"We are entitled to have our views heard"

We felt quite strongly that we would rather become an action group and submit a participation request to the council to pass on what we have found out from our community to try and influence their decision making on holiday hunger as we know this issue is already being discussed and funding allocated. We have now discovered through the Scottish Community Development Centre that we are entitled to have our views heard according to the rules and regulations governing participation requests as long as we are clear in what ways we can contribute ideas to improve the identified outcomes.