Our latest climate assembly is now underway in Cumbria. The Cumbria Climate Assembly is focussed on ensuring the voices of everyday residents are heard and can influence local climate policies. The need for impactful ways for residents to have their…
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…
On the 30th January 2025, the residents of Birmingham who took part in this citizens’ jury presented their recommendations from the past four months to the Birmingham Museums Trust leadership team, its stakeholders, as well as influencers from the broader…
Our resource for grant making through participatory budgeting has had a make-over. Refreshed and released at the beginning of January 2025, it has been updated to add new content, fix broken links, and reflect Shared Future’s current branding. Specifically written…
From January 2025 we are losing a valuable part of our core team. However Samuel will keep connected, as the latest member of our Associates pool. Samuel joined us back in May 2023 and, over the past 18 months, became…
Pots of Possibility grants are designed to regenerate the environment and build healthy, thriving communities across the Lancaster district. They consist of smaller “Community Pots” grants, which are awarded by a panel, and larger “Your Pots” grants, where successful projects…
Our third blog on taking an ecosystem approach to democracy. Shared Future director Jez Hall concludes a short series of think pieces on tackling the crisis in our democracy, by taking an ecosystem approach. Whether it’s the climate emergency, financial…
A new book, detailing why Participatory Budgeting is an important innovation in citizenship education was published this month. Shared Future director Jez Hall contributed a chapter to Educating for Democracy: The Case for Participatory Budgeting in Schools, available from Edward…
“Liverpool is the world in one city” In the wake of the recent violent and racist thuggery that resulted in the destruction of the Spellow Community Hub and Library in Liverpool national justice charity Revolving Doors and citizens’ democracy organisation…