Evening & Night Time Citizens' Assembly

Camden's evening and night time Citizens' Assembly 

A 3-day Citizens' Assembly was held in February and March 2023 to help develop a vision, principles and calls to action for the borough's first evening and night time economy strategy. 

A Citizens’ Assembly is a way of involving a representative group of citizens, who are selected at random, to learn about, deliberate upon, and make recommendations in relation to a particular issue or set of issues.

One of the important features of a Citizens’ Assembly is that it helps to facilitate consensus decision-making around a complex topic where solutions aren’t easily identified or agreed.

Camden Council is using the recommendations from the Assembly to develop the strategy. Click here to see the project timeline. 

You can sign up to receive project updates by clicking here. 

Why a Citizens' Assembly?

A Citizens’ Assembly process was chosen by Camden Council to help develop the evening and night time economy strategy to allow the complex mix of opportunities and challenges around Camden’s evening and night time to be considered by a broadly representative group of citizens, via a process focused on presenting balanced information and achieving consensus decision-making.

Camden has a strong history of using citizen-participatory methodologies when developing new initiatives and responding to complex issues in our community, including for the climate crisis.

Who participated in it?

50 people were selected to participate in the Assembly, following a public expression of interest process. 

The group of 50 people was broadly representative of Camden's diverse population. The participants were a mix of Camden residents, Camden business owners and operators and people who work in Camden. 

Click here to read more about the recruitment process for the Citizens' Assembly.

When did it happen?

The Citizens' Assembly was held from 9:30am - 4:30pm on:

• Saturday 18 February 2023
• Saturday 25 February 2023
• Saturday 4 March 2023

Incentive for participating

To thank participants for taking part in all 3 days of the Assembly, each person was offered a gift of thanks, either as cash or a voucher, based on the London Living Wage, for the time spent attending the Assembly. 

Participants could also choose to decline the gift of thanks if they preferred. 

Participants were also reimbursed for transport and any caring or child care costs they incurred in order to attend the Citizens' Assembly.

More questions?

If you have more questions about the Citizens' Assembly, please contact us using any of the options below:

nighttime@camden.gov.uk 

If you are d/Deaf or hard of hearing, please text or WhatsApp: 0791 7435 791 

If you are Blind or have other sight loss, please call: 0791 7435 791