Wakefield Council have recently been in the news over their proposal to buy a former golf house building as part of a wider scheme to extend a traveller site. The proposal, first agreed by the Council’s cabinet in July was referred back to the cabinet by the overview and scrutiny committee, who suggested that they […]
Is something afoot in Wakefield? A matter of comms or consultation… Read More »
Yesterday, for the first time in three years, tCI headed down to London to take part in the Consultation and Stakeholder Engagement for Infrastructure conference organised by the Waterfront Conference Company. After my digital stint last year in the chair, I was invited back to chair the in-person event at the offices of the law
After months of preparation, yesterday was the day for tCI Connect 2022, our annual conference, bringing together consultation and engagement professionals from across the UK down (this time) to London, where we were treated to an excellent day by the team at America Square conference centre. The sessions were excellent, the conversation free-flowing and the
The hot take on Connect 2022 Read More »
We’ve written a couple of times recently about the apparent return of hydraulic shale gas fracturing, or fracking. It first came up again in a big way in the Energy Strategy published in April, where we noted that the Government might have a fight on its hands amongst backbenchers to get any projects approved. After
We are fortunate in the UK to live in a very beautiful country, and some of the most beautiful parts of it can be found languishing off the coasts of Scotland in the Hebrides, Shetland and the Orkney Isles. These rugged monoliths, defying time and tides, have some of the most mind-blowingly gorgeous scenery you
Isles community consultations ask for creative responses to local problems Read More »
We’ll all have heard it. The cry goes up from a disgruntled stakeholder who found a decision not to their liking. “How can you decide that way?! Only 3% of the local population responded to your consultation! That’s hardly anything to base your decision on…” It’s usually from someone who didn’t help boost that number
A plea for contributions- how can we help boost public understanding of consultations? Read More »
After a week of hard work in advance of our tCI Connect conference next week (my presentation is now ready and I hope to see as many of you there as possible! Tickets are still available…) I sat down to work out what on Earth to write about this week. The truth is, whilst the
Ex ‘post’ facto consultation- are the Post Office taking a big risk in Petersfield? Read More »
Thursday 6th October, 11:20am | The Walbrook Suite The Institute’s ever popular The Perfect Blend coffee morning is coming to you live at tCI Connect! Join hosts Rebecca Wright and Elena Vincent for a light session of networking and discussion. All the fun of a Perfect Blend, but now in three dimensions! Pick up a brew, grab
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On Thursday this week, Fraser and I sat down on one of our webinars to discuss ‘uncertainty’. The last few years have been rife with uncertainty. First we had Brexit, and the training years of uncertainty after that, which to a degree still continues to this day. Then we had the pandemic, one of the
Those of you who have been around for a while may recall back at the start of 2020 (remember the halcyon pre-pandemic days?) we reported on the case of McHattie v South Ayrshire Council in which, amidst the requisite confusion about who exactly had made the decision under the provisions of the Public Bodies (Joint
McHattie Mark 2- what’s happening in Scottish social care commissioning? Read More »
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