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Citizens’ Assembly for Northern Ireland Meets for the First Time to Discuss Social Care for Older People
A group of 77 people from across Northern Ireland came together this weekend to consider the topic of social care for older people in the first Citizens’ Assembly for Northern Ireland. Run by Involve – the UK’s leading public participation charity – members of the...
read moreGuest Post: Finding a way for people’s voices to be heard
As we prepare for the first Citizens’ Assembly for Northern Ireland, we have invited key stakeholders and our own Advisory Group members to reflect on the significance of deliberative democracy in Northern Ireland. In this guest post, Jess Blair, Electoral Reform...
read moreGuest Post: What makes deliberation different from other forms of consultation?
As we prepare for the first Citizens’ Assembly for Northern Ireland, we have invited key stakeholders and our own Advisory Group members to reflect on the significance of deliberative democracy in Northern Ireland. In this guest post, Kaela Scott, Head of Democratic...
read moreGuest Post: For Northern Ireland, the Citizens’ Assembly is an idea whose time has come
As we prepare for the first Citizens’ Assembly for Northern Ireland, we have invited key stakeholders and our own Advisory Group members to reflect on the significance of deliberative democracy in Northern Ireland. In this guest post, Paul Nolan, independent...
read moreGuest Post: Why Building Change Trust is supporting the Citizens’ Assembly
As we prepare for the first Citizens' Assembly for Northern Ireland, we have invited key stakeholders and our own Advisory Group members to reflect on the significance of deliberative democracy in Northern Ireland. In this first guest post, Paul Braithwaite,...
read moreCitizens’ Assembly for Northern Ireland to meet this autumn
A group of people from across Northern Ireland will be brought together over two weekends this autumn to consider the topic of adult social care in the first Citizens’ Assembly for Northern Ireland. The Citizens’ Assembly for Northern Ireland is a civil society...
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