A Fairer Society

About the partnership

A Fairer Society is a consultancy based in Hastings and Uckfield that helps organisations and communities develop more collaborative ways of governing, organising and making decisions. Its mission is a fairer, more collaborative society, built by helping groups use what it calls “healthy power”, where participation and shared authority sit alongside clear responsibility and accountability.

Its methods include Sociocracy, a model of participatory governance it introduced to the UK in 2007, alongside Agile working, open book management and leadership coaching. It works with public, community, co-operative and social-purpose organisations, and is part of the International Network of Sociocracy Centres. Recent work includes leading the co-design of participatory governance for the Community Panel of the Yorkshire Policy Innovation Partnership, which brings academics, policymakers and communities together to shape evidence-based policy.

Always Possible and A Fairer Society began working together in 2026, combining our research, evidence and local government knowledge with A Fairer Society’s expertise in participatory decision-making and organisational learning. We’re developing a joint programme to help councils across Sussex learn from one another during local government reorganisation, surfacing what district and borough councils have tried, what worked, what didn’t and what shouldn’t be lost, and using participatory, test-and-learn methods to turn that learning into practical experiments for whatever comes next.