What I do
The latest
This is an article I wrote for Municipal Journal in May about the challenges facing local government over the next ten years.
Download the Changing for the Better article
This is a document I have co-authored with public-i about how new technology might help with citizen involvement, especially Participatory Budgeting.
Download making technology work for participatory budgeting
This is the presentation I delivered on CAA and citizen engagement to the Municipal Journal/IDeA conference to mark the launch of the CAA framework in February 09.
Download CAA draft presentation
This is my concluding commentary in the IDeA report - "Looking Backwards, Moving Forward" published in February 2009.
Training
I co-designed and delivered the national training programme run by the Consultation Institute and the IDeA on Comprehensive Engagement Strategies. I have also developed and delivered the Consultation Institute's new flagship local government course, New Approaches to Public Engagement.Visit the Consultation Institute website
I have run training courses and action learning sets for Local Strategic Partnerships with Progress through Partnership (the South East capacity-building programme for LSPs) and LSP Futures. The topics include the new legal and policy context for LSPs, partnership working, involving local citizens, and performance management.
Download the LSP Hampshire presentation
Presentations
I delivered key presentations on the history and principles of participatory budgeting to national seminars organised by the Participatory Budgeting Unit and Governance International.
Download the Participatory Budgeting presentation
I have delivered presentations to international audiences such as the Romanian civil service on performance management with Governance International.
Download the Romanian Civil Service presentation
Working with local services
I have worked with councils, Primary Care Trusts (PCTs), Local Strategic Partnerships and neighbourhoods such as Hastings, Waltham Forest, Southampton, Southwark, Portsmouth, Oxfordshire, Plymouth, Tewkesbury and Hampshire on issues such as citizen involvement performance management and participatory budgeting. I have worked with the Government Office East Midlands and the Yorkshire and Humber Regional Empowerment Partnership around citizen engagement.
Download the Tewkesbury presentation
In addition, I co-ordinate a learning network in the South East region on participatory budgeting and the Consultation Institute's national network on local government.
Writing & Policy Development
I designed, wrote and edited the IDeA´s website pages on Local Strategic Partnerships. Visit the IDeA website
I wrote the National Consumer Council’s response to the Comprehensive Area Assessment (CAA) consultation document.
Download the CAA consultation PDF
I have written articles for the national and local government media on topical issues such as whether Local Strategic Partnerships should be elected.
Download the Local Strategic Partnerships PDF
Previously
At the Audit Commission, I developed and led the Area Profiles project and work on developing quality of life indicators, including speaking at international conferences in New Zealand, France and Switzerland.
“ Area profiles is one of the most exciting ideas to come out of the Audit Commission in recent years.”
Municipal Journal
