Reflections from the Democracy Pioneers
The Democracy Pioneers award brought together innovations experimenting with ways to reshape and re-energise civic participation and everyday democracy in the UK. As part of the programme, we wanted to champion and promote their innovative work.
We asked each of the Pioneers what they hoped to see shift for their work to grow and make a big impact. This series of blogs shares their experience and insight.

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Authors

Carrie Deacon
Carrie Deacon
Director of Government and Community Innovation
Carrie was Director of Government and Community Innovation at Nesta, leading our work on social action and people-powered public services.
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Khyati Modgil
Khyati Modgil
Programme Manager, Government Innovation
Khyati was a Programme Manager in Nesta's Government and Community Innovation team. She is interested in democracy. civic participation and nurturing inclusive organisational cultures.
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Katherine Zscharnagk
Katherine Zscharnagk
Programme Coordinator, A Fairer Start mission
Kat was the Programme Coordinator for the new A Fairer Start mission launched in February 2021.
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Camilla Bertoncin
Camilla Bertoncin
Project Manager and Researcher
Camilla was a Project Manager and Researcher working in the Explorations team on the Centre for Collective Intelligence Design.
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Rosalyn Old
Rosalyn Old
Researcher, Government Innovation
Rosalyn was a researcher in Nesta's Government Innovation team.
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Kyle Usher
Kyle Usher
Mission Manager (Scotland) - A Sustainable Future
Kyle was Nesta’s Mission Manager for Scotland working on the sustainable future mission and based with the Scotland team in Edinburgh.
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