Progress
What We’ve Achieved
This work is carried out by a small independent campaign, not a large institution. Yet despite limited resources, the campaign has built real reach, sustained pressure, and a credible national voice for the historic counties.
This page sets out some of the progress already made, and why continued support matters.
Reach and Visibility
The point of the work is not simply to attract attention. It is to make the historic counties more visible, more discussable, and harder to ignore in public life.
What Progress Looks Like
Visibility That Leads Somewhere
Reach matters because it changes what is publicly possible. When more people see the counties discussed seriously, the subject stops looking marginal and starts entering wider civic, media, and political space.
That is the real value of the campaign’s visibility: not vanity, but a stronger foundation for better public understanding and more serious official attention.
Public Awareness Has Grown
The issue of the historic counties now reaches far more people than it did even a few years ago. Through articles, social media, graphics, video, and map-based content, the case is being seen and shared at national scale.
That matters because awareness is the first step in correcting decades of confusion.
The Message Is Reaching Beyond The Site
The campaign’s work is not confined to one website. Articles have been published on other relevant platforms, public statements are issued regularly, and county identity is being discussed in a much wider civic and heritage space than before.
This is how a subject moves from the margins into serious public discussion.
Progress also has a practical side: stronger county language, stronger county presence, and more examples of county geography being treated seriously in the real world.
More Than Reach
Pressure, Materials, and Public Presence
The campaign’s achievements are not confined to follower counts or impressions. They include sustained contact with Parliament and government, usable public materials, clearer county explanations, and a growing body of work that people can point to when the subject comes up.
That matters because serious change is cumulative. Better arguments, better tools, and more visible county presence all strengthen the conditions for further recognition.
Work With Parliament and Government
Parliamentary Contact
Every MP has been contacted on numerous occasions about the historic counties and the importance of using accurate geographical language.
Government Submissions
Around twenty submissions have been made to the Department of Housing, Communities and Local Government, helping to place county accuracy and identity directly before decision-makers.
Ministerial Engagement
The campaign has had contact on numerous occasions with the Secretary of State at that department, pressing the case at the highest level available.
Focused Policy Discussion
Detailed discussions have also taken place with individual MPs about what meaningful progress would require in practice, including legislation, definitions, and realistic next steps.
What This Work Produces
Research
Clear explanations, briefing material, historical evidence, and reference content that people can actually use.
Campaigning
Submissions, pressure, and engagement with public bodies to ensure county identities are not ignored or carelessly overwritten.
Public Education
Articles, graphics, maps, and short-form content that reach large audiences and correct persistent myths.
Visibility
A stronger public presence for the historic counties in heritage, media, civic discussion, and local identity.
There Is Still More To Do
These achievements show that the work is serious and effective. They do not mean the job is finished. Public understanding still needs to be rebuilt, misinformation still needs to be challenged, and official practice still needs to improve.