The public engagement scrutiny inquiry has changed the way the Council engages and consults with different groups of people. The Local Service Board, a group of Swansea’s main public service providers, now holds its meetings in public Providing feedback to people that took part in consultations will now be a requirement in the new consultation & engagement […]
How the public engagement scrutiny inquiry has made a difference
How can we improve public engagement?
The Council has less money to spend; the inquiry panel’s assumption was that this would diminish levels of consultation and engagement with the public, staff and interested groups. In the end, it found that capitalising on, and making improvements to existing mechanisms would improve engagement without the need to spend more money. The panel made quite […]
How Can We Get the Most Out of Our Consultation and Engagement?
Yesterday the Overview & Scrutiny Business Committee had a presentation from Rhian Foote who is the Consultation Coordinator for the Council. The presentation, which you can see below, had a couple of purposes. First, the Committee had raised a few questions about Swansea Voices, the Council’s Citizen’s Panel and these were answered very ably. Second, it […]