How Can We Make More Effective Early Interventions in Vulnerable Communities to Deliver Long-Term Regeneration? - 05/05/2010

How Can We Make More Effective Early Interventions in Vulnerable Communities to Deliver Long-Term Regeneration?

This Open Forum took place in May 2010 in The Lighthouse, Glasgow. The purpose of the event was to facilitate a better understanding of policy around early intervention in Scotland, and to discuss opportunities for the enhancement of policy around this theme.

Over forty guests participated in the half day event, which featured three keynote presentations from representatives of the relevant Scottish Government policy frameworks. SURF also enlisted Tom Wood, a frequent writer and broadcaster on social policy and the former Deputy Chief Constable of Lothian and Borders Police, to accompany the speakers on a plenary panel for a comments and discussion session.

Downloads

An Outcomes Paper, summarising the main learning outcomes and points of discussion from the event, will be available soon. Please click on the titles below to download some other materials from this event.

Early Years Framework - presentation by Elisabeth Campbell, Team Leader, Early Education & Childcare, Scottish Government.

Equally Well - presentation by Karen Grieve, Programme Manager, Health Improvement & Health Inequalities, Scottish Government.

Acheiving Our Potential - presentation by Laura Ross, Social Inclusion Policy Officer, Scottish Government.

Bibliography - links for further reading 

Delegates List

SURF Open Forums are funded by the Scottish Government's Scottish Centre for Regeneration with the aim of providing independent and informed feedback to policy advisers.

Sustainable, Mixed Communities and Master-Planning in the Context of Place-Making - 14/10/2009
SURF Open Forum

Sustainable, Mixed Communities and Master-Planning in the Context of Place-Making

This Open Forum took place in Glasgow and featured the following key participants:

Speakers

• Mike Galloway, Director of City Development, Dundee City Council
• Scott Davidson, Head of UK Regeneration, Halcrow Consulting

Panel Members

• Petra Biberbach, Chief Executive, Planning Aid for Scotland
• Susie Stirling, Principal Planner, Architecture and Place Team, Scottish Government

The core objectives for the event were to:

• Facilitate a better understanding of the current status of policy and practice around place-making and master-planning.
• Outline opportunities (and any significant barriers) for the enhancement of public policy around place-making and master-planning.

The following downloads are available from this event:

Please click here to download the slides from the keynote presentation by Mike Galloway (MS PowerPoint format).

Please click here to download the slides from the introductory presentation by Edward Harkins of SURF (MS PowerPoint format).

Please click here to download a bibliography paper with links to relevant recent reports and suggested further reading (PDF format).

An outcomes paper summarising the main messages and points of discussion will be available from this section of the SURF website soon.

SURF Open Forums are funded by the Scottish Government's Scottish Centre for Regeneration with the aim of providing independent and informed feedback to policy-makers and practitioners.

Food For Thought - 30/04/2009
Outcomes report on addressing poverty and inequality

Food For Thought

A cross-sector group of practitioners and activists were invited to take part in this SURF 'Food for Thought' event around the theme of addressing poverty and inequality in Scotland through regeneration.

The discussion built upon a variety of recent publications and other relevant activities such as the earlier SURF Open Forum in March 2009. The event took place on 30th April 2009 in Glasgow.

Following this discussion, a report was produced by SURF, and this can be downloaded in the file below (PDF format).

The theme of addressing poverty and inequality in regeneration will be part of the SURF networking programme over the current two years and SURF welcomes any enquiries or suggestions regarding this Food for Thought event or future activities on the theme. Please contact Edward Harkins, Networking Initiatives Manager, on 0141 585 6850 (Wed-Fri) or email edward@scotregen.co.uk.

Community Regeneration - what do we know about poverty? - 12/03/2009

Community Regeneration - What Do We Know About Poverty?

An audience of 60 delegates took part in this Open Forum, which built upon a variety of recent publications and other relevant activities around the theme of poverty and inequality in Scotland. The event took place on Thursday 12th March 2009 in the CoSLA Conference Centre, Edinburgh.

