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Exploring trust and transparency in government

  • Area of Work: The ALLIANCE
  • Type: News Item
  • Published: 19th November 2025
What does trust mean to you? This is the question SCDC and the Scottish Government are seeking to explore with communities across Scotland

What does trust mean to you? That’s the question SCDC and the Scottish Government are seeking to explore.

What does trust mean to you? That’s the question SCDC and the Scottish Government are seeking to explore in a series of sessions and self-facilitated discussions focused on trust and transparency in Scotland. 

Facilitated by SCDC, these online sessions are aimed at community members and people who support their communities, providing an open space to share priorities and reflections on their relationship with government.

The responses from these sessions will directly inform Scottish Government actions through the Open Government Action Plan 2026-2030, with trust and transparency being a core theme of the plan. The Action Plan is a way for civil society and government to work together on agreed priorities. This partnership aims to ensure people in Scotland can see, understand, and be involved in the decisions that affect them.

Participants will have a chance to explore their own experiences of trust, and how that relates to positive and negative experiences with government – as well as what needs to happen to build trust in this engagement process.

Register to take part in a facilitated session

Facilitated sessions will take place online in the morning, afternoon, and evening across late November and early December. A range of session times are available, and are scheduled for 1 and 1.5 hours, with pace for 20 participants per session. Find out more or register for a facilitated session here.

Self facilitate a session with your community

Groups can also undertake self-facilitated discussions, supported by a facilitation guide. Equalities and lived experience organisations can apply for a limited £250 stipend to support discussions with their members (limited places). Find out more about how you can self-facilitate a session here.

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