What is VOICE?
VOICE is a powerful web-publishing toolkit available to local councils and voluntary groups to help their local groups, from neighbourhoods to schools, to create new free websites - and develop them using tailored tools and templates. However, the real power of VOICE is the national directory of groups that forms as part of this centralised service. Groups are not limited to using VOICE and may simply register on the directory.
As well as posting content, news, documents and audio-visual material, VOICE toolkit users can easily add interactive eParticipation and eConsultation toolkit options to their sites, like blogs, forums, surveys and petitions.
Local Authorities can visit the VOICE users' community to find out more
Who’s using VOICE?
A number of Local Authorities and community organisations have portals on VOICE, each independelty maintained. To get your free website you must register with an active local portal. If you're locality doesn't operate a portal then lobby your local authority to sign-up with VOICE.
Take a look at some of the Local Authority and project portals by clicking on the screenshots below:-
To find out more about how councils and groups are using VOICE by viewing existing sites, visit our Community Websites A-Z.
How did VOICE come about?
VOICE operates in partnership with ENCORE, the Neighbourhoods and Parish Councils Project, the Local e-Democracy Project, the Practical e-Democracy in London Project, the East of England Regional Assembly and CASWEB.
VOICE operates in partnership with ENCORE, the Neighbourhoods and Parish Councils Project, the Local e-Democracy Project, the Practical e-Democracy in London Project, the East of England Regional Assembly and CASWEB.
