I'd like to see us make a proactive effort here, so that we could state something like the following:
We actively support a number of organisations which encourage people from minority sectors to enter and thrive in the disciplines that make up the Civic Tech field, including research, coding, data, open government, design etc. This support takes the form of assisted places at some of our events; notice of our vacancies; talks from our staff; shares on social media of events that will also interest the mySociety follower base.
Thoughts welcome on the practicalities of this @Gemmamysoc @Rebeccarumbul @abimysoc
I think it would be easy enough to write a blog post encouraging groups of this sort to get in touch and then at the most basic level we could add them to our jobs newsletter and invite them to email me when one of their events needs a boost.
I'd like to see us make a proactive effort here, so that we could state something like the following:
Thoughts welcome on the practicalities of this @Gemmamysoc @Rebeccarumbul @abimysoc
I think it would be easy enough to write a blog post encouraging groups of this sort to get in touch and then at the most basic level we could add them to our jobs newsletter and invite them to email me when one of their events needs a boost.