A national conversation about Britain’s future – and you’re invited
Open Britain has joined the National Conversation – a huge UK-wide listening exercise asking people what worries them, what gives them hope and what kind of country they want to build. And we want you to be part of it.
Politics is very good at telling us what the country thinks. It’s considerably less good at asking us.
That’s why Open Britain has joined forces with the National Conversation, a huge UK-wide effort to hear directly from people about the future they want for their communities and the country.
Over the next three weeks, people across the UK are being asked some pretty big questions.
What worries you about the future? What gives you hope? What would it actually mean for us to live well together?
The National Conversation will bring those answers together to build a picture of the society people want to live in – from the bottom up, rather than deciding the answer in Westminster and working backwards.
TAKE PART IN THE NATIONAL CONVERSATION
There’s a good reason Open Britain is getting involved.
Our Bigger Than Politics campaign starts from the idea that our political system isn't very good at turning what people actually want into what happens.
The National Conversation is asking what people want in the first place.
Those two things belong together.
We want people who care about fairness, having a meaningful say, being heard and making political power work for ordinary people to be part of this national picture.
We’re not asking you to give any particular answers. Quite the opposite. We want the National Conversation to hear what you have to say.
The survey takes around seven minutes. You can type your answers, leave a voice note and even mark on a map the places you think bring people together.
The conversation is only open for the next three weeks, so there isn't long to make sure your voice is part of it.
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