Community Empowerment Bill Conference 1st October Inverurie
Date: Thursday 1st October 2015 10.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m.
Venue – Kintore Arms Hotel, High Street, Inverurie
Booking Contact – mail@avashire.org.uk
Come and find out more about how this new legislation can support communities to take more ownership of decisions and services. Click here to see the event programme.
Programme
10.00 Registration & Refreshments
10.15 Opening Remarks – David Rodger, Chief Executive, Aberdeenshire Voluntary Action
10.20 Keynote Speech – Marco Biagi, Minister for Local Government and Community Empowerment
10.50 Workshop 1– Community Asset Transfer – Diane Campbell, Community Ownership Support Service (COSS), Development Trust Association Scotland (DTAS)
Workshop 2 – The impact of the Bill on Community Planning – Alasdair McKinlay, Head of Community Planning & Empowerment, Scottish Government
Workshop 3 – Community Access to Allotments – Judy Wilkinson Scottish Allotments & Gardens Society.
Workshop 4 – Participatory Budgeting – Kathleen Glazik, Community Empowerment Policy Officer, Scottish Government
12.20 LUNCH
13.15 Workshop 1– Community Asset Transfer – Diane Campbell, Community Ownership Support Service (COSS), Development Trust Association Scotland (DTAS)
Workshop 2 – Participatory Budgeting – Kathleen Glazik, Community Empowerment Policy Officer, Scottish Government
Workshop 3 – Participation Requests – Alasdair McKinlay, Head of Community Planning & Empowerment, Scottish Government
(N.B. – Workshops 1 & 2 are a repeat of the morning workshops)
14.45 Coffee/Tea
15.00 Plenary Q&A session with panel of workshop leaders – Chaired by Jim Savege, Chief Executive, Aberdeenshire Council. Panel – Alasdair McKinlay, Scottish Government. Diane Campbell, COSS, DTAS, David Rodger AVA, Mike Ogg, NHS Grampian
15.45 Closing remarks – Jim Savege, Chief Executive Aberdeenshire Council.
16.00 Finish
