Fraserburgh PEF CLD mini public: Community Development Practice Exemplar

Aberdeenshire Council have published details of their use of mini publics to help tackle child hunger in local schools. Starting in 2018 in Fraserburgh, it was recognised that some children in the local community are going without regular meals throughout the year.

Summer Family Kitchen in North School, during the school holidays in 2018 that provided an activity and meal for families in one primary school. Following the principles of the mini public process the planning group developed a selection criteria for pupils and parents and began to plan the recruitment and session contents. The participants were to be drawn from only those who were entitled to free school meals.

The report details how the process went and what the outcome has been.

Download it here.