Lancaster Local Climate Engagement (LCE) The Local Climate Engagement Programme was run by Involve; UK100; the Democratic Society; Shared Future CIC and Climate Outreach. It was established to support councils across England and the political spectrum to deliver high-quality public…
Preston People’s Climate Jury In early 2024, Shared Future CIC was commissioned by Preston City Council to design and facilitate a two-month Climate Jury. Twenty-seven residents from the region were recruited for the process. They came together over 8 sessions…
Local Climate Engagement Programme Evaluation Part 1 The Local Climate Engagement Programme (LCE) aims 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…
Wandsworth Citizens’ Assembly on Air Quality In 2023 Shared Future was involved in designing and facilitating the London Borough of Wandsworth’s Citizen Assembly on Air Quality. The Assembly was the fruition of the new administration’s manifesto pledges to hold a…
Shipleys Citizens’ Jury Climate Report 2023 The Shipley Town Council Citizens’ Jury is an example of a deliberative process, similar to a Citizens’ Assembly, but smaller. It was commissioned by Shipley Town Council with support from a National Lottery ‘Together…
The Blackburn with Darwen People’s Jury on the Climate Change Crisis The People’s Jury on Climate Change, on behalf of Blackburn with Darwen Council, was launched in September 2022. The role of the new ‘People’s Jury’ on Climate Change was…
The Cheshire and Merseyside Alcohol Inquiry 35 residents from Cheshire and Merseyside were recruited in 2020 to take part in the Cheshire and Merseyside Alcohol Inquiry. The residents were recruited through the delivery of 6,000 letters across the region. The…
The Furness Citizens’ Jury on Climate Change Barrow Borough Council launched the recruitment process for the Jury in October 2021. Letters were sent to 4,000 households randomly selected from the Royal Mail’s address database by the Sortition Foundation, an independent,…
The Southwark Citizens’ Jury on Climate Change The jury saw 25 local citizens consider the question: “What needs to change in Southwark to tackle the emergency of climate change fairly and effectively for people and nature?“ The Jury members came…
Winsford Decides Winsford Town Council: Participatory Budgeting Pilot Programme August – December 2021 Participatory Budgeting (PB) originated in Brazil in the 1980s, has spread worldwide, and is a method of giving local people the opportunity to decide how public money…