Findings from a collaborative evaluation project on public engagement at COP26 Ahead of COP26, the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (UK Branch) invited funding applications from organisations planning public engagement initiatives. They brought together six organisations to share knowledge, plan, create a…
A Carers Week blog by Shared Future. Sure, we’re all concerned about the cost of living crisis. But there are some who are more invisible than most of us. Who are really struggling. Have been ‘just about managing’ at best,…
Looking back on his long and illustrious career in the field of participatory budgeting, Alan Budge speaks to us about how he got into PB, his highlights and advice for making participatory processes sustainable. After more than 25 years promoting…
Greta Thunberg began her campaign of school strikes aged 15. But in the UK she would need to wait another three years to be deemed mature enough to cast her vote. Greta’s story is indicative of the challenge of young…
Youth PB is a process in which young people have a say over the spending of public funds in a school or community setting. This short video animation was produced by the Participatory Budgeting Youth Accelerator Project for the launch of its…
Introduction The jury saw 25 local citizens consider the question, ‘What needs to change in Southwark to tackle the emergency of climate change fairly and effectively for people and nature?’ Southwark Council launched the recruitment process for its citizens’ climate…
Yves Cabannes is a leading researcher and practitioner in Participatory Budgeting, and in recent years has been focussing his work on climate themed PB. He has shared with us a number of publications that explore this topic in depth. Greening…
The terrible news from Ukraine fills our newspapers and social media. It is worth mentioning alongside the tragic and unnecessary human cost is the threat to democratic innovation, including those such as Participatory Budgeting. Ukraine has had a burgeoning PB…
A new paper examining Shared Future’s Leeds Climate Change Citizens Jury highlights the co-benefits of deliberation. Local authorities wanting to achieve meaningful carbon reduction, are increasingly turning towards public engagement. Shared Future is part of this, having delivered a wide…
In these times of deepening democratic deficit, with trust in government at an all time low and social inequality spiralling, we believe it is more important than ever to place people at the centre of the big issues facing society…