01/06/2025

Live Borders have now commenced consultation and engagement on sport, leisure and cultural services and facilities in the Scottish Borders with the launch of an online survey.

The survey gives everyone the opportunity to comment on more than 30 different facilities/services across the Borders.

Live Borders and the Council will also be engaging directly with representatives from key community and stakeholder groups across the region and will also host drop-in events, have pop-up information stands in high footfall locations and hold live online events where public questions will be addressed. Comment cards will be available in all Live Borders venues from Monday 2 June to enable customers to provide feedback.

Further information on our engagement plan, which will be updated as more details are finalised, and a link to the survey can be found at www.scotborders.gov.uk/jointreview. We will reach out to stakeholders directly to arrange face-to-face discussions as appropriate.


Our engagement activities will run throughout the next three months, with a view to feedback being provided to stakeholders in September and proposals being developed for Elected Members to consider in the autumn.

Our conversations over the coming months will be vital in building a full picture of priorities, how services and facilities are used, where alternatives exist, and what the impacts of different options might be. It is important to emphasise too that we are seeking to engage on the full range of options for many of Live Borders’ valued services and facilities, not just those proposed by Integratis, the independent consultants that undertook a review earlier this year and whose report was discussed by Council at the end of April.


Regards,

Jenni Craig, Director – Resilient Communities, Scottish Borders Council

Bill Douglas, Chairman, Live Borders