Many of you have told us about upcoming events that are the perfect opportunity to gather suggestions. To accommodate this, the deadline for submitting your manifesto ideas is now May 24th 2013.
The period in which party manifestos are developed is a crucial time to gather support for a cause. RCSLT is collecting your suggestions this spring, allowing the maximum amount of time for us promote the chosen ‘asks’ to politicians in the run up to the election.
Click here for the blank suggestion forms and here for the ballot box label.
RCSLT will be meeting political parties at a national level to promote the asks.
As with many campaigns, the vote for speech and language therapy will take a long time to prepare for and a lot of effort for perhaps just one sentence to appear in one party manifesto! However, the next general election is set to be such a crucial moment in setting the future direction of austerity measures and public service reforms that we must take up the challenge.
Elections in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are set to take place in 2016. RCSLT will use your suggestions to plan our influencing in the run up to elections to the devolved parliaments and assemblies. If you work in the devolved nations, please take time to send us your suggestion now.