Participants at the Forum were given the opportunity to explore what we know about poverty in Scotland, where the gaps in knowledge and skills lie, and what opportunities exist to make further progress. The focus was on a particular piece of recent research by the Scottish Government's Social Justice Analysis (SJA) team.

Please click here to download an Outcomes Paper encapsulating the flow of the event.

Please click here to download the keynote presentation given by Tom Spencer, statistician, and Tom Rutherford, economist, of the SJA team (PDF format).

Please click here to download a bibliography of relevant recent reports and other suggested further reading.

SURF are very grateful to the SJA representatives and the following workshop facilitators:

• Alison Miller, Community Activist Training Coordinator, North Edinburgh Trust
• David Ogilvie, Policy & Strategy Manager, Scottish Federation of Housing Associations
• Heather Smith, Community Regeneration & Tackling Poverty Learning Network Coordinator, Scottish Centre for Regeneration, Scottish Government

SURF Open Forums are funded by the Scottish Government's Scottish Centre for Regeneration with the aim of providing independent and informed feedback to policy-makers and practitioners.    

Sustainable Communities and Regeneration - 18/09/2008

Sustainable Communities and Regeneration

This Open Forum, on the theme of Sustainable Communities and Regeneration in Scotland, took place in Glasgow and drew an audience of over 60 participants. The aim of the event was to hear about current Scottish Government policy, particularly from the aspect of mixed communities, and to learn more about others’ perspectives on how we can better link up policy and practice on sustainable development for community regeneration.

SURF is grateful to all participants for making this a successful Forum, particularly those who made a formal input:

Keynote Speakers

Laura McIvor, Creating Places Team Leader, Scottish Government

Sandra Renicks, Development Programme Leader, Forward Scotland

Panel Guests

John Salter, Sustainability Consultant, Scotland’s Colleges

Dr Keith Baker, Project Researcher, SISTech

Downloads:

Please click here to download Laura’s presentation notes (Microsoft Word format)

Please click here to download Sandra’s presentation slides (Microsoft PowerPoint format)

An Outcomes Paper will be available soon.

Urban Regeneration Companies - 03/07/2008
Reflections and Lessons

This Open Forum gave over 60 delegates the opportunity to reflect on the experience of establishing Urban Regeneration Companies (URCs) in Scotland. There has been, for example:

·          The recent publication of the Scottish Government’s Best Practice in Establishing Urban Regeneration Companies in Scotland;

·          The current roll-out of the formation of Clyde Gateway as the next URC to be formed;

·          Five years since SURF’s groundbreaking 2003 Open Forum on URCs, “Good Company to Regenerate In”.

The aim of this Forum, which took place in Stirling, was to hear about experiences and lessons from the setting up of URCs to help inform general practice and policy on structures and organisations for regeneration. SURF enlisted Liz Shiel, Director of Tribal Consulting and author of the above Best Practice report, and Robbie Mcghee, Policy Officer in the Scottish Government's Regeneration Unit, to deliver opening presentations.

Click here to download Robbie McGhee's presentation - "URCs - setting the policy context."

Click here to download Liz Shiel's presentation - "What Works - lessons from the first URCs in Scotland."

Following the presentations, John Quinn, General Manager of Craigmillar (Edinburgh) URC PARC, and Graeme Palmer of Burness LLP, who is currently advising Irvine Bay URC, joined Liz and Robbie on a panel for open discussion with delegates.

Two versions of Outcomes Paper summarising the main points of the day are available below:

Click here to download the short version.

Click here to download the full version.

Reflect and Regenerate - 02/05/2008
Taking forward lessons from recent Open Forum themes

Reflect and Regenerate

This Open Forum in Glasgow presented an opportunity to give some constructive thought to enduring themes in regeneration policy and practice that have emerged during the recent SURF Open Forum programme. In doing so, SURF sought delegates’ views on appropriate future action and developments around these themes.

