by Fraser Henderson | Oct 5, 2024 | Frontpage
Visibility is so important in a noisy world. And there is nothing worse than people coming forward at the end of a consultation claiming they knew nothing about it. Worse still, few public bodies who consult on a regular basis have any cash resources for boosting...
by Fraser Henderson | Sep 11, 2024 | Frontpage
Tenant voice has been in the spotlight recently with the new report from the public enquiry being published. Whilst the bar has been raised on standards since then, top-down consultation is still lacking when it comes to pooling tacit knowledge and conversing with...
by Fraser Henderson | Jul 17, 2024 | Frontpage
One thing is for sure, if you’re about to embark on a system reset and develop a citizen centric culture then everybody needs to be in. While a policy refresh might help, the underpinnings of any approach should be to develop the appropriate values in the people that...
by Fraser Henderson | Jun 20, 2024 | Frontpage
The election approach is a good time to reimagine opportunities for enhanced participatory democracy under a new (or existing!) government. History tells us that most party manifestos are nothing more than aspirations, not necessarily well conceived and not...
by Fraser Henderson | May 14, 2024 | Frontpage
We’ve been busy looking at every local authority website across the UK to try and determine how public consultations are presented. The results vary from very organised to virtually nonexistent – with just over half of local authorities just listing...
by Fraser Henderson | May 11, 2024 | Frontpage
This article was kindly written for ACEP by Andy Mills (a seasoned consultation and engagement professional) The robustness of plans needed after a consultation has concluded is easily underestimated. It’s quite the tragedy if an otherwise robust dialogue phase is...
