A citizens' jury on assisted dying in England has backed a change in the law to allow people who are terminally ill to end their life. We believe that the public must be at the heart of deciding how we support people to have a 'good death', and through our work, we have seen how governments working with the public is key to doing this. In 2021, the Citizens’ Jury we conducted with the Government of Jersey, which led to politicians approving plans to allow assisted dying for people with a terminal illness, demonstrated how decision-makers can work with the public to find a way forward on this deeply complex issue. Jersey’s Assisted Dying Citizens' Jury was the first time any government had asked a representative group of the public to come together to listen, learn, discuss, and propose a way forward on the issue of assisted dying. The Government of Jersey committed upfront to listening to the recommendations from the Jury and brought them to the States Assembly for consideration. At Involve, we know how important this is if citizens' time and efforts are to have an impact on decisions. In light of the recommendations published today, Jersey's Citizens' Jury on Assisted Dying can serve as an example of how governments can work with the public to help unpack even the most difficult issues and agree on a clear way forward. Read more on our work with The Government of Jersey here 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eQmxsBpg And read the key findings from Nuffield Council on Bioethics on England’s first Citizens’ Jury on assisted dying, here 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eB5W5gYU https://lnkd.in/eipq-Gqy
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📢 Our Citizens' White Paper is out today! 📢 The challenges facing the country and the new Labour government are daunting. From broken public services to a sluggish and unequal economy, with everyday people worn down by the cost-of-living crisis, we need better solutions to the big challenges we all face. Taking the public on this journey will not be easy - trust in our political system’s ability to make decisions in the interest of people across the UK has been deeply eroded, and understandably so! Our Citizens’ White Paper sets out why, when and how the government could embed citizen involvement in national policy making to tackle the complex and potentially divisive challenges facing our country and deliver on the Prime Minister’s promise to restore trust in politics. Our paper, produced with lead partners Demos - the UK’s leading cross-party think tank, makes the case for putting citizens at the heart of an evolution in policy making, bringing their insights, experience and collective judgement to bear on the challenges ahead. This will help create the governing mandate needed for change and ensure that citizens can partner with the government to deliver on the actions needed for national renewal. We don’t just need new policies for these challenging times. We need new ways to tackle the policy challenges we face – from national missions to everyday policy making. We need new ways to build back trust in politicians to govern. Our Citizens’ White Paper proposes that involving citizens in national policy making is one route to that new relationship between citizens and state. Well done to our team Sarah Castell, Calum Green, Daisy Thomson, Stephanie Draper and we're proud to have been able to support Demos’ Miriam Levin, Polly Curtis, Hana Kapetanovic and more on this important piece of work. Full report here 👇 https://lnkd.in/e6aNDwsD
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Residents from Scotland’s Tweed Valley came together at the weekend for the first session in a UK wide discussion about the future of our ‘treescapes’. 13 local people heard from a NatureScot expert speaker, reflected on their memories of trees in the area and took their discussions outside as they went to ‘meet the trees’. Over the coming months, we’re working with the Future of UK Treescapes to help ensure that public policy around treescape management and expansion is grounded in the hopes and needs of the public. People from communities right across the UK will be supported to take part, exploring what matters most to local people as they collectively develop a vision for the future of UK Treescapes. Read more about our work with Future of UK Treescapes here 👇 https://lnkd.in/eycAYRJ2
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💡 The election of a new Government presents an opportunity to bolster deliberative democracy across the devolved nations of the United Kingdom. 🗣️ In our latest blog, Rebekah McCabe, Jess Blair and Claire Bynner explore how Labour can empower communities across the UK, ensuring governance is more responsive, effective, and equitable. Read it here 👇 https://lnkd.in/gTCPTp9s
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🗺️Where we live affects us in ways we don’t always recognise. Whether it’s supporting a local football team or a unique nickname to talk about something, the places we live are an integral part of our lives and change who we are. Recognising the importance of our locales, we worked with ECF on a competition asking to ‘Reimagine London’, proposing that we could use citizen engagement in placemaking the capital! Find out more about our entry here👇 https://lnkd.in/eME83jXE
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