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Policy

Community empowerment

From
Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government, +1 more … Minister for Public Finance
Directorate
Public Service Reform Directorate, +1 more … Local Government and Housing Directorate
Topic
Communities and third sector, Constitution and democracy
Policy actions  5 of 7

Participation requests

Part 3 of the Community Empowerment Act 2015 enables communities to request to participate in decisions and processes which are aimed at improving outcomes.

Read the The Participation Request (Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 2017.

Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 findings

A review of parts of the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 has recently concluded and three reports have been published, you can find the report for participation requests here: Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 - part 3 participation requests: findings report review.

Guidance

We have developed participation request guidance (2017) for both public service authorities and community bodies to use. Public service authorities are required to follow guidance issued by the Scottish Ministers in carrying out their functions in relation to participation requests.

Any comments or questions on the guidance can be sent to: ParticipationRequestsGuidance@gov.scot.

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