What was it like to take part in the Empaville Participatory Budgeting role play game at the Festival of Debate in Sheffield? Deborah Timoni lets us know in her blog, reflecting on what happened at our interactive workshop in May…
Pots of Possibility grants help regenerate North Lancashire’s environment and build healthy, thriving communities across Lancaster district. There are smaller Community Pots, decided by a local panel, and larger Your Pots participatory budgeting grants, voted on by local people in…
Why We Came Together to Hold the first Citizens Panel on Policing and Community Safety In recent years, the conversation around policing in the UK has grown increasingly urgent. At the heart of this dialogue lies a critical need to…
The Preston People’s Climate Jury offered 30 Preston residents a chance to have their say on how to tackle climate change across the city and make recommendations to local leaders about how the city should act in response. Shared Future was…
The Local Climate Engagement Programme (LCE) aimed to help ensure that the UK can reach its net zero target. It provides local authorities and their partners in England with support to undertake or commission high quality, inclusive public engagement in…
Ensuring Local Energy Benefits: In 2023, working with Shared Future’s facilitators and supported by funding from the Scottish Government, Regen, an independent not for profit with a mission to transform the world’s energy systems for a zero carbon future, conducted…
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 answer the question: ‘‘How can we respond to a changing climate, including sea…
Join the two day convention and take part in our workshop ‘The City of Empaville’ We are proud sponsors of The Peoples Powerhouse ‘This is the North convention’ and invite you to join us at the convention on Wednesday 29th…
To bring power back and win against climate change, citizens can lead the way, one climate jury at a time. In our latest blog, by Samuel Augustine, we spoke with Wandsworth citizens to share their experience in participating in a…
We were pleased to be hosted by Scribe Accounts and join their one day convention Scribefest 2023. Jez presents Unlocking Community Power: The potential of Participatory Budgeting, as he discusses what Participatory Budgeting is, how it works and shares why…