Before COP 26 in Glasgow in 2021, we brought together the recommendations from six citizens’ juries and assemblies run by Shared Future over the last two years. Maria Lucien, our project officer at the time, summarised the recommendations from six…
Katy Rubin reflects on Democracy Pioneers, a project she facilitated for Shared Future to engage Glasgow’s policymakers on climate change through the medium of theatre. On 14 September, eight young Glasgow residents engaged policymakers and councillors, along with neighbours and…
Few would deny the legitimacy of deliberative democratic processes. Citizens’ assemblies – or citizens’ juries, which have fewer participants – can provide a mandate for politicians to take action commensurate with the scale of the problems at hand. They reflect…
The role of young people as independent actors in their own right, able to define and become architects of their future has changed over the years. In thinking this through, we look back and reflect on how the concept of…
In springtime Shared Future Director Jez Hall feels hopeful. In our Easter 2021 blog he reflected on the behaviours that build a good society: Altruism, democracy and stewardship. Relating back these big themes to the work we do at Shared Future on…
The Reasons to be Cheerful podcast, hosted by Ed Miliband MP and Geoff Lloyd recently featured Participatory Budgeting. Ed and Geoff were talking about a BIG idea. One that’s close to Shared Future’s heart. In episode 177, first aired on the 8th February 2021, they featured…
Shared Future’s Pete Bryant featured in a Reasons to be Cheerful Podcast with Ed Miliband and Geoff Lloyd. The podcast was originally aired on the 18th May 2020. Episode 139 of this long running podcast series covered ‘A Mission for Sortition: Citizens’…
The Solonian Institute has curated three podcasts on digital innovation, with a focus on using online technologies. Wisconsin based local radio station WORT ran and hosted the series to showcase the true scale of innovative approaches that are now possible…
There are two viruses affecting our world. The Covid19 pandemic and racism. One natural, one man-made. Both affecting some more than others. People centred approaches are at the heart of building back better. Public bodies can support and enable resilient…
We’re excited to see the birth of numerous new community led mutual aid groups eager to help their neighbours. Every neighbourhood has tremendous people with untapped skills and experience. When we join together we become a vital lifeline for those…