You may want to engage with the public at public meetings, promoting your views and responding to questions from the audience.
Any constituency or individual regional candidate is entitled to use rooms and schools funded by Scottish Ministers or any other part of the Scottish Administration, or a Scottish public authority, for public meetings from the point they officially become a candidate until the day before polling day.1
A party list candidate has this right once the party’s nomination form and list of candidates has been submitted.2
You should contact the owner of the premises to make a booking, giving reasonable notice to reduce the risk of the request being refused. Your right to use the room does not include hours during which a school is used for educational purposes or when any prior letting of a meeting room has been agreed.
There is no hire charge for using these rooms, but you must pay for any expenses incurred, such as heating, lighting and cleaning, and for any damage to the premises.
The Proper Officer of each council in Scotland keeps a list of the location and availability of meeting rooms in their area. They will make this list available for inspection by candidates, election agents and the Nominating Officer of a party which has submitted a regional list, from the day the notice of election is published. You can obtain the contact details of the Proper Officer through your local council.