We provide a number of consultancy and facilitation services to support all councils in Scotland to deliver transformational change and improve outcomes in their communities.
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Community Planning Improvement Board
The Community Planning Improvement Board (CPIB) provides improvement support for community planning in Scotland.
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Welfare Advice and Health Partnerships
Helping to embed welfare rights and money advisors within healthcare settings.
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Improving Outcomes in Money Advice
Improving the impact of Scotland’s money advice services and supporting councils and their partners in this process.
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Economic Outcomes Programme
The programme works to help councils maximise the impact of their economic development activities.
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Fairer Scotland Duty
Support for implementation of the Fairer Scotand Duty to reduce inequalities of outcome related to socio-economic disadvantage.
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Roads Collaboration Project
Exploring opportunities to share services among the 32 roads authorities and Transport Scotland.
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Spatial Information Service
Leading the development of spatial information products and a collective approach to collective data management across Scottish local government.
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Organisational Development
Supporting capacity building to improve the performance and effectiveness of organisations.
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Change Management
The change team helps councils and their partners to deliver transformational and operational level change.
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Climate Change
Our climate change programme looks at how we embed climate change across all our work, and supports local government in its ambitions to reach Net Zero targets.
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Community Councils
The Scottish Community Councils project provides information, support and resources for Scotland’s 1,200 community councils and the 10,000+ volunteers who serve as community councillors.
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Workforce Planning
Assisting councils and their partners in effective workforce planning.
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Associates Framework
The Associates Framework provides flexible access to a wide range of expert support and resources to help the Improvement Service, community planning partnerships and councils.
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Planning for Place Programme
Supporting councils and their partners to collaborate in place-based approaches to joint planning, resourcing and delivery of places that enable all communities to flourish.
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Early Learning and Childcare Expansion
Providing business analysis and knowledge management support to Scottish Government and councils in the planning and implementation of the expansion to 1140 hours of funded early learning and childcare by August 2021, and in wider service refinement and improvement. This work will continue as we support councils in the sustainable delivery of this transformative expansion.
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Adopting a Trauma-Informed Approach
Support for local authorities and stakeholders to raise awareness of the benefits of a trauma-informed approach across systems, services and the workforce.
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Tackling Violence Against Women
Coordinating the National Violence Against Women Network to help councils and their partners to improve outcomes for women, children and young people affected by violence.
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Covid Recovery Strategy - Recovery and Delivery Programme
The Covid Recovery Strategy sets out Scottish Government’s vision for recovery. The strategy focuses on the efforts that are required to tackle inequality and disadvantage, and outlines the actions identified to:
- Address systemic inequalities made worse by Covid
- Make progress towards a wellbeing economy; and
- Accelerate inclusive person-centred public services
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UNCRC Implementation Project: Putting children's rights at the heart of local government
Support for the implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), which will bring new duties to local authorities in Scotland.
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Shaping Places for Wellbeing Programme
The Shaping Places for Wellbeing Programme is a delivery partnership between the Improvement Service and PHS, funded and supported by the Health Foundation and Scottish Government with support from COSLA.
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Money Guiders network
The ‘Money Guiders’ programme seeks to help organisations and practitioners deliver money guidance well throughout the UK.
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Local Child Poverty Action Reports
Working with local authorities and health boards to support the development of Local Child Poverty Action Reports and ensure they are an effective lever for tackling child poverty in Scotland.