What is Sharing Power?
We are interested in how we can give more power to those with first hand experience of poverty and inequality in Oxfordshire.
We think that taking the time to understand power could be key to working out how to do things better.
If power is the cause of exclusion and inequalities in the social sector, then to challenge power, we need to look at where there is exclusion and inequality.
So with Sharing Power, we are examining how people can make a really good decision for their own community using “participatory grantmaking (PGM)”.
We support and encourage locals to approach decision making in a totally different way, utilising the Leys Community Fund.
In Sharing Power, we have been successfully working with a number of individuals and experimenting with this hyper-local structure.
This is how…
Participatory Grantmaking (PGM)
Systems Changers
Community Impact Zone (CIZ)
What we want to achieve…
Launch the second half of the PGM panel in Blackbird Leys, and build on the learning from the first phase.
Share the learning from the first round of PGM with other local funders.
Explore long-term devolved decision-making for Oxford City, so that we can set up the processes to make funding decisions closer to those affected by the issues.
“The thing that really stood out today is the need to do things differently.”
“There are around 50 people in the room who are coming from an authentic way. Who are beginning to explore and unpack what it means to share power. That, for me, is nourishing.”
Rawz - MC & poet.
“Powerless. Done to, not with. Devoid of the ability, influence or resources to create meaningful change.
They won’t help me. So how can I help myself? If they don’t care, why should I care about my health?
We’ve been waiting so long for somebody to do something, we’ve given up our skin.”
