World Café - Small Group Table Discussions & Feedback
- ‘Is it possible to reconcile community led improvements about Place with corporate strategic plans?’
This table will take a practical and local look at the Scottish Government’s Place Principle, where all those responsible for providing statutory services and looking after assets in a place need to work together alongside local communities. The aim of collaboration is to improve the lives of people, support inclusive and sustainable economic growth and create more successful places. This table welcomes two experts sharing their experience and challenges in taking the importance of Place and Wellbeing to the heart of community planning.
Hosts
Laura Stewart, Shaping Places for Wellbeing Programme Project Lead (Fraserburgh). The Shaping Places for Wellbeing Programme is a three-year programme delivering a partnership between the Improvement Service and Public Health Scotland.
Gary Hughes, Service Manager, Economic Development, Aberdeenshire Council. Gary is leading on Aberdeenshire’s Place Policy a first of its kind in Scotland.
Feedback for this table will be available soon
- ‘Which is more important for improving our green spaces – quality or quantity?’
Green space and the natural environment can improve our mental and physical health and wellbeing. But what do we mean by green space? This table will debate the tension between quantity verses quality in place-based planning. We welcome our table experts who have experience of this every day.
Hosts
Sinclair Laing, Climate and Environmental Project Manager, Aberdeen City Council and Sustainable City Outcome Improvement Group.
Dawn James, Community Engagement Officer, RSPB for North East Scotland.
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- ‘How can we measure health benefits in Place improvements?’
This discussion will help to clarify what we mean by health benefits. Are they direct, indirect, individual or community? Who decides what’s important and what outcomes we are looking for? We will hear about citizen engagement approaches and how these can help to make sustainable improvements that benefit health, environment and economy.
Hosts
Dave Black, Community Development Manager at shmu (Station House Media Unit)
Rachel Smith, Fundraising and Development Officer, NESCAN (North East Scotland’s Climate Action Network)
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- ‘Making sure social prescribing is here today – and still here tomorrow’
With growing interest and loads of examples of local implementation, this table will look at practical ways where strategic support could be helpful. Using a single Directory of community resources/activities and having an electronic way to record referrals are two examples of the type of support needed emerging from the recent social prescribing network event. Our facilitators share their knowledge and experience on making social prescribing a sustainable endeavour.
Hosts
Dr Steve Baguley, Clinical Director of eHealth, NHS Grampian
Liv Cockburn, Senior Primary Care Link Practitioner, SAMH
Cameron Macfarlane, Programme Engagement Manager, ALISS (A Local Information System for Scotland)
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- ‘Don’t expect me to think about the planet when we have to choose between heating and eating’
Polls and surveys indicate a sharp rise in public concern about climate and environment. Yet individual action can be challenging in everyday life particularly alongside a higher cost of living. This table will reflect on how we can approach the subject around climate, what it means to different people and how we can coalesce. We welcome two hosts who will share their experience of bringing people together around what can be a sensitive subject.
Hosts
Keith Dunmall, NESCAN (North East Scotland’s Climate Action Network)
Martin Carle, CFINE (Community Food Initiatives North East)
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- ‘Where is ‘My Place’ in all of this?’
This table shares how to change mind-sets around accessing the outdoors and releasing the benefits available locally. We explore the challenges in gaining access to nature, learning from our facilitators working at a grassroots level. In addition, we look at the practical use of tools to help identify where change is needed to inform policy makers while achieving sustainability and creative design influenced by the local community.
Hosts
Morgan McKay, Walk Moray, Health Walk Co-ordinator, Moray Health and Social Care Partnership.
Lesley Robertson, Community Planning Officer, Kincardine and Mearns, Aberdeenshire Council.