Neighbourhood Democracy

People are at their best when they come together as citizens to debate, decide and act together in their own neighbourhoods.

Paper: 25.04.25

DIY Democracy: A Guide to Citizens' Juries A guide for community groups and organisations interested in running low cost citizens' juries.

Article: 25.04.25

Citizens' Assemblies vs People's Assemblies A comparison between two different forms of deliberative democracy.

Article: 18.03.25

Neighbourhoods of Care During the Fearless Cities South Yorkshire Summit hundreds of people met to consider how we can transform care.

Article: 05.03.25

Democracy as Human Connections At the heart of democracy must be the neighbourliness which connects and builds trust.

Training: 01.03.25

Learn how to use Sociocracy! Everyone has something important to contribute, every voice should be heard.

Training: 01.03.25

Neighbour Up! Organise your Street A neighbourhood organising movement which originated in India in the 1970s.

Article: 23.01.25

Coalville Certainly CAN Coalville CAN is showing how local people can take back control of their community spaces and inspiring local pride.

Article: 09.01.25

Communitarian Consensus-Building There are many different ways we can work together to make democratic decisions that everyone can support.

Community Wardens Community Wardens in Doncaster are helping citizens to care for each other in their neighbourhoods.

Article: 02.12.24

Multilevel Citizenship Grassroot activists and governments need each other and we need to integrate different kinds of decision-making.

Paper: 01.11.24

The Potteries Pound: A Community-Driven Digital Currency A digital innovation that takes the principles of time-banking forward, as one part of the Stoke Model.

Books: 08.08.24

Citizen Network Newspaper Proclaiming loudly what is happening to our communities!

Article: 24.07.24

Developing Neighbourhood Care in South Yorkshire Leaders in South Yorkshire gathered together to begin developing a neighbourhood care strategy.

Article: 04.07.24

Open Letter on Neighbourhood Democracy A call for a deeper democracy that engages everyone as citizens in their neighbourhoods and beyond.

Article: 24.06.24

Civic Dialogues and Citizen Democracy We need to help people make decisions together on a much more local level.

Article: 14.06.24

Neighborocracy It is possible to do democracy very differently and to make sure everyone is involved.

Paper: 07.06.24

Beyond the Ballot Box The Democracy Box publish new research revealing how to open up democratic participation in the UK.

Article: 21.05.24

Defining Our Neighbourhoods Identifying our neighbourhoods is important because it helps citizens to share the work of taking care.

Article: 08.03.24

Humanity and the Planet Citizen Democracy is essential for tackling the urgent problems of the planet.

Article: 07.03.24

Democratic Healthcare The NHS and other public services need to be accountable to citizens and communities.

Article: 06.03.24

Democracy and Misinformation Misinformation in politics is extremely damaging to democracy, we should focus on practices to curtail it.

Article: 05.03.24

Our Democratic Infrastructure 9 areas for improvement in our democratic infrastructure.

Story: 11.01.24

People Focused Group: “Keep Your Hands Off Peer Support” Peer support is an approach to mutual support led by people with lived experience.

Story: 08.12.23

Chorlton Community Co-Operative There are great things happening in Chorlton as people come together.

Story: 30.11.23

L30 Netherton: This Is Community Life The Netherton community in Liverpool is discovering the power of building community life.

Story: 24.11.23

Continuing Citizen Action In Frome Frome are leading the way in tackling loneliness and connecting up the whole community.

Story: 13.10.23

Kuza Nila: Meeting Your Purpose Eagle Wings works with young people in schools and communities in Kenya.

Webinar: 20.09.23

Mapping for Citizen Action Community Development Halton led a webinar on strategies for mapping to support community development.

Story: 19.09.23

Astronauts Launch From Community Space Coalville CAN is a model of community development which is bringing new life to the town.

Article: 11.08.23

Care vs Work Care offers a hopeful alternative to the destructive concept of productive work that is dominant today.

Paper: 09.08.23

SoNeC Guide SONEC is a framework for local decision-making determined by principles of justice and equality.

Joseph Rathinam and Neighbourhood Democracy Joseph Rathinam has helped inspire grassroots neighbourhood democracy across Southern India.

Story: 28.07.23

Street Connection: “Amazing Things Will Happen” Open Door Community Foundation are connecting people in Firs and Bromford in Birmingham

Article: 06.06.23

The Path to Community It's Our Community in Sheffield explored how to reform health and social care from the grassroots.

Article: 15.05.23

The Peckham Experiment Re-Imagined Imagine a place where you can go to discover what is good for you.

Story: 18.04.23

Arty Chats: Cultivating Community at The Forge Creating art is a great way to open up conversations and help people connect.

Story: 09.02.23

Precious Plastic East Create Community Connection Helping people to recycle plastics has been a pathway to growing community.

Article: 12.01.23

Neighbourhood Parliaments and Sociocracy A short history of sociocracy and the development of the movement of Neighbourhood Parliaments.

Article: 11.01.23

Town and Parish Councils The parish councils of England could be an engine room for real democracy.

Article: 10.01.23

Democracy Through the Looking Glass Democracy should start in our communities, our streets and our neighbourhoods.

Reviews: 14.10.22

The Bradford Revolution Bradford began the destruction of municipal socialism in the pretence of improving local government.

Story: 30.09.22

Growing Community Power through Community poo Instead of focusing on a problem as a problem convert it into an opportunity for community.

A Conversation about Polis with Crowd Wisdom Project A Conversation about Polis with Crowd Wisdom Project

Handbook: 22.07.22

How to Create a Citizen Assembly A guide to how citizen assemblies, juries and panels work.

Paper: 18.07.22

Work is Neighbourhood Business UBI means we can respond to the Fourth Industrial Revolution by growing neighbourhood support for work.

Webinar: 04.05.22

Knowledge is Power - Planning Laird Ryan explores how we can create real, organic and local alliances that make the best use of our energy.

Paper: 04.05.22

Centralisation Meets Austerity A detailed analysis of the impact of austerity on Local Spending in every local authority in England.

Local Spending in England A map of Local Spending and the impact of austerity in England.