The Local Climate Engagement Programme (LCE) aimed 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…
Ensuring Local Energy Benefits: In 2023, working with Shared Future’s facilitators and supported by funding from the Scottish Government, Regen, an independent not for profit with a mission to transform the world’s energy systems for a zero carbon future, conducted…
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…
Join the two day convention and take part in our workshop ‘The City of Empaville’ We are proud sponsors of The Peoples Powerhouse ‘This is the North convention’ and invite you to join us at the convention on Wednesday 29th…
We were pleased to be hosted by Scribe Accounts and join their one day convention Scribefest 2023. Jez presents Unlocking Community Power: The potential of Participatory Budgeting, as he discusses what Participatory Budgeting is, how it works and shares why…
In 2023 we supported ‘Your Pots’, which offered grants of £5000 to £10,000 to help 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…
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…
As Shared Future grows and takes on new projects and challenges we have been recruiting two new staff members. We have recruited Samuel to focus on our comms and outreach, particularly growing our participatory budgeting work, as well as supporting…
Director of Shared Future, Peter Bryant, has contributed to a new evaluation report by The Place-Based Climate Action Network and The Economic and Social Research Council, which was launched in June 2023. Their report chronicles five years of research by…
This new guide and toolkit reflects on recent experiences of Participatory Budgeting (PB) within the Gwent area of Wales, from early 2020 to January 2023. Produced by Shared Future, following qualitative research in Gwent, and building on our long experience…