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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
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
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.orgFollow Republic Towns on Twitter
Tweet your activity on Twitter. Add #republictowns to have your updates listed here. You can view all the latest Republic Towns Twitter updates on the right hand side of this page.Campaigning Tools
Over the coming weeks we'll be providing you with a range of campaigning tools, to help you campaign in your local area. You can also take advantage of our first Activist Day in central London on September 19th. 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
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