unlock democracy annual report 2013-14

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Annual Report2013/2014


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Foreword

Membership

Campaigns

Gagging Law

Lobbying Register

Follow the money

Recall

Lords Reform

Parliamentary Work

Championing Democracy

Election Leaets

Vote Match

Voter Registration

Local Activism

Coalition Work

Finance

Council, Management Board & Rodell

Staff and Volunteers

Unlock Democracy

37 Grays Inn Rd,

London

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020 7278 4443

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[email protected]

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@UnlockDemocracy

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Unlock Democracy campaigns

for a vibrant, inclusive

democracy that puts power in

the hands of the people.

For us, people must always be at

the heart of our political processes.

This is why we took such a strong

line against a Lobbying Bill which

left corporate lobbying virtually

untouched whilst threatening the

vital role that the voluntary sector

plays in mobilising people to

campaign for change.

2015 will pose fundamental

questions about our democracy

- with the outcome of the Scottish

independence referendum and a

general election - as well as our

history with the 800th anniversaryof the Magna Carta. The debate

about where power lies in our

society remains a journey not a

destination. It is essential that this

is a conversation that involves all of

us, not just political elites.

If Scotland remains in the UK, it

is not enough for Westminster

and Holyrood to decide amongst

themselves what further devolution

means. Nor can we ignore the

fact that, with the exception of

London, England has yet to start

its devolution journey. Equally,

commemoration of the Magna

Carta must not be conned to self-

congratulation about the events of1215. Unlock Democracys mission

in the run up to this important

anniversary must be to use it to

reignite the spark of reform. We will

be holding meetings up and down

the country to talk to you about

what rights and freedoms you think

need protecting today. Please do

join in the debate!

Foreword

Alexandra Runswick

Director,

Unlock Democracy


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Unlock Democracy has over four

thousand members - activists

committed to democratic reform.

This year we have been reaching

out to past and lapsed members

as a part of our ongoing strategy

to revitalise our membership. We

have had a very positive response

with 10% of lapsed members

contacted signing back up.

Throughout the year we have been

sending out fundraising letters

and emails which have resulted in

many past members renewing their

support. This is a critical year for

democratic reform in the lead up to

the general election, which is why

we focused on encouraging our

supporters to have their say on our

priorities, and to carry on helping

us with our campaigns.

We have also been developing

our wider fundraising strategy

to enable our supporter base

to donate to our campaigns

online. We have evolved our use

of website donation pages to

have specic pages for each of

our campaigns. A key area for

improving fundraising has been our

newly-implemented policy to follow

up all campaigns actions with a

donations ask. This has boosted

donations and enabled us to recruit

more members through our online

campaigns. Our members wanted

to know where their donations

are going, so we introduced You

donate. We do. into our fundraising

letters: whenever we ask for money,we show our members what their

donations could make possible.

Membership

Did you know that in

2014, the Government

introduced the

Lobbying Act and it

impacts on how we

can communicatewith members and

donors?

The Act regulates how

we talk to the public in

the run-up to a general

election. When we

are only contacting

our committed

supporters, these

communication

are exempt from the

restrictions in the

Act. Supporters who

give by Direct Debit

count as committed

supporters, but thosewho donate by cash

may not.

If youd like to

become a direct

debit donor and for

more details on the

impact of the act visit

unlockdemocracy.

org.uk/DirectDebit


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Campaigns

We are at a critical point for the

future of the UKs democracy.

The last twelve months proved

that the political elite have failed

to deliver fundamental reforms.

In fact, theyve gone backwards,

introducing legislation to muzzle

campaigners. With the support

of our members joining us in

challenging the government we

have made the case for a better

democracy.

Over the last two years, we have

reinvigorated ourselves as a

campaigning organisation with the

introduction of new advocacy tools.

We are now in a strong position

to respond and mobilise around

our core issues. Importantly, we

now deliver tools to our supporters

to empower them to write to

politicians.

The nal two years of an

electoral cycle mean both

keeping our issues on the

Governments agenda and

inuencing the parties

manifesto agenda. We areworking with fewer resources

but no less passion for unlocking

democracy.

Follow us:


@UnlockDemocracy

Weve been featured in all the

national newspapers with our

Director, Senior Campaigner

and our Research & Policy

Ofcer all getting quoted.

