Participation
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Participation at the heart of policy design and delivery: the National Dementia Lived Experience Panel
21st May 2024 by Digital Engagement Team
“I am Indian; I am Scottish. I am a husband, a brother, a father, a grandfather. Some relations seem so distant now. Another life? I recall the streets of my youth; I do not know my address. But I am still me.” From a poem written by a member of our National Dementia Lived Experience...
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Democracy Matters: public participation in 2024 and beyond
13th May 2024 by Digital Engagement Team
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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A look back on the first Experts by Experience Panel of the Poverty and Inequality Commission
31st August 2023 by Munwar Hussain
This blog shares feedback that the Poverty and Inequality Commission have gathered from their experts by experience panel members.
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Human Rights Lived Experience Board
9th December 2022 by Mhairi Snowdon
We invited Mhairi Snowdon, Director of Human Rights Consortium Scotland, to blog about the Scottish Government “Human Rights Lived Experience Board”. Mhairi and her colleagues at the Consortium co-facilitated the Board.