<%= @title %> #

Alaveteli, the software that powers <%= site_name %>, is a project of mySociety, a UK organisation. mySociety builds websites that empower citizens to hold authorities to account. And this is one of those sites.

Development #

Hearty cheers to Alaveteli’s many contributors.

How to help #

Become a volunteer #

If you have a passion for transparency, a great deal of patience, and a bit of spare time, consider becoming one of <%= site_name %>'s volunteer admin team. Work includes user support, helping to resolve legal issues, and shaping the site’s direction, and is primarily managed via email.

In the first instance, <%= link_to 'get in touch', help_contact_path %>.

Make a donation #

mySociety, Alaveteli's parent organisation, is a charity. WhatDoTheyKnow, our most-visited Alaveteli site, costs thousands of pounds each year, for overheads such as servers, maintenance and development.

Your contributions, however small, really help. Donate here.

Sort things out #

Admin can be fun! Help people find successful requests, and monitor performance of authorities, by playing the categorisation game.

Or be a dear, and find out FOI email addresses of authorities that we're missing.

Spread the word #

We don’t have a massive marketing budget, so word of mouth really helps.

• Write a blog post about <%= site_name %>, or an interesting request that you've found.
• Post about the site, and what you can do with it, on a forum that you frequent.
• Tell friends about it.
• Let your local newspaper or community magazine know how useful we are.
• Give a talk.
• <%= mail_to 'hello@mysociety.org', 'Ask us for leaflets', :encode => "javascript" %> to leave in your local library or coffee shop.

Improve our code #

Seen something that could work better? If you're a programmer, get the source code for our parent project, Alaveteli and send us a pull request. <%= site_name %> is coded in Ruby on Rails.