by Fraser Henderson | Apr 25, 2025 | Frontpage
Earlier this week, planning minister Matthew Pennycook announced the government will amend the Planning and Infrastructure Bill to remove the statutory requirement to consult on nationally significant infrastructure project (NSIP) applications at the pre-application...
by Fraser Henderson | Apr 9, 2025 | Frontpage
Cutbacks are a new fiscal necessity. Regrettably, If the question is where to focus the cuts, the obvious answer is ‘non-patient care’. That’s basically the message to hundreds of consultation and engagement professionals in the NHS who face uncertainty after the...
by Fraser Henderson | Mar 27, 2025 | Frontpage
We know that using AI can cause hallucinations but it’s less clear how these manifest and what the pitfalls might be. In most cases, hallucinations occur in large language models. They typically introduce facts learned from their training data, which is vastly...
by Fraser Henderson | Mar 14, 2025 | Frontpage
Getting the most out of a public meeting takes effort. It requires facilitators to take accurate notes and summarise the mini-debates and mechanisms to prevent the loudest voices from dominating the dialogue. Some time ago MySocitety launched a little known project...
by Fraser Henderson | Feb 25, 2025 | Frontpage
So, we know you’re asking… “what’s the current UK government policy on planning reforms relating to housing, greenbelt, and NIMBYs?” Well, here’s a brief synopsis of what it all means and what we’re doing about it at ACEP HQ. Planning Reforms The UK government has...
by Fraser Henderson | Feb 18, 2025 | Frontpage
Improving social connection in a community is not typically a facet of traditional consultation. However, horizontal dialogues are getting a bit of a revival in an attempt to fill an increasing public service deficit. In other words, bring people together to support...
