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Housing Video Winchester

Dominic Hiscock’s “lucky unlucky” campaign

In 2009/10, we were lucky that, here in Winchester, we had a Mayor who cared passionately about homelessness and raised a large amount to support local homelessness charities.

This is the film that was made to support Dominic’s campaign.
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To support homeless people in Winchester, you can donate online to Trinity or to the Nightshelter – and both organisations are also always looking for volunteers. Two other organisations are also actively helping homeless people locally: Emmaus and the Winchester branch of the Salvation Army.

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Experimenting with Social Media Map Pins

Mildly astonished not to have found these somewhere already.  Here are some basic attempts at Twitter and Flickr social media map pins for Google Maps.

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And here are the political ones I did ages ago for Ming.

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Alresford Bus Cuts Petitions Winchester

Top online Lib Dem petitions – nationally and in Winchester

Inspired by the LDV Friday 5, I’ve just been checking the stats for the Lib Dems online petitions. Here are the results for the last week:

Five most active local constituencies with online petitions:

  1. East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
  2. Bedford
  3. Hornsey and Wood Green
  4. Ealing Central and Acton
  5. Lanark and Hamilton East

Five most active online campaigns

  1. Save our ticket offices - http://www.ourcampaign.org.uk/saveourticketoffices
  2. Stop the Dovesdale Incinerator - http://www.scotlibdems.org.uk/pages/stopdovesdaleincinerator
  3. Save Bedfordshire Police - http://campaigns.libdems.org.uk/savebedspolice
  4. Borough-wide 20mph limit in Haringey - http://campaigns.libdems.org.uk/20mph
  5. Save Bradford on Avon Swimming Pool - http://campaigns.libdems.org.uk/savebradfordonavonpool

Looking at Winchester, our most popular online petitions over time have been:

Five most active online campaigns in Winchester

  1. Quiet Please! – http://www.quietplease.org.uk/
  2. Defend Freedom of Information – http://www.ourcampaign.org.uk/foi
  3. Save Our Loos – http://www.saveourloos.com/
  4. Save our buses – http://campaigns.libdems.org.uk/saveourbuses
  5. A trip to the shops this Christmas – http://www.triptotheshops.com/
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Elections Video Winchester

Mark Easton’s report from Winchester – on the day the coalition was agreed

It seems a long time ago now, but on the day that the coalition was announced, Mark Easton reported on the views of activists from Winchester on News at Ten.

Here’s the report:

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Chandlers Ford Iceland Video Winchester

Icelandic banks – entertaining report from 2008

It seems a while since Winchester City Council had its troubles with Icelandic banks.

I realised to my surprise that I never uploaded the video of the original BBC News report on it, so here it is:

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I particularly like Steve Humphrey’s line about the Conservatives in Winchester feeling the blues and the Lib Dems in Eastleigh basking in a golden glow!