An integral part of the Open Forum programme is that it reflects the needs, views and aspirations of regeneration practitioners and activists as well as policy-makers. Subsequently, the outcomes of this particular event will be used by SURF to inform the content, structure and intended audiences for the continuing programme.

An opening keynote presentation from SURF laid out the lessons from the Open Forum programme. Please click here to download this presentation.

A second presentation was given by Ian Clark of RPS Consulting on the theme of learning from evaluations in designing outcome targets. Please click here to download this presentation.

The event also featured four themed and facilitated workshops led by representatives from Local People Leading (Community Empowerment), Brodies LLP (Partnership Working), Resolution Scotland (People or Place?) and Glasgow Caledonian University (Catalysts and Drivers in Regeneration).

Two versions of an Outcomes Paper encapsulating the flow of this Open Forum is available for download below:

Please click here to download the short version.

Please click here to download the full version.

Accumulated Outcomes - 05/04/2008
A report summarising the main messages from the 2005-2008 Open Forum programme

The 'Accumulated Outcomes' report is a collation of some of the most commonly expressed views and opinions from participants in the 2005-08 SURF Open Forum programme.

Please click on the file below to download a copy of the paper in PDF format.

Public and Private Sector Partnerships in Scottish Regeneration - where are we now? - 22/02/2008

A SURF Open Forum in the Dewars Centre, Perth

Since the arrival of a new Scottish Government in May 2007 there has been a stream of policy initiatives, institutional and programme changes and various other initiatives. These changes have crossed over many sectors and this makes a regeneration perspective all the more important. This Open Forum, the first of 2008, presented a good opportunity to review some of what has been going on, and what the immediate future may hold for regeneration and partnerships in Scotland.

SURF collaborated with the Economic Development Association Scotland (EDAS) to create this event as a valuable opportunity for members and other stakeholders to hear about some of what private-public partnership has been delivering in Scottish regeneration, and to exchange and learn about the likely impact of some policy changes and proposals. SURF was fortunate to gather together for this event a group of speakers and facilitators with an impressive range of experience, skills and backgrounds.

An Outcomes Paper will be published soon. In the meantime the speakers' presentation slides are available for download below:

1) Please click here to download the presentation given by EDAS Chair Alan McGregor on "The LOAN Themee - how to secure community regeneration benefit from major physical investment projects (PDF format).

2) Please click here to download the presentation given by Joe Noble, Scottish Enterprise Fife Operations Director, who discussed the contribution of Scottish Enterprise in developing projects at a national scale and how these contribute to the national agenda (PowerPoint format).

Norman Oliver of HBJ Gately Wareing was unfortunately unable to deliver his presentation due to travel difficulties on the day of the Forum. In addition to the above, SURF would also like to thank Elaine Bone at EDAS, Mhairi Donaghy at EKOS Economics and Regeneration, Bob MacBean of TPS Planning and SURF Vice Chair Colin Armstrong for their assistance towards the delivery of this event.

Delegates may also find it useful to download a bibliography paper with links to a range of relevant online reports that relate to partnership working in the current Scottish policy climate (Microsoft Word format).

The Control and Use of Evaluation in Regeneration - 29/11/2007
Downloads from this SURF Open Forum available

The Control and Use of Evaluation in Regeneration

A SURF Open Forum

29^th November 2007

The Tolbooth, Stirling

Evaluation is now a critical factor in obtaining, and retaining, project and programme funding in community regeneration. It’s also critical for the development of evidence-based policy. The 40 participants at this Open Forum were given the opportunity to consider current policy and practice on the use of evaluation and seek to identify ways and means in which the use and practice of evaluation in regeneration can be improved and developed.

The following downloads are available from this event in PDF format:

1) “Your place or mine?” – A presentation by Judy Barrow, Enhanced Community Support Manager in Raploch Urban Regeneration Company. Please click here to download.

2) “Evidencing outcomes” – A presentation by Thomas Glen, Senior Consultant in Avante Consulting. Please click here to download.

