You can help raise awareness of the environment, social and economic issues you care about by blogging on: Blogger

Tweeting and Retweeting on: Twitter

….or take part of the debate on local internet forums where you live, such as:
– BrentfordTW8.com
– ChiswickW4.com

If you want to build your confidence in public speaking at meetings then if you are a young person get involved in the English Speaking Union.  I recommend all ages to read The Art of Public Speaking (12e) by Stephen Lucas.  You may also want to look at the companion website to the 9th edition.

Communityplanning.net is a great place to find a range of tools that can be used to help change your community.

For strategic advice on campaigning, read the work of Chris Rose (www.campaignstrategy.org); I particularly recommend his reflections on the long game involved in influencing political parties.

You can read my occassional blog posts or follow my Tweets.