Collaborative Scotland: Conversation2019 Date: Thursday, 31 January 2019Time: 17:30 - 20:00, with a light supperLocation: GlasgowVenue: TBC “We need an honest conversation about... The Sectarian Divide in Scotland – how bad is it and do recent events mark a low point?" Talking constructively about the issues that matter. In a safe space. Gaining new insights.… Continue reading The Sectarian Divide in Scotland – how bad is it and do recent events mark a low point?
Date: Thursday, 31 January 2019Time: 17:30 - 20:00, with a light supperLocation: GlasgowVenue: TBC “We need an honest conversation about... The Sectarian Divide in Scotland – how bad is it and do recent events mark a low point?" Talking constructively about the issues that matter. In a safe space. Gaining new insights. Digging down into… Continue reading Collaborative Scotland: Conversation 2019
Collaborative Scotland: Conversation2019 Date: Thursday, 28 February 2019Time: 17:30 - 20:00, with a light supperLocation: EdinburghVenue: TBC “We need an honest conversation about... Public Spending and Taxation – what do we need to pay for and how do we raise it?" Talking constructively about the issues that matter. In a safe space. Gaining new insights.… Continue reading Public Spending and Taxation – what do we need to pay for and how do we raise it?
Collaborative Scotland: Conversation2019 Date: Thursday, 21 March 2019Time: 17:30 - 20:00, with a light supperLocation: EdinburghVenue: TBC “We need an honest conversation about... Future Constitutional Arrangements in the British Isles – how can we be really creative?" Talking constructively about the issues that matter. In a safe space. Gaining new insights. Digging down into the… Continue reading Future Constitutional Arrangements in the British Isles – how can we be really creative?
Join us for a “Pop Up Mediation” Grassmarket Community Project 86 Candlemaker Row | EH1 2QA Edinburgh | United Kingdom Thursday, June 14, 2018 from 5:45 PM to 9:30 PM The parents had passed away many years ago. They had left detailed arrangements for the children (two sisters, a brother and twins) and for a… Continue reading A “Pop Up Mediation”: A Very Real Family Problem: A Political Allegory
The reality is that the reduction in public funding is likely to continue and this means that it seems imperative to encourage greater local creativity. Our recommendations focus more on process than substance. Enhanced and better communication from public servants and politicians to communities (and vice versa) about decision making, policy generation and budget allocation,… Continue reading Recommendations of the BCBT
In October 2017, Collaborative Scotland organised a series of public events and business breakfasts and other events in the north-west of Scotland as part of our Better Conversations Bus Tour. The Bus Tour is a new project aiming to build real dialogue and problem-solving capacity, offering an opportunity to discuss in a safe space the… Continue reading Better Conversations Bus Tour 2017
Date: Friday, 29 September 2017 Time: Networking breakfast from 9am. Event will start formally at 9.45am and will conclude at 3.30pm. Venue: Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43-45 High Street, Edinburgh EH1 1SR CPD: 5 hours Ken Cloke, one of the leading writers and thinkers in the field of conflict, will join with Core's founder and senior mediator, John Sturrock, for… Continue reading A Day of Storytelling with Ken Cloke
Following Nicola Sturgeon's recent announcement of the intention to start putting procedures for a second referendum on Scottish independence before the Scottish Parliament, around thirty people from a wide cross section of society (mostly from Scotland but also from other parts of Europe and the US) met on 25 May 2017 to have a facilitated… Continue reading A Pop-Up Mediation: Multi-Party Dialogue using Mediation
The UK and Scottish Governments – and other devolved administrations – seem to be at loggerheads over how to deal with Brexit – how might a mediation approach deal with the problem? During the Referendum on possible Scottish Independence, Collaborative Scotland and Core Solutions hosted a number of events to illustrate how a different approach… Continue reading A Pop-Up Mediation Evening – Brexit: A Constitutional Crisis?
