Our Proposal

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Provisional Timeline

At the start – reaching out to deliberative democracy experts to help run the citizens’ assembly and deliberative democracy groups to run water related community assemblies in 2025.
At the start – reach out to other NGOs, campaign groups, companies who might be interested to co-host the citizens’ assembly.
At the start – reaching out to potential funders such as Rowntree to fund the organising of community assembly as well as the actual citizens’ assembly.
Three months from start – Public launch of campaign.
Four months from start – community assemblies, people’s assemblies, POPs, etc rolled out all over the UK about water.
Six/seven months from start – outcomes of UK-wide community assemblies feed into main question as well as themes for the main Citizens’ Assembly on Water
After receipt of funds and public support and government commitment – The Citizens’ Assembly on Water
On conclusion – Public presentation of report and outcomes of the Citizens’ Assembly on Water.
Implementation phase – Ensure that the UK Government implements the unadulterated recommendations

Get a provisional estimate of the costs of the Citizens’ Assembly and review project viability
Take the finished proposal to a range of likely allies to form the campaign group
Agree campaign roles, candidates, duration and estimated costs – principal campaign roles should be fully remunerated
Setting targets and plan to achieve and measure an appropriate level of public support
We campaign!