It’s not all about the music. This year the Shangri-La area at Glastonbury is celebrating your democratic rights – Politics, Sholotics – and they’re asking people to connect with the political process and demonstrate that politics can be for them and by them.
They’re partnering with GuardianWitness to hear from you: “We want expressions and ideas on current political issues. Revellers and members of the public are summoned to upload ideas on important issues around the election, poverty, welfare, healthcare, political parties, immigration, welfare.”
It’s estimated that only 43% of 18-24-year-olds voted in the last UK election. This isn’t to say more young people aren’t politically interested, especially when there’s an issue they care about. Last year’s referendum in Scotland showed just that, but it seems younger adults are becoming increasingly disengaged from Westminster politics.
Of course there are many ways to be politically active. In May, many of you shared amazing alternative UK election posters with GuardianWitness and some of these are going to be shown on site. So if you’re at the festival do go and see them. To accompany the installation, Shangri-La are asking festival goers to create political slogans, posters and placards which you can either create on the Glastonbury site or share from where you are via GuardianWitness.
Tell us about about your political beliefs. Do you want to change the UK’s electoral system – or opt out altogether? What political campaigns do you take part in? How do you see politics in the future? What would encourage you to get involved?
We’ll publish the most interesting contributions on the Guardian site.
You can share your views, posters or photos with us by clicking on the blue “contribute” buttons on this article. You can also use the GuardianWitness smartphone app or the Guardian app and search for “GuardianWitness assignments”.
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