{"id":6,"date":"2011-10-14T14:38:54","date_gmt":"2011-10-14T14:38:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ourlocality.org\/action\/?page_id=6"},"modified":"2025-02-11T17:31:58","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T17:31:58","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/scottishparticipatoryinitiatives.co.uk\/?page_id=6","title":{"rendered":"Susan Guy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/scottishparticipatoryinitiatives.co.uk\/tools\/training-for-your-project-team\/spi-logo-pict-file-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-267\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-267\" src=\"https:\/\/scottishparticipatoryinitiatives.co.uk\/files\/2011\/11\/SPI-Logo-pict-file.jpg\" alt=\"SPI Logo pict file\" width=\"220\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a>Susan Guy has her masters in Landscape Architecture and Planning and\u00a0 is recognised nationally and internationally for her pioneering work on community research, consultation, and evaluation. She has over 20 years of\u00a0 &#8216;on the ground&#8217; expertise in participatory research design, training, management and facilitation.<\/p>\n<p>She has advised many governmental and public bodies on their approach to consultation and worked with communities across the UK to ensure that they have real say in the issues and services that affect them. She uses robust, innovative, and socially inclusive methods that work in a variety of situations. Rather than using any packaged or labelled approach, she adapts or invents techniques that aim to secure wide-ranging stakeholder participation.<\/p>\n<p>Susan was the Project Manager for Scotland&#8217;s first Zero Waste Town Project (2015 &#8211; 2017), the Climate Challenge Fund Project Coordinator for <span style=\"color: #000000\">Sustaining Dunbar&#8217;s Local Resilience Action Plan and Belhaven Community Garden (2008 to 2015). Since 2017 Susan has worked as <\/span>Reuse Scotland&#8217;s SCIO Chief Operating Officer.<span style=\"color: #000000\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Some of Susan&#8217;s Participatory Appraisal, Community Mapping and Action Planning, Project Monitoring and Evaluation (PAME) experience:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>City of Ottawa Council &#8211; Designed and facilitated community action planning for the Ottawa Greenbelt.<\/li>\n<li>National Capital Commission Ottawa &#8211; Site supervision of the Museum of Civilization Shoreline restoration Project.<\/li>\n<li>Aberdeen City Council, Scottish Executive&amp; Oscar Faber Ltd. \u2013 Participatory mapping and Planning, monitoring and evaluation research for the Aberdeen Sustainable Transportation Study;<\/li>\n<li>Carlisle City Council \u2013 Design &amp; facilitation of participatory community action planning \u00a0event (re. Evaluation of Single Regeneration Bid);<\/li>\n<li>Cairngorms National Park Authority \u2013 Project monitoring and evaluation for the Communications and Capacity Building Study;<\/li>\n<li>City of Edinburgh Council \u2013 Designed and trained Council Staff in Community Mapping and Action Planning for Clean Edinburgh 2000 participatory litter appraisals mapping and evaluation of Clean Edinburgh 2000 programme.<\/li>\n<li>City of Edinburgh Council \u2013 Participatory Appraisal and Evaluation of The Sporting Chance Programme;<\/li>\n<li>City of Ottawa, Canada \u2013 1995 Designed Community Mapping, appraisal, planning, monitoring and evaluation process, trained staff, facilitated pilot workshops for the development of City of Ottawa Greenway Management Plan;<\/li>\n<li>Craigmillar Capacity Building Project and Craigmillar Council \u2013 PAME process design, training and facilitation for the evaluation of draft plans for the future of Craigmillar.\u00a0Craigmillar Learning for Community Participation and Action report;<\/li>\n<li>Cumbria County Council \u2013 Training staff in Participatory Mapping and Action Planning for Local Agenda 21 processes;<\/li>\n<li>Danny Morrison Men\u2019s Health Project, Drumchapel \u2013 PAME workshop for institutional change;<\/li>\n<li>Dunbar Community Development Company &#8211; Designed and trained local people in Community Mapping and Action Planning &#8211; SCARF funded project.