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Bristol's Citizens' Assembly

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The Citizens’ Assembly was a group of people who came together over 4 weekends to consider how we recover from COVID-19 and create a better future for all in Bristol.

Bristol’s Citizens’ Assembly brought together 60 residents from Bristol - reflective of Bristol’s local diversity in terms of age, sex, disability, ethnicity, geography, deprivation, and employment - in order to help shape the city’s recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.

The citizens’ assembly was asked to make recommendations in response to the question: "How do we recover from COVID-19 and create a better future for all in Bristol?"

The citizens’ assembly met over 4 weekends from January to March 2021, with a total of 30 hours of meetings. In order to help answer the above question they were asked to conduct deep dives into 3 topics that had been identified through engagement with residents as particularly important to the future of Bristol:

  1. Climate change: How do we rapidly reduce the impact of our homes on climate change?
  2. Transport: What changes should we make to our neighbourhoods to make how we travel easier, healthier and better for the environment?
  3. Health: How should we tackle health inequalities in Bristol?

For each topic, assembly members heard evidence from speakers, discussed their own views and experiences, and developed recommendations for the council and its partners.

You can read about the process and the recommendations in the Report from Bristol’s Citizens’ Assembly.

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