3) IDOX reading list – sources of further information on evaluation and its role in regeneration. Please click here to download.

SURF is grateful to the speakers, panel members and participants for making this a successful event. An Outcomes Paper will be available soon.

Lessons from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation Neighbourhood Programme - 25/10/2007
Implications on the way forward for Scotland

A SURF Open Forum: Lessons learned from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation Neighbourhood Programme – implications on the way forward in Scotland

Thursday 25^th October 2007, The Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow

For this successful Forum, SURF teamed up with the Joseph Rowntree Foundation to look at the implications of their Neighbourhood Programme for regeneration policy and practice in Scotland.

A number of important issues were discussed in the open plenary debate session, and these will be summarised in an Outcomes Paper. This will be produced and distributed to delegates and key policy-makers soon, and will also be hosted on this section of this website. The PowerPoint slides used in the plenary presentations are available for download below in the meantime:

1) John Low, Neighbourhood Programme Co-ordinator, Joseph Rowntree Foundation. Click here to download John's presentation.

2) Stewart Murdoch, Chair, Community Development Alliance Scotland. Click here to download Stewart's presentation.

A summary version of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation's 'Changing Neighbourhoods' paper is available in PDF format by clicking here.

A full version of the paper, also in PDF format, is available by clicking here.

A Regeneration Perspective from Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire - 06/09/2007
Speaker presentations and further reading

A Regeneration Perspective from Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire

A SURF Open Forum

Thursday 6th September 2007

Copthorne Hotel, Aberdeen

Just over 50 guests attended this Open Forum, which presented another opportunity to identify what issues, concerns and success stories we can identify as being common to both the rural and urban community regeneration contexts throughout Scotland.

The following materials are available for access in PDF format:

Please click here to download the presentation given by Fiona Malcolm, Social Justice Manager at Communities Scotland Grampian - "Connecting Communities to Economic Opportunities"

Please click here to download the presentation given by Christine O'Neill, Senior Partner at Brodies LLP - "Multi-Agency Working in Regeneration"

Please click here to download the presentation given by Jan Falconer, Sustainable Development Strategist at Aberdeen City Council - "Using Ecological Footprint" 

Please click here to download a bibliography containing links to some relevant online material for further reading.

Health Inequalities, Glasgow - 31/05/2007

Please see the seminars section for details of this extra programmed Open Forum, held by SURF in partnership with Health Scotland: /knowledge/events.asp?sid=4

Community Regeneration Approaches in a Rural Setting - 29/03/2007
and Lessons for Elsewhere?

This SURF Open Forum, funded by Communities Scotland and organised with the assistance of SURF sponsors Highlands & Islands Enterprise (HIE), took place in Inverness in March 2007. 

The introductory speakers were:

• Chris Higgins, Head of Enterprising Communities, HIE
• Calum MacAulay, Chief Executive, Albyn Housing Society

The following specially invited guests joined Chris and Calum on a discussion panel:

• Polly Chapman, Community Regeneration Manager (Inverness Office), Communities Scotland
• Kevin McDermott, Project Manager, Rural Environment Action Project
• David Stewart, Assistant Director, Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations
• Piers Voysey, Chair, Community Woodlands Association

Among the topics discussed were community asset-based regeneration, fuel poverty, 'cocktail' funding, city-regions and social economy.

An Outcomes Paper summarising the main findings of the Forum has been distributed to delegates and key Scottish regeneration policy-makers. It is available for download below. 

Please click here to download a short version of the Outcomes Paper in Microsoft Word format.

Please click here to downoad a full version of the Outcomes Paper.

SURF are grateful to all participants for their input into a successful event.

People and Place - Revisited - 22/02/2007
Bibliographic materials & speaker presentations available

People and Place- Revisited

A popular and successful SURF Open Forum in March 2006 explored the Scottish Executive's recently-published "People and Place - Regeneration Policy Statement".

One year on we returned to the statement with this follow-up Forum, which took place to an audience of 75 in The Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh on Thursday 22nd February.

