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Whiteinch & Scotstoun Housing Association (WSHA) has hosted an innovative community event using Socialudo \u2013 a \u201cserious game\u201d designed to help people explore how housing, health and community services can work better together.<\/p>\n
Held at The Whiteinch Centre, the session brought together community stakeholders and local organisations, as well as local residents, to take part in a hands-on, interactive game called Hopetown. The experience encouraged participants to step into different roles, make decisions affecting a fictional community, and see how those choices reflected real-life challenges.<\/p>\n
The event was described by one community member as \u201cenjoyable, challenging, a cause for reflection\u201d, adding that \u201cas many people as possible should take part in a similar event\u201d. Others agreed that the game offered valuable learning and insight, with a local resident noting that they \u201creally enjoyed the event\u201d and found it \u201cinteresting to see how decisions were made,\u201d observing that there were \u201ca lot of reflections on what happens in real life\u201d.<\/p>\n
For many, the day also highlighted the importance of communication and inclusion, another participant, said the session \u201cgave a good insight on how communication within the community and its residents is important and reaching out to the people that don\u2019t have a voice to be heard\u201d.<\/p>\n
The Socialudo format \u2013 developed to bridge the gap between lived experiences and professional perspectives \u2013 proved to be a valuable tool for learning, empathy and teamwork.<\/p>\n
Participants recognised how the exercise mirrored real-world decision-making, demonstrating how collaboration and communication can lead to more connected and compassionate communities.<\/p>\n
Debs Allan, Communities Manager at WSHA, said: \u201cEvents like this are a brilliant way to bring people together and have real, honest conversations in a different way.<\/p>\n
\u201cSocialudo allows everyone to step into another\u2019s shoes and see how the decisions we make can affect our community.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt WSHA, we believe that strong communities are built on understanding, empathy, and collaboration, and this session really brought that to life. It\u2019s exactly the kind of open, inclusive approach we want to continue encouraging.\u201d<\/p>\n
Building on the success of this first session, WSHA hopes to continue exploring creative and inclusive approaches like Socialudo to strengthen relationships between tenants, staff, the wider community and local stakeholders.<\/p>\n
The event reflects WSHA\u2019s ongoing commitment to empowering communities and ensuring that every voice is heard and valued.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Whiteinch & Scotstoun Housing Association (WSHA) has hosted an innovative community event using Socialudo \u2013 a \u201cserious game\u201d…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":488246,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7826],"tags":[748,918,4884,712,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-488245","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-glasgow","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-glasgow","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-scotland","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115349729432042562","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=488245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488245\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/488246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=488245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=488245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=488245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}