Assembly DAys

What YOU will be doing

At the online Assembly events you will:

1. Start getting a general understanding of the topic and understanding why the councils have called the Citizens' Assembly

2. Go into more depth on the topic of 'Greening the Borough' - such as finding out what this means, what can be done and some of the barriers that might need to be addressed

3. Getting into the detail of what this means for Newham - what is already happening? What are the opportunities? Thinking about the future of Newham and what is needed.

4. Turning your ideas into actions

5. Refining your actions and making recommendations to the council.

What will you Produce?

1. Your initial hopes and fears

2. Your initial thoughts about what 'Greening the Borough' means to you?

3. Questions for speakers and review their answers

4. Exploring what would a future a greener Borough would look like?

5. Creating a long list of ideas

6. Deciding what actions need to happen?

7. Thinking about who is best to do to what?

8. Thinking about who needs to be involved?

9. Saying why you think these actions are important?

10. Producing a final set of recommendations.

11. Creating your 'Greening the Borough' report - which will state all your recommendations and share all the work that the Assembly has done.

12. Provide thoughts and suggestions to Newham Council on future 'Standing' Assembly events and how this can connect with the work and participants of this Citizen Assembly.

What will happen on the day?

Times

Each day will have two sessions - a morning session (running from 10:00-12:30) and an afternoon session (running from 14:00-16:30).

Please make sure you join at least 15 mins before the start time so we can register you and make sure all the tech is working.

What to expect

Each assembly day will have a mixture of talks and presentations, discussions and activities. Sometimes we will be together as a whole group, other times we will be working in smaller 'breakout' groups.

A plan for each day of the Assembly will be made available before the start of each day, and can be found on the relevant page:

• Day one - will focus on welcomes, introductions and exploring the question.

• Day two - will get into understanding the topic, specific problems and opportunities.

• Day three - will look at innovative ideas and turning ideas into proposals.

• Day four - will be all about testing and refining your proposals.

• Day five - will be the day you make your recommendations to the councils.