These online workshops will continue the local and national dialogue about what is needed to sustain and enhance connections and cross-sector working in response to Covid-19.

The workshops are designed to:

• Share recent research* findings with a range of stakeholders across the voluntary and statutory resilience sectors and networks in community planning

• Facilitate discussions amongst participants about how this learning can inform their current and future collaborative work on community resilience

• Test an approach that can be adapted for local use to help stakeholders identify actions that they can take forward to develop and improve grassroots relationships and partnership activity for effective emergency mobilisation in the future.

Attendees will be fully engaged in shaping future pathways for progress on collaborations and partnership working on resilient communities.

When and Where

Four workshops have been scheduled and will be held online:

10-12.30 – Wednesday 4th August
1-3.30 – Tuesday 10th August
10-12.30 - Thursday 19th August
7-9pm – 25th August

*About the research project:

This project, led by the VCS Resilience Advisory Group to the Scottish Resilience Partnership, is an exploration of the practical experience for public agencies, community groups and third sector organisations working together locally on Covid 19.

The purpose of the research and this engagement phase is to use the learn from the response to the Covid pandemic in relation to how public, community and voluntary sector organisations worked together and to build on this experience to further strengthen working links between all those delivering the ongoing COVID resilience effort. This research is future focused, concerned primarily with making the collective effort stronger in this evolving crisis and future challenges.

The project is comprised an online survey and individual interviews which took place in November/December 2020, and an online exchange event to explore and discuss the research findings, and this series of engagement and action-focussed workshops.

Resilient Communities 2021 - Shaping Cross-Sector Collaboration