Presentation by Dr Oliver Escobar of What Works
Scotland and Edinburgh University sharing the findings of an evidence review
which explores the intersection between community engagement and equality.
The Evidence Review examines what is being done to overcome
inequality in community engagement, focussing on evidence from Scotland and the
UK.
Equality and community engagement are central to core policy
developments and frameworks that guide current public sector reform: i.e.
Christie Commission on the Future Delivery of Public Services; Community
Empowerment Act 2015; Fairer Scotland; Convention of Scottish Local
Authorities' Commission on Strengthening Local Democracy.
The
key motivation for this review of the literature is to explore the intersection
between community engagement and inequality. This is important because
inequalities in health, wealth, income, education and so on, can be arguably
seen as stemming from inequalities in power and influence. Therefore, community
engagement processes can simply reproduce existing inequalities, unless they
are designed and facilitated to distribute influence by ensuring diversity and
inclusion.
Learn more and get a copy of the Evidence Review on the What
Works Scotland website http://whatworksscotland.ac.uk/events/hard-to-reach-or-easy-to-ignore-a-review-of-evidence-about-equality-in-community-engagement/