When the statue of Edward Colston, prominent Bristolian and slaver, was toppled and unceremoniously dumped in the harbour during a BLM protest in June 2020, it triggered an intense debate about the propriety of the removal of statues and monuments to historical figures from public spaces. It became a key point of debate in arguments […]
2nd February saw the publication of the Government’s landmark “levelling up” paper. It’s fair to say there’s quite a lot riding on it- it was a key promise for the Government in the 2019 election, and the few elements that have been delivered at this point have often been decried as being either underwhelming, or
Will levelling-up lead to a new interest in regeneration projects? Almost 20 years ago, as The Consultation Institute was opening its doors, one of the most visible themes in the public sector was urban regeneration. Following from well-publicised heroics by Michael Heseltine in Merseyside and the imaginative redevelopment of Docklands in London, many cities had
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Chaos reigns. Four hundred years on from the first report of a Downing Street Work Event, and a fractured country still awaits the publication of the Gray report. It’s taken on different significances in the different nations of post-collapse Britain. In the restored Duchy of Westminster, the press still write about it every day, carving
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One of the pieces of legislation that we’ve been keeping an eye on as it moves through the parliamentary process is the Health and Care Bill. We’ve written multiple times about what it might mean for consultors, some of the guidance that has been produced for it and we even produced a Briefing Paper about
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One of the key promises from the Government prior to the election of December 2019 was to develop a National Disability Strategy. Originally promised by the end of 2020, the development of the strategy was delayed due to the pandemic and it ended up not being published until 28th July 2021. The process of arriving
Do you know if you’re consulting or engaging? Sometimes the Government don’t… Read More »
Members of the Institute represent organisations from a range of sectors, from aviation, infrastructure and planning to local authorities, health, and fellow consulting experts. We bring this melting pot of professionals together once a month for a free, virtual coffee morning! Tuesday 8th February, 10am Our first session of 2022 is in the spirit of Global
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On the 28th of January, governments, organisations and citizens are reminded of how critical it is to engage communities for decision making on matters that impact them. This Saturday marks the 6th anniversary of community engagement day, on which the Institute takes time to reflect on the value of and development of community engagement in
It’s Global Community Engagement Day! Read More »
Camden Council have not long reopened consultation on the draft of their West Hampstead Interchange Site Allocation Local Plan. The original consultation ran from 13th February to 27th March 2020, more or less the standard duration for most consultations on these sorts of documents, and returned a not entirely supportive result. Since then, there has
One of the stories that fell by the wayside this week was a quiet Government u-turn on a somewhat controversial issue that in other times would likely have garnered far more column inches. The volte face was on an amendment that had been slipped into the Northern Ireland (Ministers, Elections and Petitions of Concern Bill,
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