Dear Community Councillor,
NEWSLETTER NO.4 – INVITATION TO SURVEY YOUR LOCAL COMMUNITY
In our last newsletter (no.3) we proposed a 3-step action plan, leading (hopefully) to a meeting with the Scottish Parliament’s Public Petitions Committee.
As a first step, we invite your Community Council to ask your constituents what they think of the idea of giving Scotland’s community councils the same wide choice of discretionary powers (with matching budgets) as England’s parish councils.
We have set up a template questionnaire (click here) and will make a copy of this for you with a unique website address that you can promote locally. We will also send you a link to the results of your survey (like this example). When you have completed your survey, we will gather the results and publish them.
Of course there is no guarantee that the public will support the idea of empowering community councils. That’s the annoying thing about democracy – you don’t always get the answer you want. But at least we’ll know, one way or the other.
Anyway, we look forward to hearing from you once you have made your decision.
Thanks and best wishes,
Michael
Michael Gallagher
New Powers for Scotland's Community Councils?
Scotland's Community Councillors Chewin' The Fat
Tel 07476 494021
NEWSLETTER NO.4 – INVITATION TO SURVEY YOUR LOCAL COMMUNITY
In our last newsletter (no.3) we proposed a 3-step action plan, leading (hopefully) to a meeting with the Scottish Parliament’s Public Petitions Committee.
As a first step, we invite your Community Council to ask your constituents what they think of the idea of giving Scotland’s community councils the same wide choice of discretionary powers (with matching budgets) as England’s parish councils.
We have set up a template questionnaire (click here) and will make a copy of this for you with a unique website address that you can promote locally. We will also send you a link to the results of your survey (like this example). When you have completed your survey, we will gather the results and publish them.
Of course there is no guarantee that the public will support the idea of empowering community councils. That’s the annoying thing about democracy – you don’t always get the answer you want. But at least we’ll know, one way or the other.
Anyway, we look forward to hearing from you once you have made your decision.
Thanks and best wishes,
Michael
Michael Gallagher
New Powers for Scotland's Community Councils?
Scotland's Community Councillors Chewin' The Fat
Tel 07476 494021
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