Participatory democracy in practice: evaluation of the Bristol City Council Community Resilience Fund

Jack  Nicholls; Josephine Tate; Rebecca Sykes; Di  Robinson; Judith Taylor; Nora D Pau

Participatory democracy in practice: evaluation of the Bristol City Council Community Resilience Fund

Jack Nicholls^*, Josephine Tate, Rebecca Sykes, Di Robinson, Judith Taylor, Nora D Pau

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This evaluation of the Bristol City Council’s Community Resilience Fund (CRF)1 examines the decision-making process which led to the awarding of grants to understand the value, impact and potential of the collaborative decision-making process. The evaluation is not focused on the outcome of the grant process, i.e. the expenditure of the £4 million in capital grants that were made available to 53 community organisations in June 2023 as the grant-making outcome of the CRF.

The CRF was set up to support the recovery of the community and voluntary sector in the wake of the COVID pandemic and build future resilience. Bristol City Council (BCC) was committed to involving communities in the decision-making process and to ‘learn through doing’ developing relevant skills which could be useful for conducting similar participatory decision-making processes in the future. This evaluation report aims to capture this learning.

Original language	English
Publisher	University of Bristol
Commissioning body	Bristol City Council
Number of pages	92
Publication status	Published - 1 Jun 2024

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Executive Summary - Participatory democracy in practice: evaluation of the Bristol City Council Community Resilience Fund
Nicholls, J., Tate, J., Sykes, R., Robinson, D., Taylor, J. & Pau, N. D., 1 Jun 2024, University of Bristol. 12 p.
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CRF: Evaluating Bristol City Council's Community Resilience Fund
Nicholls, J. (Principal Investigator), Pau, N. D. (Manager), Sykes, R. (Researcher), Tate, J. (Researcher), Taylor, J. (Co-Investigator) & Robinson, D. (Co-Investigator)
1/04/22 → 31/05/23
Project: Research

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