Author Archives: AdamC

Engaging young people: Moray launch the Budget Challenge

An interactive budgeting challenge built by Delib has been launched by the Moray Community Planning Partnership focused on getting 16-24 year olds engaged on budgeting issues. Moray Council is currently formally consulting on its budget proposals and the Budget Challenge … Continue reading

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Consultation and the comprehensive spending review

With the spending review recently announced, the focus is now on how to manage budget cuts at the same time as managing public satisfaction. To help achieve this, we’ve produced a short briefing paper detailing 3 quick ideas on how … Continue reading

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Delib in search for a Sales Superstar!

(Part time or full time) The elevator pitch: We’re looking for an enthusiastic person who loves speaking people – who’ll come in, understand what we’ve got to offer and want to tell people in our markets about it every day. … Continue reading

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Budget Simulator FAQs

Given the current focus on government spending, forthcoming cuts and public perception of the whole situation, Budget Simulator has received a lot of attention over the last few months. We recently hit the milestone of our 40th new client, and … Continue reading

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How can councils acheive £1bn in cuts? What if they stopped asking the public?

In light of George Osborne’s budget announcements a fortnight ago, this week the Local Government Association meets to discuss how it will make £1bn in savings. As part of this exercise, the Association invited 2,000 members of public to share … Continue reading

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How three UK councils used the internet for their consultation on budget cuts

From speaking to local authorities across the country, it’s very clear that the next round of budget consultations will be some of the most difficult and most important that most people have been involved in.  I think it’s fair to … Continue reading

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BBC Panorama highlights importance of councils consulting on budget cuts

Today, MPs return to Westminster after a brief hiatus during which a huge change has taken place. A new government is now in place and after an eventful couple of weeks, we will soon begin to see the first policies … Continue reading

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Why should I take my Budget Consultation online?

Download this blog post as a pdf here Speaking to people about budget consultation all day, I hear a lot of different reasons as to why people are hesitant to make the move to online. I thought that it might … Continue reading

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How we’re seeing Police Authorities benefit from engaging residents online

The internet can seem a risky place to engage with people on Policing matters but already this year we’re seeing Authorities using it to great effect – joining the conversation, increasing the quality of discussion and engaging with more people. … Continue reading

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