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Civic Voice is almost a year old and we are keen to have your feedback on what we are doing and what you think we can do better in future. Our first civic survey can be found using the link below and we would welcome your response.
As well as finding out what you think of Civic Voice, we also want to know more about the volunteers who are the lifeblood of civic societies across England and the priorities you have for the civic movement. Throughout the coming year we will be working to develop a “common voice” for civic societies and the results of the survey will provide an important starting point for this. They will also inform the annual state of the historic environment report Heritage Counts being prepared by English Heritage later this year. The survey should take no more than 30 minutes to complete.
CLICK HERE TO COMPLETE THE CIVIC SURVEY
We would welcome your response by March 31st and we will feed some of the early results into our Spring Network events for civic volunteers in Manchester (19 March) and Reading (26 March). More information on these events is available here. Griff Rhys Jones will be in attendance at both events.
As a thank you for completing the survey there will be a prize draw with five signed copies of Civic Voice President Griff Rhys Jones’ book Rivers to give away.
If you have any questions about the survey or want to know more about the Spring Network events then do get in touch with Ian Harvey at info@civicvoice.org.uk or 0151 708 9920. We are also running a similar survey of civic societies at the same time.
Thank you for your support.
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CIVIC DAY SUMMERY SHEET
- Blackpool Civic Trust will be holding a street party in St John's Square, Blackpool. They have invited other organisations to participate including other voluntary groups, the local 6th Form College band, local choirs and the local authority.
- Bournemouth Civic Society will be organising a week long set of walks covering Bournemouth’s residential areas and suburbs.
- The Buckingham Society recognizes that it is often the small things that can make a difference to the street you walk in, or the space that surrounds you. As such the Buckingham Society will present a prize of £100 to an individual or a group, club or organisation who has made a difference to the quality of the environment in the parish of Buckingham.
- Burton upon Trent Civic Society will be marking Civic Day with its Annual General Meeting. At this AGM awards will be presented to the winners of our Annual Design Awards - for new buildings, for refurbished buildings, for environmental projects and a special Olga Lloyd Award that has been presented in recent years for an outstanding contribution to the community
- The Chelsea Society will be 'Changing Chelsea' and will be manning a table in the Farmers' Market in Duke of York's Square (near Sloane Square), offering tea, recruiting new members and, with the help of five or six developers, illustrating big new buildings that are in the pipeline.
- Cirencester Civic Society will be organising a stall in the centre of the town and will be organising “a living memory collection of photographs of Cirencester in the 1970's and 80's”. The purpose of this will be demonstrate that Cirencester has changed much more than people realise in the last 20-30 and will hopefully lead to a discussion about how we can all manage the future together.
- The City of Winchester Trust in partnership with the Hampshire Chronicle are asking for the people of Winchester, residents and visitors, to nominate their favourite buildings. The top nominated buildings and structures will then be put to the public vote to discover which building wins the hearts of those who love Winchester.
- Newent Civic Society will have stall in their main market square and will be offering a set of guided walks around the town throughout the day
- Malvern Civic Society will be coordinating an event in which local voluntary groups will be asked to exhibit their work, recruit new members and show the community what they are doing.
- Merseyside Civic Society will be unveiling a new website to celebrate and promote the work of the society
- The Portsmouth Society is coordinating events throughout the City, and "What I like about my City" will be the flagship project. The Portsmouth Society is focussing on creative ideas and views on Portsmouth, and have selected six categories to enable students to show their imagination to the full.
- Tewkesbury Civic Society is exploring the idea of a photography competition!
