Afternoon Tea and Policy in Renfrewshire (1)

On the University of the West of Scotland’s Paisley campus, the UWS-Oxfam Partnership and the university’s Sustainable Policy Analysis Research Centre hold a series of five workshops.

This Eventbrite registration page is only for the first of the workshops - this workshop is on the cost of living, and will take place on 1st of November.

At these workshops, participants are invited to jointly develop a comprehensive understanding about how a range of issues – cost of living; housing; care and caring; learning and employment; health and wellbeing – play out in Renfrewshire. This includes questions such as which short-term or long-term policy solutions might work and which have not worked, who should be involved in policy making, what knowledge and experience is missing from the policy process, and who needs to be addressed in order to make change happen. Clearly, all five issues are of concern beyond Renfrewshire – however, the workshops will explore the specific local forms which these issues take.

The aim of each workshop is also to develop a tangible outcome. This could be a jointly written ‘manifesto for change’ that can be sent to decision-makers. It could also be material that participating organisations can adapt for their own advocacy purposes. Or it could be a jointly written op ed for a newspaper.

A further aim is to develop more contacts between the university and the local community.

To the workshops, the organisers invite people who can represent public, private and third sector organisations and their knowledge and insight with respect to the five themes and with respect to Renfrewshire. We also welcome individuals to contribute to the discussion.

Before each workshop, we will offer a light lunch and coffee and tea.

There is no cost for participation, and we want the event to be as informal as possible.

Depending on the relevance of the five workshop themes, participants are invited to come to each workshop or only to one.

This Eventbrite invitation is only for the first workshop - on cost of living.

Workshop dates and themes

Friday November 1st, 12 to 2.30pm: Cost of living

Friday December 6th, 12 to 2.30pm: Housing

Friday Feb 7th, 12 to 2.30pm: Care and caring

Friday March 7th, 12 to 2.30pm: Learning and employment

Friday April 4th, 12 to 2.30pm: Health and wellbeing

The campus map below shows the Coats Building (P Block) where, in room P125, the workshop will be held.

Host or Publisher Hartwig Pautz