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Contents

Henry Tam

Nick Pearce

Anna Coote

Simon Burall

Hazel Blears and David Blunkett

Graham Smith

Marilyn Taylor

Barry Quirk

Marian Barnes

James Sloam

James Weinberg and Matthew Flinders

Jane Roberts

Marjorie Mayo, Zoraida Mendiwelso-Bendek and Carol Packham

Pat Conaty

Henry Tam

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Marian Barnes is Emeritus Professor of Social Policy at the University of Brighton.

Hazel Blears the Right Honourable Hazel Blears is a director of the Coop Group and formerly Secretary of State for the Department of Communities & Local Government.

David Blunkett Lord Blunkett of Brightside and Hillsborough is Professor of Politics in Practice at the University of Sheffield and formerly Home Secretary; Secretary of State for Education & Employment; and Secretary of State for Work & Pensions. He is a Fellow at the Academy of Social Sciences.

Simon Burall is the Programme Director of Sciencewise and Senior Associate at Involve.

Pat Conaty is a Fellow of the New Economics Foundation and a Research Associate of Cooperatives UK.

Anna Coote is Principal Fellow of the New Economics Foundation and formerly Head of Engaging Patients and the Public at the Healthcare Commission, and Head of Health Policy at the Kings Fund.

Matt Flinders is Professor of Politics and Director of the Crick Centre for the Public Understanding of Politics at the University of Sheffield.

Marjorie Mayo is Emeritus Professor at Goldsmiths, University of London.

Zoraida Mendiwelso-Bendek is Senior Research Fellow in Citizenship at the University of Lincoln.

Carol Packham is the Former Director of the Community Audit and Evaluation Centre at Manchester Metropolitan University.

Nick Pearce is Professor of Public Policy and Director of the Institute for Policy Research, University of Bath. He was formerly Head of the No. 10 Policy Unit and Director of the IPPR think-tank.

Barry Quirk is the Chief Executive at the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea. He was initially brought in by the Government and the Local Government Association following the Grenfell fire tragedy in June 2017. Before that he was Chief Executive at the London Borough of Lewisham for over 20 years. He chaired the landmark Quirk Review of asset transfers to communities.

Jane Roberts Dame Jane Roberts is Research Fellow in Public Leadership at the Open University Business School and Chair of the New Local Government Network. She was formerly Leader of London Borough of Camden and Chair of the Councillors Commission set up by the Department of Communities and Local Government.

James Sloam is Reader in Politics and International Relations, Royal Holloway, University of London.

Graham Smith is Professor of Politics and Director of the Centre for the Study of Democracy at the University of Westminster and Chair of the Foundation for Democracy and Sustainable Development.

Henry Tam is Director of Question the Powerful and formerly Director of the Forum for Youth Participation and Democracy at the University of Cambridge and Head of Civil Renewal at the UK Home Office.

Marilyn Taylor is Visiting Professor at Birkbeck, University of London and Visiting Research Fellow at the Institute for Voluntary Action Research. She was formerly Emeritus Professor of Urban Governance and Regeneration at the University of the West of England.

James Weinberg is a Postdoctoral Researcher on the Q-Step program at the University of Sheffield and an Associate Fellow of the Sir Bernard Crick Centre. He is Lead Fellow for citizenship on the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Democratic Participation and currently a convenor of both the Political Psychology, and Young People & Politics specialist groups at the UK Political Studies Association.

When the UK Government launched the Together We Can programme in 2003, it was the first programme of its kind to review findings on citizen empowerment initiatives from around the world, and systematically promote their application to policy and project development across the country. Being in charge of the programme enabled me to examine closely what worked well and what did not in improving collaboration between citizens and state bodies at the national and local levels. It also meant that I would come to know many of the foremost academics and policy makers in this vital field.

Alas, despite the programmes impact on increasing the use and benefits of diverse forms of democratic engagement, a change of government brought the programme to an end in 2010. Since then, while the lessons from Together We Can and other empowerment research have largely gone unheeded, the gap between state and citizens has inexorably widened.

There is now a palpable sense that political alienation has hit crisis point. In the UK, the US, and many other democracies, the civic rift is undermining the rule of law, and ruthlessly exploited by extremist politicians. Instead of allowing this to continue, those of us with the relevant knowledge and experience must do our part to highlight what should be done to reconnect the public with public institutions.

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