Community development on Twitter follow up – @forsythiayouth at the Welsh Assembly
In my recent blog about community development Twitter accounts in Wales worth a follow I highlighted the @forsythiayouth group in Merthyr Tydfil/Merthyr Tudful which showcases through its Twitter account the empowerment of local young people to tackle issues affecting them and their peers. One of the tweets I included to illustrate this referred to the group’s participation in a Welsh Assembly inquiry about legal highs.
It sparked a Twitter exchange (thanks to @GoodPracticeWAO!) leading @kevo_davies, Outreach Manager at the Assembly, to draw the below film to my attention
.@seneddhealth met w/young ppl @forsythiayouth discussing a video they had made on #legalhighs w/@FixersUK @llannerch @GoodPracticeWAO
— Kevin Davies (@kevo_davies) October 21, 2014
Awesome stuff @forsythiayouth @llannerch
— Kevin Davies (@kevo_davies) October 21, 2014
Which you can see here:http://t.co/IBFfz7HBUZ @forsythiayouth @FixersUK @llannerch @GoodPracticeWAO @seneddhealth #legalhighs
— Kevin Davies (@kevo_davies) October 21, 2014
Diolch for the mention Russ! It’s great to hear some of the work that the National Assembly for Wales is doing, I love how they’re using Google Hangouts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fomBO9zuluU.
Cheers!
Dyfrig
Croeso Dyfrig.
Hated the Hangouts android app for my phone so given it a wide berth since. Will check it out
Russell
The best thing is how they’ve supported people to use it if they’re not familiar with the technology. Bit more info in this Storify https://storify.com/GoodPracticeWAO/scrusm-involving-the-public
Just blogged about it if you want more info http://goodpracticeexchange.wordpress.com/2014/10/30/hanging-out-with-the-national-assembly-for-wales/