Previously, on this blog:
- Research into the democracy ‘sector’ suggests that some efforts could be made to improve networking in the space (and that this is an excellent way to support the pursuit of a better democracy);
- I wrote up some ways to do that… but it rather depends how much money is available;
- The Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust (JRRT) put out a call for proposals to do some of this work.
On Monday, myself and a team of partners put in a bid to answer that call for proposals. Our approach has been to attempt to live the values of the thing we think should exist in future: including working together (hence five different organisations/individuals coming together on the bid) and in regards to openness: we shared a summary of our bid doc for feedback (thanks everyone who made suggestions!) — and now, here’s the actual full bid doc. (The only thing I’ve removed is the list of endorsements, because we didn’t tell endorsers that they’d be public.)
Frome. Rhymes with broom. Nice small town in Somerset. Home to the Guardian’s John Harris, who 
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