Referendum - What you can do
Now that the excitement of the general election is over we can focus once again on the referendum on stronger law making powers for the Assembly.
At the moment it’s looking unlikely that a referendum will be held in October. We should know the exact situation by June 17th - that’s when the Secretary of State for Wales, Cheryl Gillan, must respond to the unanimous request by Assembly Members for a referendum.
Whenever the referendum will be held there is a great deal of work to be done to convince people that is is vitally important that we have stronger law making powers and that we need to go out to vote. And that’s where the work of Tomorrow’s Wales is so important.
Here are a few ideas about what you can do over the coming months:
- Get in touch with us about setting up or joining a local group
- Hold a meeting in your town / village to dicuss the referendum
- Hold a coffee morning to discuss the referendum
- Set up a stall in the town on a Saturday to distribute Cymru Yfory leaflets and collect names on the Declaration for Welsh Democracy
- If there’s an agricultural show or summer fair in your area go there to distribute leaflets (ask us and we’ll send you some) and collect names on the Declaration.
- Write a column for your local paper / community paper about the importance of the referendum.
Our new website dedicated to the referendum will be ready within days and we are keen to have plenty of news from supporters.
Here are some ideas:
- Send in a short video explaining “Why I’ll be voting Yes in the referendum”
- Contribute comments and stories explaining why a Yes vote is needed
It will be easy to send material to the website, but we will have to moderate everything before publishing. Please remember to get in touch if you need any resources or leaflets, or want to join or set up a local group.
We currently have groups set up in Aberystwyth, Carmarthen, Pontypridd, Wrexham, Cardiff, Cwmbran, Caernarfon and Swansea.
Two more have also been organised:
Monday June 14th at 7.30pm in the Park Hotel, Park Crescent, Barry CF62 6HE
Wednesday 23rd June at 7.30pm in the Community Centre, Mount Lane, Llanidloes SY18 6EX
If any of these are too far for you, and you would be interested in setting up a group in your area, please get in touch and we can help you set up a campaign group.