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What we do

Vision Statement

Communication Forum Scotland members, individually and together, promote the involvement of people with communication support needs in varied ways

Civic Participation Network Project

The Civic Participation Network is Communication Forum Scotland’s first major project.

It is funded by the Scottish Government. Stage 1 was completed in June 2008. Funds have been granted to March 2011 to build on this work.

Aim
To remove barriers faced by those with communication support needs wishing to be active citizens.

Activities

  • Training for active citizenship
    During Stage 1 we piloted courses on how to influence decision makers in Scotland. The courses involved people requiring support to access information and express their views.

    The pilot brought together trainers experienced in capacity building and trainers experienced in communication support. This sharing of skills proved successful.

    As a result the Inclusive Communication Trainers group has been established to:
    - learn from each other
    - promote more communication accessible training
    - develop relevant training support materials.

    To see first results go to:

Communication accessible training: recommendations
- Standard version
- Alternative versions

Communication accessible training module: Me and my community
- Standard version
- Alternative versions
- Downloadable resources

  • Promotion of inclusive communication to service providers and decision makers
    This will be done using Talk for Scotland: a practical toolkit for engaging with people with communication support needs. This was launched in May 2008 with the active involvement of people with varied communication support needs.

    Together we will be enhancing the toolkit and promoting its key messages. We will work with service providers to develop ways of doing this most effectively within their own organisations.

    The toolkit is supported by the Communication Support Needs Database. This offers links to communication disability organisations in Scotland, and services to assist organisations to put inclusive communication into practice. The database is hosted by Update, Scotland's National Disability Information Service.

  • Development of good practice case studies
    A number of case studies will be undertaken. These will show how to put communication support into practice. Information will include resources required.
Contact us
We welcome the participation of anyone interested in promoting inclusive communication including:
- people with communication support needs
- trainers
- service providers and decision makers.