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<i>From Kirsten Gobha, Scottish Islands Federation:</i> <br>
As part of our support for the Scottish Islands Team we've been
asked to help keep the Scottish Government informed of disruptive
events affecting, or likely to affect, the islands. This will help
the Scottish Government and its partners develop their awareness of
issues affecting islands, respond to disruptions, plan ahead to
mitigate their impact, and develop longer-term plans for increasing
resilience.<br>
To help with this we have a new form on the SIF website which allows
you to report issues arising from disruptive events, or issues you
anticipate will arise due to an expected disruptive event. This may
include, but it not limited to:<br>
<ul>
<li>- service closure due to an extended, unplanned power outage;</li>
<li>- supply issues due to transport disruption;</li>
<li>- the impact to households and businesses of an ongoing
broadband outage.</li>
</ul>
While the Islands Team do not have a direct operational
responsibility or role in addressing disruptive events, they would
like to be able to brief Ministers and the Scottish Government about
disruptive situations on the islands to help develop the Scottish
Government’s understanding of what is happening on the ground. The
team have stated that they will endeavour to keep us informed on how
your reports have impacted on decisions and we will aim to highlight
this on our website and across our social media channels.<br>
To report issues related to disruptive events on islands please use
the disruptive events reporting form. Please note that all reports
must be logged through this form and any reports sent via email or
other means cannot be logged due to data protect requirements.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.scottish-islands-federation.co.uk/island-reporting">https://www.scottish-islands-federation.co.uk/island-reporting</a>.<br>
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