This year more than 20,000

people took actions with us

via our site including writing

to party leaders, their MPs

and councillors.

Weve taken the case for

reform to new audiences by

venturing further into social

media and digital campaigning

to produce memes, Storify and

Buzzfeed articles that have

been read over 20,000 times.

We have gained hundreds of

followers on Twitter and

Facebook.


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Our rst big campaign of the

year was against the restrictions

on grassroots campaigning

which the government slipped

into Part 2 of the Lobbying Bill -

aka the Gagging Law.

These regulations will seriously

restrict ordinary campaigning

activities in the run-up to an

election, shutting down debate

by hitting campaign groups with a

mass of red tape.

10,000 people took part in our

actions on the Gagging Law. We

asked you to write to MPs, Lords

and ministers, and the last-minute

petition to stop the Gagging Law

got 160,000 signatures. It was this

grassroots pressure that forced the

government to pause the Bill for six

weeks to consult with campaigners

and ultimately make changes to the

Bill.

Pressure from our campaign with

the Commission on Civil Society

and Democratic Engagement

forced the government to make

important concessions:

Protecting small campaigns by

raising the registration threshold

Giving campaigns more time

to adapt by cutting the regulatory

period to 7.5 months

Raising spending limits in Scotland,

Wales and Northern Ireland

The Lords voted in favour of several

more amendments sponsored by

the Civil Society Commission, but

the government sent the Bill back

to the Commons the following

morning, and MPs voted to remove

our changes despite barely having

time to consider them. The Bill may

have passed, but the campaign

against the Gagging Law doesnt

end here.

Gagging Law 01Campaigns2013/2014

For our 'Who Thinks thegagging bill is...' meme

August 2014

800+shares


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Though our main focus was on

the Gagging Law, we continued

our efforts to strengthen

the governments proposed

register of lobbyists in Part 1

of the Lobbying Bill. In order

for lobbying to be transparent,

we have to know who is being

lobbied, about what, and how

much is being spent.

The governments plans failed in

every respect: they only cover

a tiny minority of lobbyists and

require lobbyists to declare even

less information than the existing

voluntary registers.

We pushed for a comprehensive

register which would include

the information that is needed

to hold politicians and lobbyists

to account. We made the case

for tightening the register on

social media, produced briengs

for MPs and peers, and asked

them to support amendments

strengthening the register.

Though the government were

forced to close some loopholes,

the register remains deeply

inadequate and we are actively

involved in developing proposals to

replace it. Labour have committed

to introducing a comprehensive

register and we will keep up the

pressure to make sure they follow

through.

ScotlandThe Scottish Government has

promised to introduce its ownlobbying regulation. Scotland has

the opportunity to go further than

Westminster and create a truly

comprehensive register. We held

a public meeting in Edinburgh

with Spinwatch and ERS Scotland

to ask Is lobbying a problem for

Scotland? We also contributed to

the Scottish Parliaments lobbying

inquiry, which will be debated in

Holyrood in the autumn.

Lobbying Register

Lobbying Bill Campaign

April 2014

10,000taking action

160+Orgs campaigning

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A string of party funding

scandals - with mystery donors

buying access to ministers,

and senior opposition gures

at lavish gala dinners - has

reinforced the need to kick big

money out of politics. After

the failure of cross-party talks

on party nance last year, we

needed to keep up the pressure

on the political parties. We built

a tool which allows supporters

to write to the party leaders

asking them to put a cap on

donations in their manifesto

for the general election.

We have also teamed up with

Spinwatch to create a new online

data portal - Follow the Money

- which will be a one-stop shop

for anyone looking at how money

inuences politics. This will include:

Details of donations to political

parties

Details of meetings ministers

have with external organisations

The register of MPs and peers

interests

Lobbying registers

Follow the Money will be

an invaluable resource for

transparency campaigners,

making it easier to nd links

between politicians, lobbyists

and big donations.

Follow the Money 03Campaigns2013/2014

Follow the Money

July 2014

"The public feels our politics is forsale and that politicians listen todonors and lobbyists, but not voters.

The big problem is this isn't shockingany more. Voters have started to seethis as part of the political processand it shouldn't be."

