Scottish Centre for Regeneration Making Community Regeneration Work March 2006 Festival Business Cen

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Scottish Centre for RegenerationMaking
Community Regeneration WorkMarch 2006Festival
Business Centre, 150 Brand Street, Glasgow G51
1DHTel 0141 419 1690 Fax [phone] Web
www.scr.communitiesscotland.gov.uk

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Community Engagement Workshop

• Morning your experience of community engagement
  and what has helped
• Afternoon resources, whats out there, what
  else is needed?

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Known Issues and Barriers

• From Community Activists
• Short time scales for consultation
• Limited community influence on agendas
• Lack of access to relevant information
• Over formalised procedures
• Lack of capacity building for agency staff and
  themselves
• Lack of clear constitutions for partnerships

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Known Issues and Barriers

• Feedback for agency staff
• Pressure of time for engagement
• Lack of resources to engage
• Trying to balance competing priorities amongst
  communities
• Balancing the needs of local elected members and
  community activists
• How to include the most excluded
• How to involve a wide range of people beyond the
  few who give up their time regularly