Community Involvement
Oatlands has a strong community spirit and local residents have played a very significant role in shaping the area’s future. In the early days, two full-day ‘workshops’ on future ideas for the area (see photograph below), and a study visit to relevant developments in London, were organised by the (now defunct) Gorbals Umbrella Group. Since 1999, the project has been pushed forward by the Oatlands Steering Group, a forum chaired by the local Council member (originally Irene Graham, followed by Allan Watson and now Bailie James Scanlon) and attended primarily by relevant Council officials, developer/housing association representatives, and any members of the local community (from tenants’ associations, from the Oatlands Community Council, or as interested individuals) who wish to attend.
Lively debate at Oatlands community workshop