Alexandra Runswick, Director

The Guardian 2nd July 2014


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The expenses scandal brought

trust in politicians to a new low,

but many of the MPs involved

faced no consequences at the

ballot box because they held a

safe seat. After the scandal, all

parties agreed that voters who

have lost condence in their MP

should be able to vote to recall

them between elections.

After another lobbying scandal the

government has revived its plans

for recall. However, they want to put

the decision to recall in the hands

of a parliamentary committee,

rather than voters. Recall must

empower ordinary people if it is

to rebuild trust in our politicians.

With the right safeguards to

prevent abuse, recall could

strengthen accountability and

deepen democracy.

We have been working with

Zac Goldsmith MP and other

campaigns to build support for real

recall, where voters decide when

and why an MP should be recalled.

This autumn, we are publishing

a report which will examine

the lessons from recall in other

countries to develop a workable

proposal for recall in the UK.

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Recall Campaign

August 2014

"The government's watered downversion of recall risks creating theillusion that people will have a say in

recalling their elected representativewhile ensuring that this will probablynever happen in practice."

Alexandra Runswick, Director

BBC, 4th June 2014


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Two years after party political

wrangling scuppered the last

attempt at Lords reform, the

general election gives us the

next big opportunity for change.

The Lords helpfully provided astring of scandals which underlined

the case for democratic reform:

peers were caught signing dodgy

lobbying deals, clocking in and out

to claim expenses and moaning

about their taxpayer-subsidised

restaurants. This summers list of

appointments was dominated by

the usual suspects: party donors,

former politicians and assorted

hangers-on.

The piecemeal approach to reform

of the Lords carried on at a glacial

pace with this years House of

Lords Reform Bill, which tinkered

with retirement and disciplinary

powers. However they ignored

the fundamental problem with

the House of Lords - the lack of

democratic accountability. We

welcomed some aspects of the bill

but continued to make the case for

an elected upper house.

In the run-up to the general election

it is vital to keep Lords reform on

the political agenda.

We built a new tool which allows

supporters to write to the party

leaders on Lords reform. Youve

already sent over 2,500 letters

urging them to make reforming the

Lords a priority. We also submitted

a response to Labours policy

consultation on Lords reform.

Get involved at unlockdemocracy.

org.uk/projects/elect-the-lords

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Lords Reform

August 2014

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this year

2,500letters sent tothe party leaders


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As a campaign for democratic

reform one of our primary aims

is to inuence legislation going

through Parliament. We feed into

the legislative process by giving

evidence to committees, holding

public meetings in Parliament

and working with individual MPs.

Unlock Democracy gave evidence

to the following committees in

2013/14:

Political and Constitutional

Reform Committee:

- voter engagement in the UK

- redrawing of parliamentary

boundaries

Scottish Parliament:

Standards, Procedures and

Public Appointments Committee

- lobbying in Scotland

We also sent ve briengs to MPs

and peers on the Lobbying Bill andgave evidence to the Civil Society

Commission, a coalition of over 160

campaign groups, on the effect

the Bill would have on grassroots

campaigns.

We organised several public

meetings in Parliament, some of

which were standing room only:

Parliamentary Work

How to re-engage people with

Parliament, a lecture by Angela

Eagle MP, Shadow Leader of the

House of Commons

Political change must come

- but how?, a lecture by Natalie

Bennett, leader of the Green

Party

Launch of Options for a

Constitutional Convention in

the UK, a pamphlet by Dr Alan

Renwick, with the Constitution

Society

Launch of Devolution in

England: a new approach, a

pamphlet by Dr Andrew Blick,

with the Federal Trust

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We know there are real problems

with our democracy - the

electoral system, the unelected

Lords, party funding - but they

can only be solved if voters

can use their voice to demand

change. Weve been at the

forefront of campaigns since the

last general election highlighting

the inuence of big money

in politics and championing

democracy with Vote Match and

Election Leaets.

In 2013 and 2014 we took the time

to test the waters and prepare for

the upcoming general election.

Our supporters have given us an

amazing response to the work

we have done on broadening

participation. We recognise that as

we go forward towards the general

election we need to bring people

in through unifying projects and

campaigns. Weve worked with

supporters and local groups to

shape an action plan to champion

democracy and build a movement

for change.

