Citizen Voices: Blackpool Health and Wellbeing Inquiry Interviews
In 2017 Shared Future facilitated 4 citizen led inquiries into Health and Wellbeing in Blackpool. These short videos, taken on the 4th May 2017 explain the reasons behind why they…
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West Midlands Mental Health Commission Citizens Jury
‘Thrive West Midlands’ – the West Midlands Combined Authority’s (WMCA) Mental Health Commission action plan. On the 31st January 2017 the West Midlands Mental Health Commission Action Plan was launched…
Fracking: A Citizens Deliberation, Preston 2016
Fracking is a hugely important issue for politicians grappling with the energy challenges we are faced with now and in the future. However, the debate is dominated by industry representatives,…
West Midlands Mental Health Commission Citizens Jury 2016
In spring 2016, fifteen residents of the West Midlands, with lived experience, met for eight sessions of deliberation. Their task was to produce a set of recommendations for the West…
People led democracy in Denmark: What can we learn from grown up politics?
I can hardly believe it is only two weeks since I was on a small Danish island, in the midst of the Baltic sea, taking part in the Danish Folkemoedet, or…
All Our Stories: the ABCD of Citizen Inquiries
In a recent Citizens Inquiry in the Wirral, twenty residents from all walks of life worked together over nine evenings to think through how to make alcohol a healthy part…