Citizens’ Panel to help guide Covid-19 recovery Great that West Midlands Combined Authority is kicking off this work to involve residents in guiding the Covid-19 recovery. We're hoping to see others follow! #DelibDem #BuildBackBetter wmca.org.uk/news/citizens-…

This is revealing of low trust in the public’s ability to handle complex information and highlights the need for more deliberative opportunities for people to have a say in how crises are handled.

This new The RSA report - "Reimagining the future of health and social care" - calls for Department of Health and Social Care to establish a People's Health and Social Care Commission

Problems that are complex, values-based, long-term are best suited to citizen problem-solving, says participatory democracy expert Claudia Chwalisz. Meaning: Trust your citizens + hold more deliberative processes on issues of justice, culture, and structural reform. #delibwave

"Members of the public, equally and without discrimination, are able to influence, develop, contribute to, monitor, and evaluate government activities" The Department for Culture, Media and Sport #opengov team have produced an Open Government Playbook. Here's what it says on participation gov.uk/government/pub…

The Assembly Commission has some exciting news! Are you: - 13-17 years old or know someone who is? ☑️ - Supportive of young people's rights? ☑️ - Interested in #democracy? ☑️ Then WATCH THIS 😃 📺 ⬇️ Northern Ireland Youth Assembly coming soon! #NIYouthAssembly2020 #ShapeYourFuture

"Youth Assembly for Northern Ireland Gets Green Light from Assembly Commission" Some good news from Northern Ireland Assembly 👇 niassembly.gov.uk/news-and-media…

Help make politics work for everyone. In August, Community Dialogue & AvilaMedia will run a series of workshops to increase participants’ political knowledge of Northern Ireland’s political system and build their confidence to bring about positive change. northernslant.com/politics-work-…

AvilaMedia is proud to be partnered with @commdial & Community Foundation for Northern Ireland on this series of dialogues to help bring about a shared and more united future for #NI in August. Feel free to contact us for more details and to RSVP.

As the UK's first nationwide #citizensassembly on #climatechange comes to a close. Join Rt Hon Lord Alok Sharma, Darren Jones MP and more on our final #ClimateAssemblyUK live stream. 🌏 🚦 10th September, 9am. climateassembly.uk/news/climate-a…

UK path to net zero must be underpinned by education, choice, fairness and political consensus, urges Climate Assembly The recommendations of #ClimateAssemblyUK are live! Climate Assembly UK involve.org.uk/resources/blog…

For those wanting the detailed results & rationales, the full report is here: climateassembly.uk/report/read/fi… Or you can download the chapter you're most interested in (travel, food, what we buy etc) - see the links under 'chapters and recommendations' here: climateassembly.uk/report/

“... we need institutions like citizens’ assemblies, and a politics of mutual respect that can focus on insights and evidence to fit people together rather than pull them apart.” Check out today’s The Guardian editorial on #ClimateAssemblyUK Climate Assembly UK theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

What a journey! A little look back at #ClimateAssemblyUK, thank you to everyone who made this possible. youtu.be/jGofA1uGt3c

🎉New Blog Announcement!🎉 Thanks to @CllrAsherCraig & input from @PaulaBORourke for sharing Bristol City Council engagement plans as part of our #participation & #deliberation in response to #Covid19 blog series curated with CSDWestminster & Graham Smith involve.org.uk/resources/blog…

"The UK should aspire to lead the world in innovations in democracy, using the tools of deliberative democracy, participatory budgeting, citizen assemblies & others, to create the plural public square we need" Gr8 to see this in Danny Kruger's report 👇 dannykruger.org.uk/communities-re…

"The pandemic has shone a very bright spotlight on the problems in social care." In the latest article in our #Rethinking series, Dr Alexandra Chapman Alexandra Chapman looks at adult social care. northernslant.com/rethinking-adu…

Thanks Northern Slant for giving me the platform to discuss some issues in adult social care & the changes we need to see to ensure we can have a better social care system that can work for us all #socialcare

Yes! Social care has been underfunded for long enough - our system urgently needs ring-fenced funding & reform. The first NI Citizens' Assembly made several recommendations for adult social care reform 👉 bit.ly/3hXGmn3 Citizens’ Assembly for Northern Ireland

Important event on Democracy in NI tomorrow as part of #ImagineBelfast Who is going to be there?