Championing Democracy:Preparing for 2015

Election Leaets is the newest

of Unlock Democracys projects.

Election Leaets (ElectionLeaets.

org) is based on the idea that

what politicians put through our

letterboxes should be accountable.What they say to get elected

matters, whether in the manifesto

or on a leaet. We also wanted

to get a voters eye view of

election campaigns. This is where

ElectionLeaets.org comes in.

This website encourages people

to upload the leaets they have

received from political parties

during election campaigns to create

the rst ever online and publicly

available archive of election leaets.

In 2013 we started working with the

team behind the Election Leaets

website to promote the site for the

local elections in Leicestershire

and Cornwall. In 2014, we took

the next step with the European

Parliament elections, where for

the rst time we directly promoted

the site as a project of Unlock

Democracy.

1000+ leaets were added

during the European & Local

Elections to the 9000-strong

database

supported Universities across

the UK to build their archives

now have a thriving twitter

account @ElectionSpotter

providing real time uploads

of leaets

increased media coverage

for both Unlock Democracy

and Election Leaets, with a

feature in the Big Issue

Election Leaets is essential in

holding politicians to account.

This project helps us build a map

of where and how parties are

targeting their campaigning. We

have exciting plans for developing

the website over the next few years

Support this project at

ElectionLeaets.org/Donate

Election Leaets Championing DemocracyPreparing for 2015


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Vote Match

The European elections in May

saw another successful outing

for our voter advice application,

Vote Match.

Vote Match is an online quiz

which helps voters nd the partiesthat best match their views in an

election. We worked with teams

from 14 EU countries to produce

Vote Match Europe, which covered

the top issues in the European

elections, from EU membership to

immigration and climate change.

By the end of polling day, 150,000

people had taken Vote Match -

more than double our total for the

previous European elections

Vote Match was covered by the

BBC, Guardian and Independent

The top issues for our users were

same-sex marriage, fracking,

and immigration

We are planning a new version ofVote Match for the general election

next year aimed at young people,

who are the group least likely to

vote. One in ve non-voters say

they dont know enough about

politics to choose. Vote Match aims

to lower the barriers to information

about parties and their policies,

so that young people have the

condence to make their choice at

the ballot box.

In the autumn well be bringing

together journalists, campaigners,

politicians and ordinary people to

work out the big issues we should

be asking the political parties

for their views on for the general

election Vote Match.

Championing DemocracyPreparing for 2015

Vote Match

May 2014

150,000UK users

14countriesparticipating


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This years local and European

elections were the last public

elections to use household

voter registration, as July saw

the introduction of Individual

Electoral Registration. We

warned that if not handled

properly the changes to

registration would have a severe

impact. The electoral register

is 86% complete, which leaves

7.5 million voters missing

in action. Without efforts to

boost registration, IER could

see registration rates fall even

further.

This year we have been working

on promoting voter registration on

various fronts:

We supported Bite the Ballots

National Voter Registration Day,

promoting this to our entiremailing list and on social media,

with several members volunteering

to be group leaders in their area.

We worked on Join the Vote!

- an exciting new initiative with

38 Degrees which aims to get

people out registering with their

neighbours.

Now a founding member of the

League of Young Voters Coalition.

We built a bespoke Vote Match

tool for young people, and

worked together to promote the

deadline for voter registration.

We ran a trial community driven

voter registration drive in North

London, registering over 300

people in one constituency over

a month.

Voter Registration

What is in store for this year?

We are about to run a pilot project

in the North East of England to

increase rates of voter registration.

Already a lot of research and

preparation has gone into thisarea. We will be working with

other community and voluntary

organisations in the North East

to build a network of groups and

volunteers that register people to

vote.

We are very excited to have been

granted funding from the Milleld

House Foundation to make this

happen, but we want to do more.

With this funding, your donationsto this campaign will go further.

Support our work to

register the missing millions

unlockdemocracy.org.uk/

missingmillions


"Polling Station" by Martin Bamford

is licensed under CC BY 2.0

http://bit.ly/1D4Oln5


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Building local activism is at the

heart of our campaigning. This

year we have continued to go

from strength to strength. Our

goal is to build a network of

Unlock Democracy groups and

support unafliated democracy

groups. We are continuing to

create new local groups and

support activists across the

country.

