Public consultation
Local consultations need meticulous planning, and you want to be sure they'll work.
Pitch your consultation right, and you will:
- Understand your local community better
- Make better, more accountable and democratic decisions
- Help the local community understand your challenges and trust your decisions more
Get your consultation wrong and you risk:
- Escalating local opposition
- Declining trust and confidence in your leadership and decision-making
- Incurring legal challenges to the decisions you take
We can offer you a flexible package of analysis, research, consultation and communications.
Our analysts will review your data and:
- Map local service provision and demand
- Assess the quality, safety, accessibility and efficiency of services provided
- Establish the overall viability of services
- Assess the likely impact of reconfiguration and future capacity planning
Our researchers can help you:
- Decide who, what, when and how to consult
- Engage your staff, stakeholder partners and the local community
- Develop and run a process to give local communities an effective voice; this may include forums, workshops and surveys
Our communication team can produce:
- Promotional and consultation materials to encourage participation, stimulate debate, and establish local dialogue both during events and beyond
- Ways of reporting outcomes to local people in an accessible and engaging way
For more information contact Richard Forshaw