Challenging COVID cronyism

to expose and challenge the abuse of extraordinary COVID-19 powers by governments and corporations – and to prevent these bad practices from ‘bedding in’ to our governance in the longer term, particularly with regards to the NHS

VOTER

to develop and maintain an election resources platform for educators; train and support teachers to engage their students in elections; and build and maintain a schools’ support network

Regulating online political advertising

to research and report on UK elections in 2021 and to help advance the cause of greater transparency in online political advertising through continuing advocacy, thought-leadership and coalition building

Project Whistleblower

to create and operate a secure whistleblower portal to empower internal dissidents within social media companies

Health, Rights and Justice for Abortion in Northern Ireland

to compel the full implementation of the law and to establish abortion in Northern Ireland within a positive justice, health and rights framework

Ensuring civil rights as UK opens skies to BVLOS drones

to ensure that privacy protection and democratic accountability is central to the UK government’s plans to open UK airspace to military, state and commercial use of ‘Beyond Visual Line of Sight’ (BVLOS) drones.

Local Campaign Development Project – continuation

in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and the postponement of the 2020 local elections to May 2021, to further develop the campaign infrastructure of ALDC and to continue to support four part-time Development Officers

Making Votes-at-16 Work: Mobilising young first-time voters

to test and demonstrate the impact on participation rates of different interventions to engage newly enfranchised young people in Wales

Make Your Mark 2021 (BAME Youth Vote Project)

to run an engagement programme to ensure BAME young people (aged 16-25) are registered and turnout to vote in the upcoming Welsh parliament elections