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
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Maria has been central to our expanding work over the last 18 months, making sure that our deliberative processes run smoothly and citizens feel supported throughout. Maria has now moved on to a new role with the global People Powered organisation, with whom we collaborate closely. She’ll
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At Shared Future we feel it’s good to push the use of public deliberation into new areas, to solve new challenges. That could be about challenging “institutional power” through mini-publics. Or democratising spaces where only a few people seem to have convening or agenda setting powers. In
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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
Read more →Earlier this year, we were asked to facilitate a Citizen’s Panel on how homeowners can make their homes more energy efficient, in order to help the UK reach it’s net zero targets. Ray Plummer, one of our panel members, shares his thoughts on how it felt to
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At Shared Future we have a vision of thousands of deliberative conversations happening across the country on a regular basis – allowing ordinary citizens to come together to discuss the challenge of climate change and its local impact, to forge new visions for a more sustainable future
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In the two previous blogs in this series we looked at theatre, or rather legislative theatre, as a playful way to explore issues of power and to overcome policy blocks. And before that, creative facilitation, which uses model making or non-verbal communication to explore issues in surprising
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Our experiments in game-like facilitation shows play can make deliberative and participatory processes more effective and enjoyable.
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Our experiments in game-like facilitation shows play can make deliberative and participatory processes more effective and enjoyable.
Read more →A Carers Week blog by Shared Future. 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, for too long. That is, an army of unpaid carers, 6.5 million strong, young and old, that look after friends, neighbours and family members.
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