{"id":2489,"date":"2014-09-29T20:39:54","date_gmt":"2014-09-29T20:39:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/?page_id=2489"},"modified":"2014-10-18T14:14:08","modified_gmt":"2014-10-18T14:14:08","slug":"votingmatters-show-of-support","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/?page_id=2489","title":{"rendered":"Show of support – #votingmatters"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u00a0# V O T I N G M A T T E R S \u00a0 – \u00a0 S H O W\u00a0\u00a0 O F\u00a0\u00a0 S U P P O R T
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\"Votingmatters_Emma<\/a>

Emma Thompson adds her support. Because #votingmatters<\/p><\/div>\n

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#votingmatters<\/strong>\u00a0is a new campaign from\u00a0#Emilymatters.<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0which champions gender equality and encourages young women to vote, ensuring that legacies such as suffragette\u00a0Emily Davison\u2019s<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0are not forgotten.<\/p>\n

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Dr Helen Pankhurst, great granddaughter of Emmeline Pankhurst, with daughter Laura & the Olympic suffragettes say #votingmatters on Emily Davison’s birthday everyday!<\/p><\/div>\n

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At the last general election only 39%<\/strong> of young women aged 18-24 voted, whilst just 20%<\/strong> of BAME young women used their right to vote.<\/p>\n

Having seen first hand the success of the Scottish Independence Referendum in getting just about everyone to talk about politics, register and vote it’s clear that the usual low voter turnout doesn’t have to continue. And Scotland leads the way on this.<\/p>\n

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#votingmatters to 21st century suffragettes at the 2014 Emily Tree pic nic<\/p><\/div>\n

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#Emilymatters<\/a><\/strong> ran a successful social media campaign<\/a><\/strong> as part of the May 2014 elections<\/strong>, which #votingmatters<\/strong> now builds on.<\/p>\n

The first part of this campaign is to collect photos<\/strong>, clips<\/strong>, poems<\/strong> and thoughts<\/strong> about whether #votingmatters<\/strong> to you.<\/p>\n

In the run up to International Day of the Girl<\/a> on 11th October<\/strong>, which is also Emily Davison\u2019s birthday, we shared all things #votingmatters<\/strong> on social media.<\/p>\n

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I don\u2019t really care \u2026 I\u2019m not really interested in it. I think it\u2019s very boring.<\/strong>
\n<\/strong>– Lauren, Glasgow
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In addition, we ran ‘Dear Lauren<\/strong><\/a>‘ – your words of encouragement to young women like Lauren<\/strong>, who unless things radically change, are unlikely to register and vote in 2015<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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\"Dear<\/a><\/p>\n

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Hear Lauren\u2019s story in her own words<\/a>.<\/p>\n

<\/strong>The campaign first began at the Scottish Independence Referendum<\/strong> and there has been a terrific response.<\/p>\n

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#votingmatters to the Emily Tree 21st century suffragettes<\/p><\/div>\n

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Thanks to everyone who got involved with our first #DearLauren<\/strong> campaign to celebrate Emily Davison’s birthday on 11th October. We received fantastic messages to a first time voter from all over the UK and beyond, as well as #votingmatters<\/strong> pictures, which we will continue to archive and share.<\/p>\n

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We’re on:<\/p>\n

Twitter<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Instagram<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Facebook<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Vine<\/strong> <\/a><\/p>\n

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We are busy working on the next stage of our social media campaign, so get creative and tell us your thoughts on whether #votingmatters<\/strong> to you.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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#votingmatters – at the Scottish Referendum<\/p><\/div>\n

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Building on the success of the\u00a0#Emilymatters<\/strong>\u00a0House of Commons event<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0May elections 2014<\/a>\u00a0social media campaign what you tell us will form part of an ongoing\u00a0#votingmatters<\/strong>\u00a0digital archive<\/strong>\u00a0to inspire and motivate young women to vote in the future.<\/p>\n

We need volunteers to help us make an even bigger impact, so if you\u2019re passionate about getting more young women to vote, please do\u00a0get in touch<\/a>.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s no time to lose!<\/em><\/p>\n

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Kate Willoughby
\n<\/em><\/strong>Actor & Writer of Emily Wilding Davison play To Freedom\u2019s Cause<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Emily Davison\u2019s legacy is for\u00a0life<\/em>, not just for 2013.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u00a0# V O T I N G M A T T E R S \u00a0 – \u00a0 S H O W\u00a0\u00a0 O F\u00a0\u00a0 S U P P O R T   . #votingmatters\u00a0is a new campaign from\u00a0#Emilymatters.\u00a0which champions gender equality and encourages young women to vote, ensuring that legacies such as suffragette\u00a0Emily Davison\u2019s\u00a0are not forgotten. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2489"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2489"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2489\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2751,"href":"https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2489\/revisions\/2751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}