Case Study: Vattenfall gives communities a say in £1.8 million funding with Delib's Dialogue

Vattenfall gives communities a say in spending £1.8 million with Delib

Vattenfall, an energy company, faced the challenge of allocating £1.8 million in community funds for areas near its Pen y Cymoedd wind farm. Rather than making internal decisions, they wanted the local communities themselves to shape how this significant investment was spent, ensuring it was responsive to genuine local needs and priorities. To achieve this, they used the Dialogue platform from the vendor Delib.

Delib's solution allowed Vattenfall to host an online process where local people could submit ideas and then rate and comment on suggestions. This approach surfaced major community priorities, which were then used to focus subsequent stages of the consultation. The result was that communities were given a direct and meaningful role in allocating the funds, with local input driving both the direction and detail of the investment. By using Delib's platform, Vattenfall reached a broad range of voices to ensure the final investment reflected what local people actually needed.

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