We Are Shared Future

Committed to community empowerment, the social economy and democratic participation. Providing expertise, building connections and delivering impactful projects.

How we work

PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS

Birmingham Museums Citizens’ Jury

In partnership with the Birmingham Museum Trust, we launched its first citizen jury in late 2024. The report is now available.

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Blackburn with
Darwen Jury

Following a citizens jury in Blackburn with Darwen we help its participants to drive change.
Over 12 months, we supported former jury members to present their
recommendations to stakeholders.

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Pots of Possibility

Pots of Possibility grants help regenerate North Lancashire’s environment and build healthy, thriving communities.
There are smaller Community Pots, decided by a local panel, and larger Your Pots participatory budgeting grants, voted on by local people in a public event.

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Preston Climate Jury

The Preston People’s Climate Jury invited 30 Preston residents to have their say
on how to tackle climate change across the city and make their recommendations to local leaders about how the city should act in response.

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Bude Area Community Jury

The Bude Area Community Jury, which was commissioned by Bude Climate
Partnership, brought together 34 citizens aged 16 to 86 from across the wider Bude area to tackle the challenges of rising sea levels in the region.

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“We are making a difference to communities and individuals and working towards a fairer, more equal society.”

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What We Do

Shared Future is about people powered participation. We’re helping citizens become more active and have increasing influence within their communities and their connected organisations.

Citizens Assembly

Citizen Assemblies and Juries bring together a randomly selected group of everyday people, who reflect the diversity of the wider population. We help them to hold better, more informed conversations.

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Climate Change

Governments and organisations across the world are considering what a meaningful response to climate change looks like. As we deal with this wicked problem we need more democracy not less.

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Participatory Budgeting

Citizens know the true intention of their leaders when the budget is decided. Every budget could be more participatory. We deliver expert advice and support on Participatory Budgeting (PB).

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We’re a social enterprise with a mission to support other social enterprises create a fairer, more just society. We do this through developing new projects that build a stronger social and solidarity economy.

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