We Can Win

If you were in charge of Brexit, the budget, and Britain's future, what would you do? We Can Win wants to put power into the hands of everyday communities so we can build a fairer future that works for all of us.
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"I believe that through actively engaging in my own community, together we can strengthen the voice of ordinary people, and address their concerns in order to build a fairer, more open and democratic society." - We Can Win activist Tobias sets out his hopes for the campaign in Doncaster

‘We Can Win’ in Doncaster- Why I Decided to Join The Campaign | We Can Win On the 23rd of June, 2016, my home constituency of Doncaster North voted 69% in favour of leaving the EU - a margin of more than two to one. Since the r...

Meanwhile, millions of families struggle to make ends meet.

'Fat Cat Thursday': top bosses earn workers' annual salary by lunchtime Independent study of pay gap finds FTSE 100 bosses earning more in three days than typical worker will receive in entire year

Hear We Can Win's Founder and Director, Dan Firth, on Ed Miliband's podcast this week, talking about community organising and how we're using it to build power in everyday communities.

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The City of London Corporation has been “subsidising its own members’ club and supporting a trio of private schools“ with a fun that’s supposed to belong to Londoners.

We could think of some better ways to use the “City’s Cash” to the benefit of everybody. What do you think it should be spent on?

Outrage at ‘lavish’ spending by City of London Corporation Labour calls for reform as figures show £4m spent on independent schools and hundreds of thousands on luxury dining and alcohol

Earlier this year We Can Win skilled up residents in the poorest estate in Britain’s richest square mile. Now they’re organising themselves to take action, and make the City work for everyday people.
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Local heroes bring trouble to paradise for city fat cats A small put hopeful movement is arrising in the shadows of the City of London's famous skyline as locals strive to push further into the inner circle of vested interest

A lot has happened in the last two weeks.

Together, we’ve knocked on more than 270 doors and have had more than 60 conversations on the doorstep - about the power of the Corporation, and the big banks and businesses that are based in the Square Mile.

Our work has been featured in the BBC, the Financial Times, and the animation we created has been viewed more than 11,000 times!

But best of all, turnout in Cripplegate - the ward where we’ve been campaigning - was up 10%.

This movement has been fuelled by inspiring people fired up and ready to hit the ground running to change politics.

On the doorstep we’ve had dozens of fantastic conversations with people, over 50% of whom simply had no idea that businesses are allowed to vote in their local elections.

Were you there? Did you go door knocking, change minds hearts and sit on sofas?

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Party politics aside, today was a win for people power and democracy in the City of London Corporation.

Turnout is up across the City - but most dramatically in Cripplegate, where's we've been out knocking on doors, talking and flyering for two weeks.

Today our lead organiser Dan is quoted in the FT. If you can't read behind the paywall, this is what the article says:

"Dan Firth, director of the We Can Win campaign that encourages locals to vote said: 'People are cynical about politics at the moment and we need to reinvigorate democracy from the grassroots.'

Early figures indicate those efforts have paid off. Average turnout across the wards on Thursday was 39 per cent compared with 24 per cent at the 2013 election."

Labour scores record win in City of London election Party extends influence in preserve of independents that runs financial centre

We hope everyone is safe and well after the terrible attacks in Westminster yesterday. Our thoughts are with all those who lost their lives, were injured or affected by the tragic events.

But today, Londoners are staying strong and going about their lives. People of all races and religions are still heading to work, using the tube, grabbing coffees and making plans for Thursday night drinks or time with their families.

And we’re determined to keep going, because today there's still an election taking place in the City of London Corporation.

This important election comes just days after revelations of the Global Laundromat scheme (1), which saw British banks funnelling billions of pounds of dirty money out of Russia.

Like the woman we spoke to who said of the Corporation: “If they could offload the residents, they would... they're really not interested.”

It’s more important than ever that residents of the Square Mile stand together today, so if you live in the City please make sure you go out to the polls - which close in just 3 hours!

And if you believe, like we do, in the power of people to change politics, please spread the word by sharing this message.

It’ll take all of us to make an impact. But recent events have shown us the importance of standing together, refusing to be divided and celebrating the magnificent diversity of our culture.

(1) https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/mar/20/the-global-laundromat-how-did-it-work-and-who-benefited

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