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Scotland's Community Planning is brought to you by the Improvement Service. This site is maintained by the Scottish Government Community Planning Team, to provide resources, support and information to the Community Planning Network, other Community Planning practitioners and anyone with a general interest in Community Planning. The site focuses on the Community Planning framework and process rather than particular policies delivered through Community Planning.

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Transforming disadvantaged places: effective strategies for places and people July 2008
Just published by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, this study summarises evidence about the underlying forces affecting deprived places across Britain, and explores how interventions aimed at both people and places can be strenghtened to tackle disadvantage. A copy of the summary is avaiable here, with more background information available on the JRF website. ...
Additions to GROS website 14 July 2008
Two new additions were recently added to the GROS website. These are: Summary Statistics for Council Areas, that provide some key statistics for each council area in Scotland, together for comparable figures for Scotland. The statistics can be obtained from the attached map, by clicking on the relevant area. The Statistics Glossary provides definitions of a number of statistical terms which GROS use. The glossary is very much a work in progress, and suggestions are welcome as to how it can be added and improved. ...
Scottish Centre for Regeneration Bulletin, June 2008
See attached link to the Scottish Centre for Regeneration's latest bulletin, which details what's happening in regeneration in Scotland, and upcoming events. This bulletin is issued on the last Wednesday of each month, and can be accessed at their website here. ...
Community Engagement and Community Cohesion - a study by the Joseph Rowntree Fundation
A study just published by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, exploring the challenges to be addressed if government policies to promote community engagement are to be genuinely inclusive of newcomers as well as more established communities. It also identifies the ways in which new communities can be involved effectively, together with more established communities, therebly increasing cohesion and mutual solidarity. A copy of the report can be downloaded here and further information can be accessed on the Joseph Rowntree Foundation website. ...
Getting it Right for Everyone' Conference Report
A summary report published in March 2008, that highlights the speeches and workshops that took place at the 'Getting it Right for Everyone' conference in Perth in November 2007. The  primary aims of the conference were: to help build the skills and expertise of people working in community planning/learning and development to better engage with people with disabilities; and help raise awareness of the issues facing people with learning disabilities, ensuring that they are fully engaged in the Community Planning process. A copy of the full summary report can be found here, and a copy of the 'easy-read' version of the report, with speeches and workshop presentations from the day can be accessed on the Ark Housing Association website. ...
What is Community Planning? PDF Print E-mail

Community Planning is a process which helps public agencies to work together with the community to plan and deliver better services which make a real difference to people's lives.

The aims of Community Planning in Scotland are:

  • making sure people and communities are genuinely engaged in the decisions made on public services which affect them; allied to
  • a commitment from organisations to work together, not apart, in providing better public services.

There are two further key principles in addition to the two main aims outlined above:

  • Community Planning as the key over-arching partnership framework helping to co-ordinate other initiatives and partnerships and where necessary acting to rationalise and simplify a cluttered landscape;
  • the ability of Community Planning to improve the connection between national priorities and those at regional, local and neighbourhood levels.

Single Outcome Agreement

The concordat agreed in 2007 sets out the terms of a new relationship between the Scottish Government and local government, based on mutual respect and partnership. It underpins the funding to be provided to local government over the period 2008-09 to 2010-11.

As part of the concordat package each local authority would aim to reach a Single Outcome Agreement (SOA) with the Scottish Government at the earliest opportunity, based on the national outcomes and indicators, and, under a common framework, local outcomes to take account of local priorities. The SOA will cover all local government services in each local authority area as well as a significant range of the responsibilities of Community Planning Partnerships where local authorities have a significant part to play. The initial agreements would be with each of the 32 councils with the possibility of agreements with Community Planning Partnerships at some future date. SOAs will be expected to be in place across all councils during 2008-09.

Read more about Community Planning in the About Us section and in the Document Library and check here for the latest documents added to the library.

Last Updated ( Friday, 18 April 2008 )
 

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