<\/li>\n<li>Durham County Council \u2013 PAME of Services and Provisions for Young People in Stanley, Durham;<\/li>\n<li>Dundee City Council \u2013 PAME Training officials for and management of community consultation Dundee City Council, Scotland, Council Minutes;<\/li>\n<li>East Lothian Council \u2013 Consultation, mapping, monitoring and evaluation for the development of East Lothian Shoreline Management Plan Scottish Coastal Forum: Current ICZM initiatives: Spring 2004;<\/li>\n<li>East Lothian Council \u2013 development of Parent Involvement in Education Strategy;<\/li>\n<li>East Lothain Council &#8211; Community Consultation for Dunbar Primary new school design<\/li>\n<li>East Lothian Council &#8211; Community Mapping Core Paths Plan Consultation<br \/>\nEdinburgh Greenbelt Trust \u2013 Participatory Evaluation of draft plans for the regeneration of Mavisbank;<\/li>\n<li>Fife Council \u2013 PAME of Services and Provisions for Young People in Leslie;<br \/>\nHighland Council \u2013 2003 Community Mapping and PAME training of council staff and local people for the development of Local Community Plans;<\/li>\n<li>Future Proof &#8211; Design and Facilitation of &#8220;How Reslient are we in East Lothian&#8221; and Strategic Planning for Local Resilience Workshop.<\/li>\n<li>Lennoxtown Initiatives &#8211; Designed Community Mapping and training for Lenoxtown Initiative SCARF funded project see http:\/\/www.communitiesscotland.gov.uk\/&#8230;\/rics_011982.hcsp<\/li>\n<li>North Lanarkshire Council \u2013 PAME Training and led local facilitation teams for various projects throughout North Lanarkshire;REPORT In<\/li>\n<li>Marine Stewardship Council &#8211; PAME Training for MSC Auditors<\/li>\n<li>Perth and Kinross Council \u2013 Technical advice for a Participatory Fuel Services appraisal and impact evaluation;<\/li>\n<li>Perth &amp; Kinross Countryside Trust \u2013 PAME training for officials and councillor for and management of Blairgowrie path network community consultation;<br \/>\nRoyal Society for the Protection of Birds (UK and International) \u2013 PAME training for project staff;<\/li>\n<li>Rural Action (England) \u2013 Regional PAME training workshops for Parish Councillors, council officials and NGO staff;<\/li>\n<li>Scottish Natural Heritage \u2013 Developed Community Mapping and PAME<\/li>\n<li>Strategies and Training Plans for Scottish Natural Heritages&#8217; Area SCOTTISH NATURAL HERITAGE and Sustainability Project in the Highlands and Islands; CMNPSG 4-3 Concerns about National Parks \u2013 a brief review of &#8230;<\/li>\n<li>Scottish Rural Development Forestry Programme \u2013 Designed and facilitated PAME events throughout Scotland 1997 &#8211; rdfn20b: Rural Development Forestry in Scotland<\/li>\n<li>Solway Firth Partnership \u2013 Designed Participatory Mapping process and PAME training for Partnership members and facilitated participatory regional workshops;<\/li>\n<li>South Ayrshire Council \u2013 PAME training for project staff Draft Core Path Plan.<\/li>\n<li>Sustaining Dunbar &#8211; Community Engagement Strategy Design and Delivery for the Development of Local Resilience Action Plans.<\/li>\n<li>Sustaining Dunbar &#8211; Local Bakery Needs Assessment.<\/li>\n<li>Sustaining Dunbar &#8211; Design and Delivery of The Neighbours Together Project<\/li>\n<li>VETAID and Brooks Hospital for Animals &#8211; trained vets and local people in Egypt to consult farmers and local vets to carry out an animal health needs assessment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Susan Guy can be contacted about training in participatory approaches and tools for carrying out assessments by email: <a href=\"mailto:spiparticipatoryinitiatives@gmail.com\">spiparticipatoryinitiatives@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Susan Guy has her masters in Landscape Architecture and Planning and\u00a0 is recognised nationally and internationally for her pioneering work on community research, consultation, and evaluation. 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