This year, as resources got tighter,

we have focused on developing

resources to support Unlock

Democracy groups, whilst

continuing to promote the activism

of organisations who share our

values.

Local Activism

We have increased the number

of Unlock Democracy local

groups

Unlock Democracy groups now

have more campaign resources

and are more visible onlinewith our new dynamic local

group pages

We have continued to deliver

national grassroots meetups

- a regular gathering for local

groups and activists to network.

At our last meetup we had over

30 activists attending and

together we designed a 6 month

campaign plan

Our local groups are continuing

to deliver great public meetings,

and now with support, are

regularly making submissions

to government consultations

Weve been promotingand supporting the work

of DemocracyClub.org.uk

in preparation for 2015

The next 12 months are a very

exciting time to be getting involved

with the Scottish referendum,

general election and the Magna

Carta anniversary. We need you to

help to keep growing our activist

base. There is lots to do and plenty

of ways to be involved!

Please get in touch with

[email protected]

to get campaigning locally.


Photo by Jim Killock

is licensed under CC BY 2.0

http://bit.ly/1qU2MW7


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Whilst we have our priorities

that shape our core campaigns,

the depth of the democratic

reform remit enables us to work

on a wide range of areas . To do

this we work in several coalitions

with over 100 organisations.

We believe in working together

and collaborating to achieve

our goals.

Counting Women in

We are one of the founding

members of a coalition set up

by ve leading campaigning

organisations in democracy

and womens rights. The

campaign aims for 50/50 gender

representation at all levels of

national, local and devolved

government. This year as a

coalition we put out the second

Sex and Power Report: Who

Runs Britain. Unlock Democracy

produced all of the social media

infographics for the report which

were shared over 1000 times.

Democracy Matters brings

together a wide range of civil

society and community groups

to campaign to get more support

for learning how to campaign and

act in politics, so that anyone who

wants to change things can learn

how the system works, who to

inuence and how to campaign

effectively. This year we have

supported the core team with

promotional activities, and together

launched a petition to party leaders

for the democracy declaration.

The Commission on Civil Society

and Democratic Engagement

was set up in October 2013

following concerns that the

Lobbying Bill was likely to have a

chilling effect on campaigning. It

is supported by over 150 charities

and campaigning organisations

including Unlock Democracy.

We have given evidence to the

Commissions two inquiries and

Coalition Work

continue to support its work to nd

an alternative to the Lobbying Act.

Media Reform Coalition

represents an independent

coalition of groups and individuals

committed to maximising thepublic interest in the media.

The League o f Young Voters

was formed in 2014 to address the

challenge that not enough young

people are registering and voting

in the UK.

Human Rights Alliance

We are members of an NGO

network that brings together over

100 members to share information,

build capacity and condence,

and where appropriate, to

undertake joint initiatives aimed

at ensuring respect for the human

rights framework in the UK.

Local WorksWe are a founding member

of the Local Works Coalition

which supports the Sustainable

Communities Act. Local Works

campaigning saw the government

improve the Sustainable

Communities Act by:

Making regulations that

empower Parish Councils to use

the Act directly

Signing a legal agreement that

sets out how government must

negotiate with the Selector on

local proposals

We helped get the rst Parish

Council proposal under the newrules - for internal communications

to be sent electronically if desired

by the council - agreed by the

government

To promote the use of the Act

we organised

Three large public meetings

in London

25 local community meetings

across the country

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Finance

Unlock Democracy has again

been generously supported in

the last year by donations from

our members.

Donations from our members and

supporters remain our bedrock. Weraised just under 34% of income

this way in 2013/2014 nancial

year.

Our other income was derived from

grants 25%, commercial income

41% most of which included Rodell

Properties Ltd.

Income from 1st April 2013 to 31st March 2014

Demo

cracy

Unloc

k

41%Commercial

income

34%Individual

Contributions

25%Grants

Grants

In the 2013/2014 nancial year,

we gratefully received 122,340

in grants. So far this nancial year

we have been awarded new grants

totalling 70,250

We would like to thank the following

organisations for their kind support

in our work in 2013/2014

City bridge Trust

Esmee Fairbairn Foundation

The Joseph Rowntree

Charitable Trust

European Union's Grundtvig

Programme

Nominet

Milleld House Foundation

Legacies

We are grateful for the support of

members who left us a legacy in

their will in recent years.

