SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Learn more about council staff in social media Twitter marathon

COUNCILLORS and council staff across South Somerset will be tweeting crazy today (Wednesday, November 26) in a national tweetathon.

From street cleaning to scrutiny, civil contingencies planning to community health, the hundreds of vital services of a council will be brought to life in 140 characters when councillors and staff from South Somerset take part in a tweetathon to give people an insight into the hundreds of jobs councils do every day.

They will be among thousands nationwide to tweet using the hashtag #OurDay on social networking Twitter.

During #OurDay last year there were 11,000 tweets from 3,500 contributors, reaching three million people.

The #OurDay initiative has been organised by the Local Government Association, which represents councils in England and Wales, and the Knowledge Hub. The LGA is encouraging as many councillors and local authority staff as possible to take a couple of minutes out of their day to tell the world what they’re up to as part of a 24-hour live tweetathon, from 00.01 today (Wednesday, November 26, 2014) by using the hashtag #OurDay.

South Somerset District Council leader, Cllr Ric Pallister, said: “Despite being a significant employer, much of the work of the Councils is invisible to most people yet what they do has a direct impact on the daily lives of many across the district.

"It is so much more than grass cutting, pot holes and rubbish collection and Our Day will provide an opportunity for residents to gain an insight into the full range of services that the Local Authorities provide.

“The staff are proud of what they do and there are many unsung heroes amongst them so this will also provide them with an opportunity to tell people about what they do.”

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