- Community Engagement Group Chair: Jane Fowler, Head of Customer Support Services
- To discuss online and face to face engagement tools and how to use these – communitydevelopment@argyll-bute.gov.uk . Tools include webpages dedicated to discussion and community debate, voting tools including real time voting with hand held voting tools.
- To discuss your engagement with community organisations and points of contact in communities – communitydevelopment@argyll-bute.gov.uk
- To find information from surveys and engagement identifying needs in community organisations and the wider community – communitydevelopment@argyll-bute.gov.uk Third Sector Interface webpage
- To engage with groups in communities representing those with disabilities – communitydevelopment@argyll-bute.gov.uk
- To discuss engaging with young people including Members of the Scottish Youth Parliament – contact Community Learning in Live Argyll communitylearning@liveargyll.co.uk
- Find your MSYP – Scottish Youth Parliament
- Further detail on community learning can be found here Community Learning – Live Argyll
- Contact details for community councils can be found here Community Councillors | Argyll and Bute Council (argyll-bute.gov.uk)/ For general enquiries regarding community councils contact communitycouncils@argyll-bute.gov.uk
- To have information from your team included in regular e-bulletins to community organisations – communitydevelopment@argyll-bute.gov.uk
- To engage with community resilience groups – contact Council Resilience Team emergencyplanning@argyll-bute.gov.uk
- Keep in the loop | Argyll and Bute Council (argyll-bute.gov.uk) find out about events, disruptions, changes and consultations.
- Customer Service Charter summaries our promise to our customers and what they can expect.
Developing engagement content
For support in developing your content (questions, supporting information etc) contact the Communications Team – workingtogether@argyll-bute.gov.uk
Promoting/communicating engagement
For support in promoting and encouraging involvement with your engagement activity contact the Communications Team – workingtogether@argyll-bute.gov.uk
Help for people in communities who wish to engage with the council
To represent your community on a community council, or engage locally on matters that concern you – Community Council contacts – Community Councils (argyll-bute.gov.uk)
To get involved in discussions with organisations working locally in what we call Community Planning – the Legal and Regulatory Support Team administers the Area Community Planning Groups however please direct community groups to community.development@argyll-bute.gov.uk to register their interest
To speak to an elected member about council services – find your local councillor at Councillors (argyll-bute.gov.uk)
To get involved in the decisions that the council makes by becoming an elected member – Contact the Legal and Regulatory Support team
To get involved in shaping services of the council, where your group can add value to this service in doing so, contact communitydevelopment@argyll-bute.gov.uk and find more information about this on our webpage: Find out more about Participation Requests (argyll-bute.gov.uk)
Community Engagement Group planningourfuture@argyll-bute.gov.uk
Insight and research officer, for adding new consultations to the engagement app – planningourfuture@argyll-bute.gov.uk
The use of social media to promote awareness and participation in engagement activity can be supported by the Communications Team as part of a communications plan for the engagement, a social media policy is available.