Marr LLCP lunch + learn
Marr Local Learning Community Partnership
#2 Navigating red tape with Bill Slee
Thursday 25 September, 1 pm to 1.45pm
Bring your lunch for a series of online talks focused on developing skills and overcoming common challenges experienced by community groups, established and emerging. Learn and connect with other groups and be inspired by examples of great community work – as well as learning from what hasn’t gone so well!
The talks are being organised by the Marr Local Learning Community Partnership (LLCP) and are planned to take place monthly. They will cover a range of topics that groups often find challenging in achieving what they want to do, from recruiting volunteers to dealing with red tape, dealing with conflict to making decisions as a group. Each time we will hear from a local community group or worker who has experience of that particular challenge.
For the second talk, we are glad to welcome Bill Slee from Alford. Bill will lead a session on navigating red tape in community work called A worm’s eye view, leading us through the process of establishing Alford and District Men’s Shed Greenspace, including Alford Community Orchard and allotments.
Bill Slee is a social scientist with over 40 years of experience teaching and researching rural land use and development. He has worked on social innovation, community energy, forestry, economic diversification of rural areas and policy evaluation, and chairs the Community Asset Transfer panel for Forest and Land Scotland which advises on transfer of forests to local community groups.
Each session will be facilitated by a member of the Marr LLCP who can signpost people to further support and information as required. These events are free and everyone is welcome.
Further information:
Register to join this talk by visiting this link.
The group organising these talks is made up of representatives from Aberdeenshire Council, NHS Grampian, Aberdeenshire Voluntary Action and Deveron Projects.
If you have questions related to this event, please email ed.garrett2@aberdeenshire.gov.uk / phone: 07342 057699.
Accessibility:
This talk takes place online using Microsoft Teams. Automated captioning is available.
There is no requirement to have your camera on.
Questions can be asked in person or via the chat function.
