Contribute: Make Your Voice Heard
At The Speaker, we’re committed to helping more people understand politics, get involved and have their say. If you want to share your writing, you could be making your voice heard and helping inspire more people to learn more and get involved in politics.
To learn about contributing content to The Speaker, please read answers to the key questions below.
From Autumn 2024, we’ll no longer be maintaining our Opinion section or posting further news updates. Existing content is still currently available through our archive.
We will continue to host and maintain a range of educational resources. To support The Speaker with the updates to these resources, or if you would be interested in developing new educational content with The Speaker, please get in touch through the form at the bottom of this page.
Making your voice heard is a key part of getting involved in politics. Voting in an election is important, but real change requires people to stand up and make their voice heard. Speaking up gives us real potential to power positive change by sharing new ideas and challenging those who make decisions that impact us all.
Your views matter, and it’s likely that someone else shares them too. Publishing your opinion in writing is one way to make your voice heard and initiate discussion, plus potential change.
We no longer accept new opinion articles at The Speaker, but it is still possible to contribute education/explanatory content through the site.
The Speaker accepts contributions from people from different backgrounds, with a range of views and a range of writing abilities. As part of our commitment to empowering young people, we want to provide a platform for many people to find their voice. If you’re unsure about your writing abilities, we’d still encourage you to have a go at writing your thoughts down. You’re welcome to submit content and ask for feedback, and where possible we will get back to you.
Content is checked before publication, but we always recommend double-checking facts, spelling and grammar before hitting submit.
You should know that contributing to The Speaker isn’t a commitment or a paid gig.
The Speaker is a non-profit organisation with a socially-focused mission, powered by volunteers – we’re committed to having a positive social impact and we don’t have shareholders that profit from external contributions. Our mission is to inspire the next generation in politics – we do this through providing explanatory, understandable content, and providing a platform for young people to find their voice. We are proud of our impact to date, and hope that providing this opportunity continually allows people a platform to share knowledge about real issues, to gain experience in writing, and to help inspire future generations of voters and political leaders.
We no longer accept opinion content and now solely focus on educational content, such as our guides and explainers.
We’ve listed some basic guidelines here, but there’s no exact formula to a great piece of writing, so try and be creative. Usually, the best pieces we see consider multiple different angles and help explain topics in an accessible way. As you may expect, we don’t publish contributions which are clearly designed to be offensive, are false or promote violence or illegal activity.
- 400-2000 words
- Covers Topics Which Are Related To Politics
- Covers Topics Which Impact The Wider Public
For more details, see our Contributors’ Terms, which apply to all contributions made to The Speaker.
We welcome single pieces of writing, but many contributors also wish to contribute again. Opinions can change and new topics can arise, so you’re welcome to contribute whenever you like. Unfortunately, we can’t guarantee we’ll always be able to publish contributions though.
Contributing regularly isn’t expected, a commitment or a paid gig, but we do like to recognise our regular contributors and help them raise their profile by displaying some information about them on our website. People that contribute to The Speaker regularly may have author profiles on our website, and may be sent information on community events related to The Speaker from time to time.
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READY TO CONTRIBUTE?
If having read through the above you think you’d like to get involved and contribute to The Speaker, please do get in touch using the form linked here. Please note that all contributions are subject to our Contributors’ Terms. We try to publish as many contributions as possible, but we can’t promise that we’ll be able to publish all contributions.
