Jez Hall of Shared Future and Lynn Sbaih of Give2Gain had the privilege of running a two hour session on the ‘Journey of Social Enterprise’ at the 2019 Greater Manchester Social Enterprise conference. Their purpose was to explore the motivations and reasons…
An opportunity to improve Care at Home services in Greater Manchester. “What would it take to help people to have a good life at home for as long as they choose?” The Inquiry itself has now concluded, and we have…
One of the privileges of being in Shared Future is the wonderful people, and wonderful places it gives you access to. Like the recent Citizen Participation University in Hungary. In 2017 it was in its 9th year. The Citizen Participation University (CPU) is…
In 2017 Shared Future facilitated 4 citizen led inquiries into Health and Wellbeing in Blackpool. These short videos, taken on the 4th May 2017 explain the reasons behind why they were needed and what went on. The interviews were filmed…
On the 31st January 2017 a new West Midlands Mental Health Commission Action Plan was launched by Norman Lamb MP. Central to the production of the action plan was a citizens jury, organised by Shared Future CIC. Thrive West Midlands…
I can hardly believe it is only two weeks since I was on a small Danish island, in the midst of the Baltic sea, taking part in the Danish Folkemoedet, or People’s Meeting. Sharing big ideas, rubbing up against national politicians,…
In a recent Citizens Inquiry in the Wirral, twenty residents from all walks of life worked together over nine evenings to think through how to make alcohol a healthy part of their community and reduce the harmful aspects, in terms…
Protecting the Right to the City in the UK: a brief introduction to Community Land Trusts, as part of work leading up to the the UN-HABITAT World Urban Forum 7 Shared Future CIC was asked to produce a brief introduction to…