Whilst we did not receive any

legacies in the last nancial year,

we have received 14,700 from

J M Dent for the 2014/2015 year.

If you wish or would like more

information about legacies

please contact our ofce.

Expenditure

We spent approximately 480,000

in 2013/2014. The full audited

accounts will be available in

November 2014 in an independent

report by our auditors, ChantreyVellacott.

We have restructured our organisation

to ensure that we are on a rm

nancial footing, going forward.

We extend our heartfelt thanks for

this year's vital contributions to our

ght for a fairer democracy.

Whatever the donation, 5 or

5,000, we are extremely grateful

for all your support.

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Unlock Democracys council

provides a democratic

underpinning for the organisation.

Our current council was elected

earlier this year and represents

our members by setting the

campaigning priorities of theorganisation. The Management

Board is a group of Council

members appointed by the Council

to focus on the administration and

nances of the organisation. The

current council were elected earlier

this year; the next elections are in

2016.

Council

Vicky Seddon (Chair)

Phil Starr (Vice Chair - Rodell)

Stuart Weir (Vice Chair - Policy)

Andrew Blick

Stephen CarterPhil Davis

Alan Debenham

James Grindrod

Peter Hirst

Finola Kelly

Jack Maizels

Owais Rajput

Avtar Singh

Mary Southcott

Danny Zinkus Sutton

Management Board

Vicky Seddon (Chair)

Phil Starr (Vice Chair - Rodell)

Stuart Weir (Vice Chair - Policy)

Stephen Carter

Phil DavisJames Grindrod

Peter Hirst

Andrew Blick

Council, ManagementBoard and Rodell

Rodell Properties Ltd(Rodell)

is a wholly owned subsidiary of

Unlock Democracy. It manages two

properties in Central London, the

prots from which help fund Unlock

Democracys campaigns and

activities. Its board is comprisedof 4 directly elected members and

3 members appointed by Unlock

Democracys management board.

Elected from Management Board

Vicky Seddon

Phil Starr

Stephen Carter

Directly Elected

Chris Carrigan

Rosemary Bechler

Alan Debenham

Danny Zinkus Sutton

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Director

Alexandra Runswick

Campaigns & Research Team

Emily Randall

Senior Campaigner

Pete Mills

Policy & Research Ofcer

John FranglenMembership Ofcer

Frances Foley

Magna Carta Project Co-ordinator

Steve Shaw

Local Works National Co-ordinator

Ameneh Enayat

Local Works Outreach Specialist

Dan Flanagan

Unlock Democracy Grants Ofcer

& Local Works Projects Ofcer

Ofce Support Team

Simon Howard

Ofce Manager

Arti Vyas

Finance Manager

Staff

Volunteers

Unlock Democracy benets from

volunteers who play a vital role in

helping us achieve our goals. Much

of our work wouldnt be possible

without their help and support. Ourgoal is to create voluntary roles

to enable people to contribute

meaningfully to our campaigns and

research.

We would like to thank the following

volunteers for all their help this year:

Bianca Holighaus

Camelia Mircea-Sturza

Celeste West

Claire King

Erik CumminsHortense Maignien

Jeevan Vipinachandran

Joanne Taylor

Joseph Toovey

Lamorna Byford

Leia Achampong

Leo Oliveira

Lucy Robinson

Mae Dobbs

Maddy Hayes

Matt Dolman

Megan Sherman

Michael LumpkinMitya Pearson

Owen Pinnell

Paul Johnson

Peter Foster

Reuben Mckeown

Sam Crowder

Tim Gallagher

Will Horner


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About Unlock Democracy

Unlock Democracy is the UKs leading campaign for democratic reform.

Established in 2007 following the merger of Charter 88 and the New

Politics Network, we campaign for a vibrant, inclusive democracy thatputs power in the hands of the people.

This report covers the period from September 2013 to September 2014.

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NonCommercial 2.0 license. To view a copy of this license,

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This annual report is published by Unlock Democracy, a not for

prot company limited by guarantee, number 2440889.

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