Resident Participation Framework
Newham Council wants to put residents at the heart of decision making at the council to help us to make better informed decisions. One of the ways we do this is by improving the quality of activities residents participate in and the experiences Newham residents have when they participate.
We are at the start of this journey and would love to get your views & ideas to help shape the principles for this work and what the result of this work looks like for residents. You will help establish a set of mutual expectations for when residents participate in council activities, so that you and other residents can have a better experience in getting involved.
We will also work with local organisations to get case studies of innovative practice on how best to involve residents in activities that we can learn from. You may also be running community activities yourself and want to share good practice. We then want to involve people in developing a collective of people who work together to improve participation across the borough.
We will share more information about how you can become involved once we start this phase of the project on the Newham Co-create platform in the coming weeks.
We are calling this a Resident Participation Framework. Developing a Resident Participation Framework was a recommendation from the Newham Democracy and Civic Participation Commission. You can find out more about the commission and the recommendations here
Phases
In-depth resident workshops: 2nd round
We completed a range of focused workshops to develop specific aspects of the framework. We completed sessions on:
Newham Co-Create: Discuss and tackle issues with the Newham Co-Create online platform. Delivered
How to best do different types of participation and involve residents, e.g. co-production, consultation, and cross-cutting issues like inclusivity: We'll ask what you want to have input on at a later date. Delivered
Opportunities for residents to develop new skills for participation: Delivered
Opportunities for residents to develop new skills for resident-led activities: Delivered
Addressing residents' expectations of participation: This will build on our initial workshop and go into specific expectations, e.g. providing context, efficient design, transparency, addressing wider concerns. Delivered
How we best develop the framework into a toolkit and training that is interactive and works for everyone: You can still register interest for this session. Postponed, Date to be confirmed
You can see a write-up of these workshops below.