What is Your Area, Your Voice, Your Choice?
South Ayrshire's Your Area, Your Voice, Your Choice is an online platform that will help the people of South Ayrshire express their views and participate in decisions on important issues within our communities. This guide explains what each of the various sections of the Your Area. Your Voice. Your Choice platform is for. Not all sections are available as yet, but they will come online in due course. Anyone can go online and view the platform but to participate in online consultations, voting and adding proposals you will need to register by signing up to mygovscot myaccount.
- Consultations
- Funding
- Participatory Budgeting (not available yet)
- Your Vote (not available yet)
Consultations - In the Consultations section of the platform there will be different topics or processes for discussion. You will be able to select any one of the topics, read the relevant information about the topic and then add your comments on the issues up for discussion. You can comment and evaluate other comments left by other users with the I agree or I don't agree buttons.
Funding - In this section of the platform community groups, charities and organisations will be able to apply for external funding.
Participatory Budgeting - Gives the opportunity for users to decide on how part of the public budget is spent.
Your vote - The Your vote section of the platform is used when a proposal from the community has reached a predefined level of support in the community. It is also used when South Ayrshire Council or one of its partners propose an issue for the community to decide on.