How did Aberdeen City Voice start and whats happening now?
How did Aberdeen City Voice start?
Aberdeen City Council and its Community Planning Partners were given money by the European Commission in 2002 to set up a citizens' panel in Aberdeen. This was part of the Demos Project, which wanted to strengthen local democracy in the community.
The City Voice originally ran for one year (from January 2003 - January 2004) as a pilot project. Its aim was to produce four questionnaires and reports over the course of the year. The questionnaire asked questions about all sorts of public services in the city, including health, crime, Council services and many more. The answers to the questionnaire were intended to influence the planning of local services, how they would be provided, and how the Partners could communicate more effectively with local people.
What is happening now?
Because of the success of the pilot questionnaires, the Council and its Partners agreed to continue the City Voice after January 2004. In 2006, three questionnaires, outcome reports and newsletters have been produced.
Currently, we have three questionnaires due to go out in 2008:
| Number | Issue of Questionnaire | Issue of Report/Newsletter |
| 13 | late Feb 2008 | mid June 2008 |
| 14 | mid June 2008 | mid September 2008 |
| 15 | mid September 2008 | mid January 2009 |