The Preston People’s Climate Jury will provide 30 Preston residents with a chance to have their say on how we tackle climate change across the city and make recommendations to local leaders about how the city should act in response. Shared Future has been asked to facilitate the
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Our work on climate change using deliberative and participatory processes.
The Local Climate Engagement Programme (LCE) aims 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 climate decision-making to help shape their strategies,
Read more →Insights from a Peoples Panel. In 2023, supported by funding from the Scottish Government, Regen, working with Shared Future’s facilitators, conducted a People’s Panel tasked with answering the question: “The way we use energy in our homes and communities is changing, with many communities and councils developing
Read more →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 level rise, to support our community to
Read more →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 local climate jury on air quality. Saturday
Read more →Apply now for a ‘Your Pots’ grant of £5000 to £10,000 to help your regenerative enterprise or zero-waste initiative grow into something great. The Pots of Possibility fund supports ideas for developing a zero-waste, circular and regenerative economy in North Lancashire. It is part of Closing Loops,
Read more →As Shared Future grows and takes on new projects and challenges we have been recruiting two new staff members. Rowan has replaced Maria as our project officer. We have also recruited Samuel to focus on our comms and outreach, particularly growing our participatory budgeting work, as well
Read more →The Shipley Town Council Citizens’ Jury is an example of a deliberative process, similar to a Citizens’ Assembly, but smaller. It was commissioned by Shipley Town Council with support from a National Lottery ‘Together for Our Planet’ grant. Shared Future CIC were proud to be asked to
Read more →Since the beginning of this year Shared Future has been involved in designing and facilitating the London Borough of Wandsworth’s Citizen Assembly on Air Quality. The Assembly is the fruition of the new administration’s manifesto pledges to hold a Citizens Assembly, to review its Air Quality Action
Read more →In 2022 we embarked on a bold experiment. To train and support a locally run climate themed Citizens’ Jury. This was very different from our normal ‘hands on’ approach, and it felt risky to experiment. But the rewards exceeded our expectations. In our latest blog, Pete Bryant
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