Statement of Community Involvement (SCI)

Groups with specific needs include:

• people with mobility difficulties, or who can’t get out of the house, including the elderly
• people with sight loss
• people who don’t have access to the internet, or lack confidence with online methods
• people whose first language isn’t English
• people with learning difficulties

These groups could have difficulty with:

• accessing consultations and engagement events
• seeing or understanding planning notices
• making contact or sending us responses

There are a number of ways we can support involvement for these groups.

We:

• ensure that venues are accessible and where possible wheelchair-friendly
• arrange online events and conversations as well as ‘real-life’ events
• provide material both online and in paper form
• make it clear that translation of key documents can be requested
• provide material in a range of formats and font sizes
• include a postal address and telephone number in our communications, as well as an email contact
• send letters to neighbours or carers where appropriate
• use social media, newsletters, magazines and press releases where possible
• notify specific organisations such as those for the blind, elderly, disabled or ethnic minority groups
• keep a register of people who need special notification (for example by email or letter)
• use Plain English as far as possible

We will draw on this range of options to support the activities we have set out above.