On 18 March 2025, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) published the Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper. In line with this, the DWP are running a public consultation to gather views on the proposed plans to reform health and disability benefits and employment support. The consultation is currently set to close on 30 June 2025.
Consultation
RWE Grangemouth Green Hydrogen Project’s Second Consultation Event
RWE is currently progressing proposals to develop a green hydrogen production facility in Grangemouth. Their Grangemouth Green Hydrogen Project’s second consultation event takes place next Wednesday 26 March 2025, 3pm – 7pm, with a public exhibition at Grangemouth Community Education, Unit 69–71 Abbots Road, Grangemouth, FK3 8JB. The consultation period opens on Monday 24 March,…
Falkirk East Locality Consultation & Engagement
Falkirk Health & Social Care Partnership (HSCP) has established three locality areas as part of its commitment to deliver services that meet the needs of the communities. The three locality areas are: West Locality: Denny, Bonnybridge, Larbert and Stenhousemuir Central Locality: Falkirk town, Camelon, Bainsford/Langlees and Hallglen East Locality: Grangemouth, Bo’ness, Braes Villages The HSCP…
Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs) – Consultation
Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation – commonly referred to as SLAPPs – have been widely recognised as a growing threat to freedom of expression and particularly, but not only, to civil society actors such as journalists, academics, environmental defenders, and authors. SLAPPs are lawsuits or threats of legal action that engage abusive litigation tactics in proceedings…
Falkirk Health and Social Care Partnership Service Reform Consultation
The HSCP (which is responsible for local social care services) is seeking to close a £21m budget gap over the next 3 years, reflecting the current financial landscape across the public sector. Covering a range of services delivered by Falkirk Council, NHS Forth Valley, community organisations, and providers, the budget affects social work, care at home,…
Developing A Universal Definition Of ‘Care Experience’ Consultation
The Scottish Government is running a consultation to seek views on the need for a universal definition of ‘care experience’ and what the potential impacts of this could be. While it is not a legal term, ‘care experience’ is a term that has a special and different meaning for many of the people who identify…
Fairer Falkirk Need Your Input!
A Fairer Falkirk for Everyone – have your say on Falkirk’s future equality outcomes Falkirk Council are working towards a Fairer Falkirk and need your help to shape their future equality outcomes. Over the next 4 years, they are aiming to tackle the biggest inequalities in our area, making a real difference in people’s lives.…
Tenant Participation Strategy (2025 – 2030) Consultation
Housing Services Tenant & Customer Participation Strategy (2025 – 2030), is the means by which the service gathers tenants’ & customers’ views, listens to them and acts upon them, with a view to improving services. Falkirk Council’s Housing Service are currently reviewing this strategy, and have launched the Tenant Participation Strategy (2025 – 2030) Consultation to…
Have your say on the Future of Foster Care
The public consultation on the Future of Foster Care is now open. Open for 15 weeks, the consultation will close on Thursday 6 February 2025. The purpose of the consultation is to hear views on the proposed vision for fostering and flexible fostering approach, which seek to meet the specific and unique needs of children and…
Give Your Feedback on the Bo’ness Woodland Management Proposals
Green Action Trust is a charity that works with partners across Scotland to deliver nature based solutions for climate change, biodiversity and environmental inequality. Their vision is of a Scotland where people, nature and the environment thrive side by side. Green Action Trust has been working with Falkirk Council over the last few years to…
