Participation

  • Democracy Matters: public participation in 2024 and beyond

    13th May 2024 by

    Democracy Matters: local governance review

    It has been an interesting and busy time for the Local Governance Review Team since the summer of 2023. Many events and conversations have taken place across Scotland exploring how decisions could be made by communities themselves. Now that the dust has settled, we wanted to share some highlights of the conversations we observed and...

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  • Fire Starter Festival and the power of deliberative democracy

    26th February 2020 by

    Image of Oliver Escobar presenting at the Firestarter event

    ‘Nothing about us without us’ is a mantra I often heard when working at a disability charity. The phrase has been a key part of the disability rights movement. It reflects the belief that decisions should never be made without the involvement of those affected. For many in the world of health and social care,...

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  • 11 things I learnt at #commscamp

    19th July 2017 by

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    After reading the excellent blog posts on #commscamp by Steph (20 things), and Paul (10 things) I thought I’d choose 11 things I have learnt at commscamp - partly in homage to the brilliant Burnistoun sketch (feel free to Google it).

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  • One Team Gov

    11th July 2017 by

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    I went along to the #oneteamgov event which sought to bring together 'UK policymakers, service designers, digital professionals and cross-sector experts to talk openly and creatively about making government in the UK more effective by working together'.

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