Residents Decision Making Panel
We will recruit a Decision Making Panel who will make decisions on which organisations will be part of the cohort. The Decision-Making Panel will also have the opportunity to stay involved over the ten-year programme getting involved in different things such as evaluation and learning.
Draft eligibility criteria are:
Individuals with direct experience of living in poverty.
A high proportion of those who will be selected will also have experienced racism and/or discrimination.
Open to residents who have been living in Edinburgh for at least the past year and currently plan to remain in residence for the foreseeable future.
Points on this model of decision-making:
Panel members will be financially compensated for their time in whatever way is most appropriate for them.
Translation services will be available.
We won't require people to disclose any sensitive personal information. However we would be able offer pastoral service to people who might want to access further support.
Decisions will be made using consensus decision-making through a facilitated discussion.
Quality induction will take place for all panel members.
The panel will also include a set of advisors on relevant topics who will be on hand for the decision-making panel members to ask questions to during their decision-making as advisors.
How do I get involved?
We plan to advertise the Decision Making Panel roles during the summer 2024. To keep up to date please join our mailing list or email Leah Black to find out more on leah.black@evoc.org.uk (before 12 July 2024) and leah@foundationscotland.org.uk (from 15 July 2024 onwards).
How we collaborate with residents
During the 10-year programme (2025 - 2035)
Residents will be involved in decision-making at the start of the programme. We also plan for residents to be involved long-term who will be there to learn, challenge and hold organisations and groups accountable.
This programme will be designed together with the residents decision-making panel. Any residents who stay involved long-term will be financially compensated for their time in whatever way is most appropriate for them. They will be supported by Regenerative Futures Fund team throughout this process.
During the development phase (2022 - 2024)
Since September 2022 the fund has been co-designed by a group of individual people.
The group we have worked with are from an existing group called End Poverty Edinburgh which includes people with a diverse range of experiences including people with lived experience of living in poverty and citizens who care about poverty across the city. The group has around 12 members who share a common goal that in order to make change, citizens must be involved and listened to from the outset.
Read more about the End Poverty Edinburgh members group here and in the Learning Report on the co-design of the fund.