We're excited to join The Equality Trust, Parth Patel, Matt Chocqueel-Mangan, sdonald4pr to discuss #ParticipatoryDemocracy and issues in our electoral & political systems🗳️

29th April 6pm - Sign up now!👍
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📣 Keir Starmer’s right-hand woman Sue Gray caused a stir with her public support of citizens’ assemblies.

Sophie Church and Sienna Rodgers explore why a Labour government might champion deliberative democracy

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Always encouraging to hear Rebecca Willis’s faith in democracy - in people’s ability to grapple with the enormity of the climate crisis *and* the measures needed to address it 💚
Have a listen!

📢 Announcing 'The School for Everyday Democracy'!

Today we're excited to announce a new major programme which aims to build the power of people from all walks of life to create a better, fairer democracy in the UK.

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Excited to host 2 workshops with Festival of Debate & Katy Rubin on #ParticipatoryDemocracy 👐
Join us on 25th May for #ParticipatoryBudgeting & #LegislativeTheatre
Get your tickets here👇 bit.ly/4aewdLW

Today we launch a 🚀
- Roadmap for Strengthening Citizen Participation In Global Governance
- Campaign to build a Coalition for a Permanent Global Citizens’

Massive 🙏🙏 to our partners United Nations Foundation Southern Voice Plataforma CIPÓ United Nations Association - UK (UNA-UK) ➡️Read: gcacoalition.org 🧵1/4

👀 WATCH A packed second session of our Preston People's Climate Jury understanding #climate change and its impacts. Read more and watch the expert videos from 2 NW academics and a former CEO of the Environment Agency #ukspf #CitizensJury pulse.ly/q15jjwrg6p

Join us for The Fête of Britain from Thursday (22-25 Feb) as we bring together a mix of artists, performers and community groups to face up to the challenges of the twenty-first century.

Programmed by Hard Art.

View event schedule and book tickets 👉 factoryinternational.org/whats-on/the-f…

Join Iswe Foundation Rich Wilson Katy Rubin Sortition Foundation Shared Future CIC Graham Smith & many more at the Fête to explore Britain's fate! Incredible programme curated by #HardArt Factory International
Iswe will be running a session on 23/02: Doing Democracy Ourselves.
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So, The Labour Party likes #CitizensAssemblies , great!! Come along on Friday to Factory International Manchester to join the discussion on the what, the why and the how.

This Friday we'll be Factory International for The Fête of Britain to give you the what, why and how in running a #CitizensAssembly ; hosted by Peter Bryant 👏

Join us 23/02 11am & learn how you can bring communities closer & democratise public decision making 👍
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NEW: More details on Labour's plans for citizens' assemblies, revealed by Sue Gray in an interview with Tom Baldwin

Wes Streeting tells me assemblies could be used to settle 'thorny issues' such as assisted dying

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📢 NEW EPISODE ALERT! 📢 Citizens assemble! Joining us to tell us about climate assemblies and other forms of local action, is Rachel Coxcoon - PhD researcher: 'Climate Citizens', Lancaster University and director of Climate Guide. Prof Matt Hannon @matthannon.bsky.social 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐭 🌻 - out everywhere now

New mySociety project launch alert! Explore a range of data to superpower your climate campaigning, with data from The Climate Coalition Green Alliance Friends of the Earth WWF UK @wildlifetrusts National Trust and more on the Local Intelligence Hub. localintelligencehub.com

Stories for Change! Can you or do you know someone who would like to be in a short film! We want to show the real impact of the systems which help some people thrive whilst others are left behind. bit.ly/storyofchanger…

What are we doing about the climate emergency? Be part of the story and join the debate with A Citizens’ Assembly, a new work by Andy Smith made in collaboration with Lynsey O’Sullivan (me 😊)

£3 a ticket!

#Climateaction #Theatre

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We can't afford to wait 🌍 ♻️ 🤝

The Bude Area Community Jury on Climate Change sets 11 principles & 29 recommendations to meet the challenges of #risingsealevels in the region

The report is available now bit.ly/4btdywR

Bude Climate Partnership #climatefunduk #climateassemblies

How people are hoping to fight climate change in a small way in Shipley uk.news.yahoo.com/people-hoping-…

Was proud to join Carol Henshaw Labour at the first meeting of the Preston People's Climate Jury last night. We will work with 30 Prestonians who reflect our diverse communities to tackle the climate crisis together. This is how change happens.

What happens when someone decides to let random strangers decide how to give some money away? Interesting experiment in Liverpool, built on extreme trust. Would love to see this replicated. #shiftthepower #civilsociety wealthshared.co.uk/the-decision