Training

Using a Participation Request to address local SDS Implementation Issues

Date: 30 July 2025

Time: 1pm - 3pm

Location: Online

The Community Empowerment Act enables people to make a formal request to address local issues. Learn how to use a PR to address SDS locally.

It can sometimes be difficult to identify a way to support people with a local issue relating to the implementation of SDS. The Community Empowerment Act enables people to make a formal request to address identified local issues, through the making of a Participation Request.

This session will look at what a Participation Request is, who can make such a request, what you can make it about, what the rules relating to making requests are and what to expect from the process.

We will also explore how you can support people to take a local issue relating to SDS implementation, identify the Outcomes that they would like to achieve and how to meet the requirements for being a ‘community of interest’.

Relevant resources will be identified as well as other sources of information and support that are available to people.

There are discounted places for SDS Scotland Members and full price tickets available for anyone else.

Book your place on Eventbrite here.