The Government of Jersey is to launch a substantial public engagement exercise to better understand public hopes, concerns and questions arising from Brexit.
The cross-departmental campaign will not adopt the standard format of a consultation but instead provide an interactive forum for debate, with direct answers being supplied by departmental officials and Ministers.
Jersey: Let’s Talk Brexit will be accessible across various forms of social media – islanders are encouraged to tweet, comment and respond to topics and statistics that will be published to generate discussion.
In addition, ‘vox pop’ interviews with members of the public will be filmed around the island, and updates circulated through the media.
Members of the public will be able to email letstalkbrexit@gov.je, call the Let’s Talk Brexit team on 440406 or write care of the Ministry of Externals Relations at Cyril Le Marquand House.
A public questionnaire, available in electronic and print copy, will be made available as the campaign progresses. The public will also be able to engage the Minister for External Relations via a radio broadcast, and schools and other public groups will be invited to participate in meetings to question Ministers.
Ministers will also participate in the campaign by filming responses to the vox pop videos and answering some of the questions posted on social media or through more traditional methods of communication.
The campaign will run for the coming four months, with further engagement planned for Autumn 2017.
• A video guide to Let’s Talk Brexit can be found here
Members of the public can participate in Let’s Talk Brexit via:
• Facebook: www.facebook.com/letstalkbrexit
• Twitter: @letstalkbrexit
• Email: letstalkbrexit@gov.je
• Telephone: 01534 440406