to get involved check the list to see if anyone in your area is already getting organised.

Suffolk Coastal: Pauline Godfrey - contact@suffolkcoastalrepublic.org, www.suffolkcoastalrepublic.org

Swansea: Mark Griffiths - proletarianpoet@hotmail.co.uk

Nairn: Marjory Smith - witchling@bigfoot.com

Middlesbrough: Liam Finn - liam_finn@hotmail.co.uk

Hastings & Battle: Clive Bishop - cnb@clivebishop.com, 07973-366190

York: Andrew Collingwood - andyc@mrandyc.me.uk

Winsford: Rob Kehoe - r.kehoe@actioncad.co.uk

St Albans Tim Sharp - tim.sharp@citypractice.com

Windsor & Maindenhead Phil Wilson - xphilwilsonx@yahoo.co.uk, windsormaidenheadrepublic.wordpress.com

Southend-on-Sea James Gray - j.gray@republic.org.uk

Shoreham-by-Sea Roger Boniface - randeboniface@googlemail.com

Newport & Gwent Simon Coopey - simon@republicnewport.org

Campaigning Tools

Campaign tools we'll be working on will include:

Press release templates
Template letters to the local press
Information about contacting your local media
Tips on local activism
A guide to lobbying politicians
Information on how to set up local websites and blogs

Please let us know if there is anything else you would like to see included in the Campaigning Tools.

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