Councillors and council staff are set to take part in a 24-hour social media marathon today, showcasing their daily experiences in local government.
Using the Twitter hashtag #OurDay, elected members and town hall employees will share their daily experiences until the end of the day. Last year 11,000 tweets were sent from 3,500 local government Twitter accounts.
‘Councils do a huge amount of work for their communities every day, but this is not always clear to our resident,’ said Cllr Peter Fleming, chair of the LGA’s Improvement and Innovation Board.
‘#OurDay is a chance for us to tell the many stories of 24 hours in the life of a council, from providing care for the most vulnerable in our society to fixing potholes to cleaning our streets,’ he said.
Here's a selection of #OurDay tweets:
Hertford’s School Crossing Patrol looking great and keeping families safe on the way to school #OurDay pic.twitter.com/NdRobrKGFI
— Herts County Council (@hertscc) November 26, 2014
First stop - coffee from our cafe run by clients with learning disabilities on supported employment scheme. #OurDay pic.twitter.com/vW1MHAankx
— Gillian Quinton (@gillquinton1) November 26, 2014
Our Customer Services Advisor Sue is on reception today ready to help with queries & says ‘Good Morning!’ #ourday pic.twitter.com/uiAwjBa0mM
— SevenoaksDC News (@SDC_newsdesk) November 26, 2014
Our wonderful web wizard Os keeps 1000+ pages up to date on http://t.co/vvXTC0oLwZ. It gets 17k daily visits. #OurDay pic.twitter.com/0WTNtVmweY
— Rochdale Council (@RochdaleCouncil) November 26, 2014
The 24-hour event has been organised by the Local Government Association (LGA) and public service collaboration platform Knowledge Hub.
