The Wishaw Community Engagement subgroup planned and delivered a workshop at the Chat Café in Pather where New Scots attend to enhance their language, communication and socialisation skills. The Community Partnership Officer for Wishaw attended to deliver the workshop aimed at engaging and consulting with New Scots living in Wishaw.

The participants learned about the Community Partnership Team and how to become more involved and integrated into community life and decision-making. Following learning about the Community Partnership Team,  what we do, and participating in some informative discussions and suggestions from the participants, the group took part in group discussions to provide valuable insights and information into their cultures, traditions and skills they bring to their communities, the challenges and barriers they face, gaps in services, what we can do to make them feel more included, what form of consultation suits them best, and ideas for projects in their area.

Further consultation via a survey was undertaken and this has been shared to the ESOL class and on the Chat Café group chat to encourage others to participate and share their views. This data will be collated and will be helpful in informing services, projects and engaging with New Scots in Wishaw.

The involvement of this group is vital in helping us improve access for seldom heard groups to participate in civic life, influence local service design, funding priorities, and policy development, while contributing to the Local Outcome Improvement Priorities for Wishaw.   

The data collated from the survey will be helpful in informing services, projects and engaging with New Scots in Wishaw.

The involvement of this group is vital in helping us improve access for seldom heard groups to participate in civic life, influence local service design, funding priorities, and policy development, while contributing to the Local Outcome Improvement Priorities for Wishaw.