Make Something Better – Local, National and Global Causes

How often have you thought about the problems here and in the wider world and wondered what you could do as an individual?

This page provides links to other sites where you can help to make something better.

LOCAL CAUSES

NATIONAL CAUSES

10:10
It’s simple: We all cut our carbon by 10% this year. You, me, that bloke walking his dog outside, your work, your kids’ school, the council, the church, the chip shop. Everyone.
Axe The Tax
Council Tax is unfair, especially to pensioners and others on low fixed incomes. Liberal democrats want a fair Local Income Tax instead – and this site lets you calculate the effect it would have on you.
Make My Vote Count
If you think you should be able to vote FOR what you want rather than AGAINST what you don’t want, please visit the Make My Vote Count site and sign the petition.
NO2ID
NO2ID is a campaigning organisation, focussed on the threat to liberty and privacy posed by the rapid growth of the database state, of which “ID cards” are the most visible part.
Take Back Power
Help us Now – Change Politics for Good: A 100 Day Action Plan to save Britain’s Democracy
The Freedom Bill
Reverse laws introduced under successive Conservative and Labour governments, reinstate ancient freedoms like the right to trial by jury and prevent modern infringements such as the National Identity Register.

GLOBAL CAUSES

Disaster Emergency Committee
The Disaster Emergency Committee co-ordinates response to emergencies.
Fairtrade
Fairtrade is about better prices, decent working conditions, local sustainability, and fair terms of trade for farmers and workers in the developing world.
Make Poverty History
This campaign is trying to get the leaders of the rich countries to face their responsibilities to areas where poverty is a real threat to survival.