Your Voice Is Powerful – Use It At the British Overseas Voters Forum (BOVF), we hold a core belief that’s simple but transformative: Where decisions are made that affect many people, many people should be involved in the decision-making. That includes British citizens living overseas — and that includes you! Excluded & Disenfranchised Too often,
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Once you’ve told your ten, challenge them to do the same. Every conversation, every message shared, every expat invited to get involved with BOVF creates a ripple. That ripple, when echoed by ten more, becomes a powerful wave of voices calling for real change. People-powered This is how people-powered movements grow: not through paid ads
You might try copying and pasting the following into an email or WhatsApp message to your friends: Hi – I just got involved with a group called the British Overseas Voters Forum (BOVF). They’re campaigning on stuff that affects a lot of Brits abroad, like frozen pensions, spousal visas, Uni Fees, banking restrictions, and more.
When someone signs up as a Supporter or Member of BOVF: They add weight to our campaigns – numbers matter when lobbying politicians. Every additional Supporter or Member allows us to demonstrate that our concerns are widely shared, not niche. Politicians, civil servants, and media outlets take notice when thousands of people back a cause.
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Help us grow a movement—one conversation at a time. More than 500,000 British citizens live overseas, and almost every one of them is affected by at least one of the British Overseas Voters Forum (BOVF) Key Issues – from Frozen Pensions to Spousal Visas, University Fees, Banking Barriers, Voting Rights, and Poor Government Communication. Yet,
Can the Discussion Forums help? The Discussion Forums platform is designed to support peer-to-peer knowledge sharing. You’ll find threads and topic areas where people ask and answer questions about the Key Issues BOVF is campaigning to resolve: If your question hasn’t already been answered, create a Discussion in the appropriate sub-group and someone from the
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The Discussion Forums are based on the principle that when big decisions are to be made, the best decision involves large numbers of people Your voice matters. If you have relevant experience, research skills, policy expertise, or lived experience of a Key Issue, you can apply to join one of our Policy Dev Groups. These
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The Discussion Forum has been designed to resemble a social media platform, making it intuitive. Once you create a free Discussion Forums account, you can: Each area of the Discussion Forum is moderated to ensure a respectful, welcoming, and solution-focused environment.
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The Discussion Forums are for you. Anyone who registers with the British Overseas Voters Forum as a Supporter or Member can sign-up. The Forum is open to all who share our mission to secure justice for British citizens living abroad.
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15 January 2025 BOVF hosted an event for its members and supporters in Japan (in the Akasaka area of Tokyo), to discuss the experiences of being a British citizen overseas. This event was a great opportunity for those people with a connection to BOVF and links to British Citizenship based in Japan to get
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