By fay.young on March 11, 2010
Ola Kasprzak with Malcolm Chisholm Politicians, preoccupied with political rivalry, can forget the most important thing – the needs of people they represent Read Ola Kasprzak’s fascinating and forthright report of her experience of shadowing two politicians in the Scottish Parliament and City of Edinburgh Council – she says they changed her negative opinion of [...]
Posted in Journal of the week, Opening Doors 2009, Swietlica, women in politics |
By fay.young on November 24, 2009
The day has certainly demystified some of the Parliament’s workings and put a human face on the institution. Ben Stollery is the latest person to take part in our Opening Doors scheme. Here he describes how his day shadowing Malcolm Chisholm MSP gave him an insight into the workings of the parliamentary committees – and [...]
Posted in Opening Doors 2009 | Tagged Ben Stollery, Malcolm Chisholm MSP, Opening Doors 2006-7, Scottish Parliament committees, shadowing scheme |
By fay.young on May 27, 2009
The first step in the new Opening Doors programme: (from left to right) Ola Kasprzak, Malcolm Chisholm and Fay Young How can local communities influence political decisions? Ola Kasprzak and Maka Mwamwaja are hoping to find out as they begin this year’s shadowing programme, Opening Doors 2009, by observing the work of Malcolm Chisholm MSP [...]
Posted in Leith Open Space Events, Opening Doors 2009 |