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Summary

A democratic infrastructure for all communities in the UK (as part of a comprehensive community resource), with pilots funded by Somerset County Council and The Ministry of Justice in the name of "Building Democracy".

LocalEyes was hailed as "The One To Watch" in Gordon Brown's social innovation competition 2008 (The Catalyst Awards). With funding from NESTA, a business plan to enable a nationwide rollout has been created.

Numerous Transition initiatives are gearing up to pilot LocalEyes as a means to engaging and empowering people in building sustainable and resilient communities in the face of "Peak Oil" and "Climate Change".

What is it?

LocalEyes will enable people to see everything that is local
and give people a voice on local issues. more detail >>

Where Are We Now?

Various aspects of LocalEyes are now complete and
we are currently running pilots throughout the UK.
>> view reports from our pilot projects <<

Press Release: "Local, The Final Frontier"
>> read this latest press release <<

What We Need ..

Please get in touch if you would like to either:
- run a pilot project in your area
- become a partner
- assist us in taking LocalEyes to scale
- sponsor and empower communities, social groups & schools

Latest Developments

  • Aug 09: NEF (New Economics Foundation) to fund Consesus Voting module on The Voice


  • Jun 09: 12 pilots of the Voice aspect of LocalEyes now underway
  • May 09: New LocalEyes flier published. Feel free to download and print off

  • Nov 08: Funding secured from Artists Project Earth to support LocalEyes pilots - APEuk

  • Nov 08: The Ministry of Justice approve the LocalEyes proposal for "Building Democracy" throughout the UK, piloting new democratic tools, empowering people in local communities, social groups and schools.
    Ministry of Justice

  • Nov 08: Transition Forest of Dean to initiate LocalEyes in their area - Transition FoD

  • July 08: NESTA offer grant and support - NESTA

  • July 08: LocalEyes receives judges commendation as "the one to watch" at the UK Catalyst Awards -
    UK Catalyst Awards

  • LocalEyes pitches at the 2gether08 conference...
    View the 3 minute pitch here

  • Jun 08: LocalEyes short listed for "The Revolutionary Award" - UK Catalyst Awards


  • Jun 08: Funding secured by 2 District Councils in Somerset to engage their schools & communities with LocalEyes

  • Jun 08: LocalEyes is now being offered as a tool to fulfill aspects of the "Sustainable Schools" programme

  • Jun 08: LocalEyes entered in European e-inclusion campaign
What it looks like now ..
What it will look like ..
  • Jun 08: Involve partner with LocalEyes to take civic engagement and digital inclusion to the next level - Involve

  • May 08: UnLtd Level 2 Millennium Award granted - UnLtd

  • Apr 08: Grant awarded by "The Funding Network" - The Funding Network - read press release >>

  • Apr 08: LocalEyes presents at Transition Towns Annual Conference 2008. Numerous Transition Towns have either committed to, or shown a keen interest in, promoting LocalEyes in their area.

  • Mar 08: New version of the LocalEyes website goes live working for all UK postcodes & communities

    Version 4 of LocalEyes

  • Mar 08: Transition Town Glastonbury promote LocalEyes as key communication tool within their transition initiative

  • Mar 08: Milford Haven Port Authority agree to sponsor the pilot of the "TEENAGE VOICE" in the Milford Haven area
  • Feb 08: 7 new areas agree to run pilot projects of their own; (Glastonbury, Oakham, Chew Valley, Newport (Pembrokeshire), Instow in Nth Devon & Lambourn)

  • Feb 08: Local businesses sponsor the "Community VOICE" in The Havens, Pembrokeshire
  • Dec 07:The Schumacher Institute, are assisting/supporting with the preparations and planning for the launch of LocalEyes throughout the UK and beyond. - Schumacher Institute
  • Dec 07: Equals3 to assist in taking LocalEyes to scale - Equals3
  • Nov 07: The first Community VOICE goes live in The Havens, Pembrokeshire, Wales and has already generated allot of interest.
    We hope to make the VOICE available throughout the UK sometime in December 07. -     COMMUNITY VOICE

    if you'd like to get the VOICE up and running in your town/community..
    REGISTER YOUR INTEREST
  • Nov 07: Ashton Hayes, One of the first villages going Carbon Neutral, will pilot LocalEyes & the Community VOICE - Ashton Hayes Community
  • Nov 07: RuralNet to assist in pitching in the "Green Dragons Den" - As RuralNet have complementary objectives to LocalEyes (to create a roadmap for communities throughout the UK to engage with sustainable projects), they've agreed to help work up a pitch for the competition

    RuralNet
  • Oct 07: LocalEyes to pitch in Green Dragon's Den Competition on Nov 19th - LocalEyes has been selected as 1 of around 10 projects to pitch in this competition

    Green Dragons Den Competition
  • Oct 07: TalkTalk Innovation in the Community Award – The Shire Initiative (project LocalEyes) has won the TalkTalk Innovation in the Community Award. To celebrate this achievement an awards ceremony for all winners will be held at the House of Lords, London, on 14 November 2007 - read press release >>

    Citizens Online, TalkTalk
  • Aug 07: WCVA Grant Awarded – The Welsh Council for Voluntary Action have awarded LocalEyes a training grant under their social risk program. - WCVA - Social Risk Fund

  • July 07: UnLtd Grant Awarded -  UnLtd have awarded Peter Anderson with a Level 1 grant to get the LocalEyes pilot project up and running in The Havens - UnLtd
  • July 07: Grant Awarded – Broad Haven school, (under the community focused schools program), have been awarded a grant to promote and provide training on LocalEyes to The Havens community.
  • July 07: Rebranding – The entire look and feel has been revamped. The new site should be live in Dec 07- New Demo Website – screenshots can be viewed here