“My last ten years has taught me that we need to respond to the human variety of constant changes; we need to adapt in the moment and shape our system around unpredictability, not least because I have witnessed the positive outcomes we all seek for our communities.”
Angela Watt
“Those stepping up across Scotland, who take personal risks to drive positive solutions for our communities and country, are often already stuck between a rock and a hard place before their first step. The short term cycles of financial support, of political focus and of system process, are all short term and set by those who have the power, so it is to their clock we need to work.”
Angela Watt: People must matter more than the timeframes under which they labour
“The grassroots of Scotland’s communities have innovation in our blood; we create solutions with collective understanding, kindness and pride and we can transform this country. But we can’t do it on our own.”
Angela Watt: For the sake of Scotland’s communities, innovation must be a collective effort
“I speak with volunteers in our community who feel overworked, undervalued and frankly, dejected. One said recently, ‘we all rushed to help, we came together at grassroots and now they are trying to ‘systemise’ community spirit. Don’t they trust us?'”