The Scottish Government has announced its intention to bring to Parliament a new piece of legislation – designed to ensure that communities have more of a say in the factors which affect our lives.
The Community Empowerment & Renewal Bill has been discussed, in various forms, since Autumn of 2011. An initial pre-consultation drew significant interest from across Scotland. EVOC submitted a response on behalf of the city’s Third Sector.
Now a formal consultation has been launched, with a deadline of Friday 24th January 2014.
EVOC would like to encourage you to feed your thoughts in by all or any of the following means:
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Respond to the formal consultation: https://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2013/11/5740/downloads
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Join us for a Breakfast ThinkSpace session on Thursday 16th January 2014 – 0830 for 0900 to 1100. The morning will include brief explanations and an opportunity for facilitated small-group discussions – Book Now with Dianne Morrison
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If you’re unable to attend, please do send us your thoughts
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Engage with other groups, such as the Scottish Community Development Centre (SCDC) in their work to gather views to feed in to the Government as the Bill progresses
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Contact the Bill Team directly, by emailing: [email protected], or via Twitter @CommEmpower
The Draft Bill envisages a pivotal role for Scotland’s Third Sector, so we are very keen to gather your views to inform our submission to the Scottish Government.
UPDATE – Monday 13th January – new blog published, with links to briefing papers: Eternal Optimists will Love the Community Empowerment Bill
To discuss any of this, or to feed your views in, please contact Milind Kolhatkar at EVOC on 0131 555 9100 or @evoc_milind
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