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…
Poplar Green Futures A Strategy & Action Plan for a Low-Carbon Neighbourhood in Poplar In partnership with Poplar HARCA & URBED we worked on a 6-month community design project. Over 50 residents and organisations working on low carbon projects have…
Addressing Emissions from Owner-occupied Homes fINDINGS OF A CITIZENS’ PANEL ON HOME ENERGY DECARBONISATION The Citizens’ Panel on retrofitting the houses of homeowners saw 25 people from the Birmingham area deliberate on how to reduce emission within private homes, with…
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…
Climate Change and Young People in Copeland Young people are highly aware of the threat to their futures from climate change yet are rarely able to influence the ‘gatekeepers’ of climate emissions – those decision makers in Cumbria whose strategies…
The Copeland People’s Panel on Climate Change With the support of Zero Carbon Cumbria Programme and Shared Future, Copeland Borough Council commissioned the Copeland People’s Panel on Climate Change — a citizens’ jury that will guide the council and partner…
The Social Housing Tenants’ Climate Jury Report The Social Housing Tenants’ Climate Jury saw 30 social housing tenants from across the North meet online over 10 weeks between July and September 2021. The Jury explored tenants’ views on retrofit, their…