The format of this Forum was two speaker presentations given by highly respected consultants involved with Scottish regeneration: Jeremy Wyatt of Hall Aitken and Les Huckfield of Leslie Huckfield Research. This was followed by a question and answer session with a panel of specially invited guests, including Richard Rollison, branch head of the Scottish Executive's Regeneration Unit, Ricardo Rea, a policy officer with Glasgow Anti-Racist Alliance and George Gillespie, an experienced community representative who sits on the 'People and Place' sounding board.

Additional follow-up materials can be accessed below.

Click here to download an Outcomes Paper highlighting the main learning outcomes from the Forum, which has been distributed to key policy-makers in addition to delegates.

Click here to download the slides used in Les Huckfield's presentation.

Click here for additional background information relating to Les' presentation.

Click here to download a document with bibliographic materials and further online reading relating to this Forum's subject matter.

A PDF version of "People and Place" is available from the Scottish Executive's website here: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/127488/0030542.pdf

Communities Scotland's Scottish Centre for Regeneration fund the SURF Open Forum series.

Health, Wellbeing and Regeneration - Developing the Linkages - 25/01/2007
Speaker presentations available for download

SURF's first Open Forum of 2007, held in Glasgow, was well-attended by 70 delegates.

SURF are very grateful to the speakers (Grace Moore, Lizanne Conway) and workshop facilitators (Peter D. Taylor, Pippa Coutts, Heather Apsley & Glenys Watt) in making this a successful Forum.

An Outcomes Paper has been distributed to delegates and relevant policy-makers and is available by clicking here.

In the meantime you may wish to download the presentation materials used by the plenary speakers:

1) Grace Moore, Associate Director of Health Promotion & Inequalities, NHS Ayrshire & Arran. Please click here to download.

2) Lizanne Conway, Health Improvement Programme Manager, NHS Health Scotland. Please click here to download.

For further reading on developing the links between health, wellbeing and regeneration, a list of relevant reports (all available online) can be downloaded here: bibliography. 

Lizanne Conway referred to the NHS Health Scotland's Community-led Supporting and Developing Healthy Communities Task Group. Please click the link below if you would like to consult the work of this Task Group.

http://www.healthscotland.com/settings/community-voluntary-publications.aspx

Mixed Commmunities - 16/11/2006
Materials available for download.

Mixed Communities

The Mixed Communities approach to Regeneration has been subject to continuing policy and practice developments. An aim of the Scottish Executive is to “increase the pace and ensure that our housing policies and programmes support the creation of mixed communities”. The Joseph Rowntree Foundation earlier this year produced a Best Practice Guide on Mixed Communities. Participants at this Open Forum heard of these and other developments and were given the opportunity examine and seek to clarify current and developing issues and opportunities.

The presentations and subsequent debate included:

·          Language and definitions – what do we mean by ‘Mixed Communities’?

·          How is sustainability factored into the Mixed Communities approach?

·          What do we seek to balance in the pursuit of Mixed Communities (e.g. tenure, wealth)?

·          The respective roles of public and private sector stakeholders in the Mixed Communities approach

·          Policy implications at city, regional and national levels

Being Enterprising around Regeneration - 29/06/2006
Speaker presentations available.

"Being Enterprising around Regeneration"

The focus of this Ayrshire Open Forum was the role of enterprise in community regeneration. The plenary speakers were: Jackie Scutt, Chief Executive of the Scottish Social Enterprise Academy; Chik Collins, Lecturer at the University of Paisley; and Bill Hay, Senior Development Manager at The Initiative, a Glasgow Local Economic Development Company. Speaker presentations are available for download below. In addition, representatives from the Scottish Social Enterprise Coalition and Greater Pollok Development Company provided facilitated workshops.

Click here to download the presentation on "A potted history of enterprise in regeneration" by Chik Collins.

Click here to download the presentation on "The role of leadership for social enterprise" by Jackie Scutt.

