Folkemødet, youth and optimism
An energised and youthful culture celebrating Scottish democracy is an exciting thought, and I look forward to helping build it.
Cameron Stedman - People’s Meeting volunteer
A visit to the People's Meeting
Scotland can not, nor should it, simply recreate Denmark's People's Meeting. But it can take inspiration from its principles: bringing politics closer to people, creating spaces where disagreement is constructive rather than divisive, and making democratic participation feel like a shared enjoyable public experience.
Alice Kinghorn-Gray - People’s Meeting volunteer and Campaigns Officer at Electoral Reform Society
What Denmark’s Folkemødet can teach us about rebuilding trust in democracy
Maybe it’s time we built our own spaces—literal and metaphorical—where democracy can grow and flourish.
Willie Sullivan - Senior Director at the Electoral Reform Society
What can Scotland learn from Denmark’s Folkemødet?
We need events like Folkemødet to uphold the values of free speech and free association. We need political events that don’t just involve members of the political elite talking only to themselves.
Eddie Barnes - Director of the John Smith Centre
Cultural vibrance and people power
The gap between people’s lives and politics was gone, and I could see democracy functioning right in front of me.
Cameron Stedman - People’s Meeting volunteer