Participation requests

Do you and your community group want to have your say about the improvements you would like to see made to the services you use?
Participation requests are part of The Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act and can be used by community groups to start a dialogue with a public service authority like a Local Authority or Health Board.
There are a number of possible purposes that participation requests can be used for. Some of these include:

• To help people start a dialogue about something that matters to their community, through highlighting needs, issues or opportunities for improvement. 
• To help people have their voice heard in policy and service development, through contributing to decision-making processes.
• To help people to participate in the design, delivery, monitoring or review of service provision, through contributing to service change or improvement.
• To help people challenge decisions and seek support for alternatives which improve outcomes.

Although Integration Joint Boards and health and social care partnerships are not regarded as public service authorities under the Act, we will support the response to participation requests made to a relevant public service authority such as Moray Council or NHS Grampian if the request relates to health and social care services that they manage.
For information on how to make a request to Moray Council:
http://www.moray.gov.uk/moray_standard/page_127003.html
Information from NHS Grampian is available using the link below:
https://www.nhsgrampian.org/work-with-us/get-involved/community-empowerment/