Local Issues
CONSULTATION
Consultations are the best way of getting involved with the policy making process before anything actually becomes policy. Your views count and are as valuable as any one else’s who lives in Bristol. At any given time Bristol City Council are running a number of consultations to inform the direction of their services.
Working out when consultations are occurring in Bristol can be a confusing process and it’s not best left to waiting for the relevant flyer to come flying through your letterbox. Bristol City Council has a rather useful way of getting straight to the point through their ‘consultation finder’
http://www.opinionsuite.com/bristol/
If it is happening, this site will tell you! You can also sign up to receive email updates on new consultations ensuring you are kept in the loop.
E-PETITIONING
You can petition the council on whatever issue in the community is affecting you. If you are passionate about any issue then using the Council’s e-petition service is ideal for getting others to sign up to your issue, and to instigate further discussion.
To learn more visit http://epetitions.bristol.gov.uk/
DEMOCRACY IN ACTION
Local politics just got more interesting. You can now watch Bristol City Council web casting a range of meetings to make democracy in Bristol more accessible and engaging.
There is an archive of web casts you can search for and a lists of the upcoming dates of future web casts.
To get watching just go to the page http://www.bristol.public-i.tv/site/
PUBLIC DISCUSSIONS
Like the idea of contributing to a discussion on local issues but don’t quite want to invest your time in signing petitions or going along to consultation meetings? Well you can always get involved by simply discussing issues ranging from Banksy to Buses through the Council’s forum dedicated to listening to your views.
http://www.bristol.public-i.tv/site/