Library
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CP in Practice
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Background information on Glasgow Community Planning Ltd, telling how it was formed; its membership; remit; how it links to local CP structures; why it was set up as a limited company; the practical issues and the challenges.
Fife Council and its CP partners, have sought to introduce the use of the Power to Advance Well Being (PAWB) as a new, and potentially powerful, tool to tackle issues affecting the lives of Fife people. This is their explanation of the PAWB, giving examples of its use so far in Fife and where they should go from here.
Presentation by Fife Council introducing their document on the Power to Advance Well Being, how the Power is being used in Fife and where they will go from here.
Scottish Fire and Rescue Services are committed to improving the development and delivery of Community Safety in Scotland. This document looks at Community Planning from a Scottish Fire and Rescue Services Perspective.
Presentation by Coryn Barclay, Community Budgeting Project Manager, Fife Council, at the 9 February Community Planning Network meeting. Subject is the experience of three local pilots in Fife under community budgeting.
Presentation by Professor Richard Kerley of Queen Margaret University College at the 9 February 2006 Community Planning (CP) Network meeting on the role of elected members and community engagement within the CP framework.
Presentation of 5 October 2005 by Richard Scothorne, Rocket Science UK Ltd, on Performance Management across Community Planning Partnerships.
Partnership of Stewartry Community Safety Forum, Dumfries and Galloway Council and Constabulary, local schools and Galloway News. Following two fatal road accidents involving young, inexperienced drivers, and following consultation with other such young drivers, this scheme was devised to improve their skills and increase safety through tuition by approved instructors.
Partnership project between NHS Lanarkshire, the Landed Peer Education Service and South Lanarkshire Council Education Department to create a peer education resource for secondary schools relating to alcohol and drugs, improving the health and wellbeing of young people.
Practical guide by Strathclyde Police for their managers, that provides the background to Community Planning (CP), what its aims and objectives are and how managers can gain an understanding of the role of Strathclyde Police and its partners, and helps staff identify the police role within the CP framework.
An overview of Community Planning (CP) Partnerships across Scotland, giving a general snapshot of information gathered in confidence in an informal survey, by the Community Planning Implementation Group, on progress in CP.
Extract from the report of a conference and seminar on 'Children and Local Authority Planning - Glasgow/Edinburgh' in May 2002.
What changed Porsgrunn? A group of senior local councillors, including the mayor, a woman, decided to form a cross-party initiative to build renewed involvement in the democratic process from the bottom up - i.e. from early childhood onwards.
Community Planning in Scotland: Progress in developing CP in Scotland's CP Partnerships: Sep 2001
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Questionnaire survey of Community Planning Partnerships. Objective was to address information gaps identified by the Community Planning Task Force (CPTF) and the working groups in the course of their work and to improve the CPTF's understanding of how CP is being implemented at local level.
