The North of Tyne Citizens’ Assembly on Climate Change The Citizens Assembly saw 50 people from the north east of England come together to help shape the region’s response to the climate crisis. Through the Sortition Foundation, the North of Tyne…
Warwick District People’s Climate Change Inquiry What should Warwick do about climate change? That was the challenge tackled by a diverse group of local residents of Warwick District between November 2020 and February 2021. We partnered with Warwick District Council…
The Kendal Climate Change Citizens’ Jury 2020 What should Kendal do about climate change? That was the challenge tackled by a diverse group of local residents of Kendal during the summer and autumn of 2020. Commissioned by Kendal Town Council…
The Lancaster district Climate Change People’s Jury Thirty local people from Lancaster District helped to develop a new action plan to tackle one of the biggest issues facing the world today – climate change. The People’s Jury was formed to examine the…
Community Health Action Four Citizens Inquiries in Dudley Borough 2019 Between September and November 2019, members of four Citizens Inquiries, held in Dudley Borough, shared their experiences and opinions in a highly participatory process. Their work was informed by expert…
Participatory Local Governance and Social Enterprise Exploring the links between social entrepreneurial behaviour and democratic resource allocation through participatory budgeting Since Participatory Budgeting (PB) has evolved from the 1980s, there has been over 3000 reported experiences globally by 2007 and PB is…
The Leeds Climate Change Citizens’ Jury The Leeds Climate Change Citizens Jury was commissioned by the Leeds Climate Commission, where Shared Future was invited to organise and facilitate the process. Project design was overseen by a project oversight panel made up…
Realistic Medicine: Our Voice Citizens’ Jury on Shared Decision-making In the autumn of 2018 a diverse group of Scottish Citizens gathered over three days to make recommendations on shared decision-making in health and social care. 24 people shared ideas, opinions…
An Inquiry into the Challenge of Care at Home The question posed to the participants was: “What would it take to help people to have a good life at home for as long as they choose?” The launch event for…
Blackpool Central East (Layton) Health and Wellbeing Inquiry Over a 18 month period we worked with Public Health at Blackpool Council and the Blackpool Clinical Commissioning Group to design and deliver four Citizens Inquiries on health and wellbeing. The fourth…