Shetland Partnership Network Meeting Thursday 29th August 2024

The Shetland Partnership Network aims to help partners create a sense of shared ownership of community planning and to create a safe environment for open and honest conversations around the challenges and opportunities to tackle inequalities in Shetland. The Network brings together representatives of all community planning partners in Shetland and offers opportunities for information sharing, developing ideas and building relationships. 

After an introduction from the Chair, giving background and context to the purpose of the event, a presentation was given on Shetland’s Draft Climate Change Strategy: Climate Conscious Shetland. This presentation included details on the process of developing the strategy, the Climate Change Deep Dive (data) and the proposals for delivery. Following the presentation, members discussed in groups the delivery proposal, before feeding back the key discussion points from each table.

After a networking break there was an activity to give members the opportunity to work collaboratively on ideas and solutions on how best to deliver the five enablers identified in the draft strategy. These are: Governance and Leadership, Building Awareness – Empowerment/Communications, Resource Investigators – Money/Capacity, Specialists, and Collaboration – Alignment. Moving between tables, members were given the opportunity to sit down and discuss three of the five enablers. Each table was facilitated by a member of the Climate Change Steering Group.

Representatives of 10 partners attended. Feedback from the event included that the discussions were lively, with good insight and positive ideas about working collectively; and the opportunity to network was good.

The next meeting of the Shetland Partnership Network will be held in October.