Building reputations

Community campaigns

A delegation of Camphill residents with MSPs at the Scottish Parliament as part of the Save Camphill campaign

Ken McEwen has been responsible for the strategy and management of a number of very successful community campaigns.

Probably his highest-profile campaign was the Save Camphill campaign which ran through 2004/05.

Described by public affairs professionals as 'one of the largest community campaigns' in Scotland in recent years, the campaign averted the threat of a £200 million bypass through the Camphill special needs communities in Aberdeen.

By remaining strategically neutral on the principle of the road, the Save Camphill campaign successfully attracted and maintained cross-party support throughout its two years of intensive activity.

The Save Camphill campaign also made wide use of its campaigning website to co-ordinate international support from Camphill's 100 centres around the world, who all look to Aberdeen where the movement began.

Other campaigns have included community campaigns focussed on supermarket developments, residential developments, civic projects and community facilities.