Your Pots 2026 community grants build a regenerative economy in Lancaster District. The fourth and final round of ‘Your Pots – Your Say’ community voting day will be on Saturday 5th December at The Platform in Morecambe. As in previous…
After years of austerity politics, there is a new opportunity to realise the potential of community power within those communities most left behind. To unleash community power, we need to think about how public resources have traditionally been, and are…
In November 2025 the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) launched its Live Well Participation Playbook. Shared Future wrote the section on participatory budgeting, as well as contributing towards the launch event, opened by GM Mayor Andy Burnham. “What is the…
Your Pots 2025 community grants build a regenerative economy in Lancaster District. The third annual ‘Your Pots – Your Say’ community voting day was held at The Storey in Lancaster on 15th November, and it was an energising event full…
Shared Future CIC is using funding from the Network For Social Change Charitable Trust (NSCCT) to establish mentoring, advice and support for a new network of Green Participatory Budgeting Organisers. Launched in May 2025 we have now begun the programme,…
In our latest briefing paper we explore the potential of Green or Climate themed participatory budgeting. Time is running short to protect our planet and achieve Net Zero. Citizen power driving our climate transition is urgently needed if the required…
Over the last few months we have been busy preparing new and updated resources related to Participatory Budgeting. We want to give you a brief overview of what’s available, and where to find them on our website. Choose for Cheetham…
💥 Youth find their voice through Participatory Budgeting💥 Loving the video from Choose for Cheetham, where young people and applicants voted on £230,000 funding (yes, you read that right… £230K) for youth development activities in Cheetham Hill. Led by Young…
100+ children and young people. 21 youth organisations. £200,000 up for grabs. What could go wrong? Not a lot it seems. Shared Future were happy to support Choose For Cheetham 2025, after the steering group decided to use participatory budgeting…
On 16th November 2024, eleven local charities and community organisations gathered in Lancaster for the second “Your Pots – Your Say” community voting day. Watch what went on. Using the model of Participatory Budgeting, each group was bidding for between…