An Outcomes Paper is pending and will be available here upon completion, approx 4 weeks following the Forum. SURF is grateful to the Scottish Centre for Regeneration within Communities Scotland for funding this event.

As referred to by Jackie Scutt and Chik Collins, Communities Scotland are developing a National Strategy for Social Enterprise. A draft version of this is now open for consultation and available for download in the link below.

http://www.communitiesscotland.gov.uk/stellent/groups/public/documents/webpages/otcs_014470.pdf

Health Impacts and Regeneration in a Community Planning Context - 25/05/2006
Speaker presentations & outcomes paper available for download

This Open Forum took place in Stirling to an audience of ninety. A short version of the outcomes paper can be accesssed here. An expanded version is pending. Presentation slides used by the three plenary speakers are available for download below.

1) Hilary Thomson, Senior Scientific Officer, Medical Research Council. Click here to download Hilary's presentation, which focused on research into the effects of health initiatives on community regeneration since the 1980s.

2) Susan McMorrin, Project Manager, "Up For It". This project is a highly successful, COSLA-award winning South Lanarkshire programme promoting lifestyle change. Click here to download.

3) Richard Leckerman, Mental Health & Wellbeing Coordinator, Communities Scotland. Richard discussed the work of his team in the context of the roll-out of a Scottish Executive national programme designed to improve mental health. Click here to download.

For further reading, a May 2006 Communities Scotland paper evaluating health improvement research can be viewed online at the link below:

http://www.communitiesscotland.gov.uk/stellent/groups/public/documents/webpages/pubcs_013729.pdf

Issues and Implications Arising From The Scottish Executive's 'People and Place - Regeneration Policy Statement' - 30/03/2006
Outcomes Paper & Speaker Presentations

The Outcomes Paper for this Edinburgh Open Forum, which discussed regeneration issues arising from 'People and Place' in depth, can be accessed here: Outcomes Paper 30/03/2006

The presentation slides from three of the plenary speakers at our March 2006 Open Forum can be downloaded below.

The speakers were:

1) Alisdair McIntosh, Head of Regeneration Policy, Scottish Executive. (Alisdair did not use slides for his presentation)

2) Jacqui Watt, Chief Executive, Scottish Federation of Housing Associations. Click here to download.

3) Christine Hamilton, Director, Centre for Cultural Policy Research, University of Glasgow. Click here to download presentation and click here to download accompanying slides. 

4) Les Huckfield, Consultant, Leslie Huckfield Research. Click here to download.

The 'People and Place' Regeneration Statement can be viewed online at the Scottish Executive's website: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2006/02/24092959/0

Community Planning Partnerships and Regeneration - The Pursuit and Importance of Skills and Learning - 26/01/2006
Outcomes Paper & speaker presentations from the first Open Forum of 2006

The Outcomes Paper from the above Forum is now available for download, as are the presentations from all plenary speakers:

1) "A front-line organisation's experience" by Sylvia Crick, Business Development Manager, ARK Housing Association. Click here to download.

2) "The importance and value of skills and learning for community engagement" - Roberta Downes, Community Learning & Development Manager, Glasgow Council for the Voluntary Sector. Click here to download.

3) "A possible framework: The Skills in Regeneration Learning Pack" - Jim Carruth, Skills & Learning Manager, Communities Scotland's Scottish Centre for Regeneration (SCR). Click here to download.

The Learning Pack featured in Jim Carruth's presentation is available online at the SCR website. Please follow this link for access:

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/127488/0030542.pdf

How can CPPs learn and benefit from the experience of SIPs? - 24/11/2005
Speaker Presentations

The outcome paper for this Open Forum is available here.

Please click below to access the presentations given by: 

• Craig McLaren, Director, Scottish Centre for Regeneration

• Andrew Fyfe, Director, Organisational Development & Support

Regeneration Outcome Agreements – Making Them Work - 29/09/2005
Outcome Paper

The outcome paper from the ROA Forum is now available.

Regeneration Outcome Agreements – Making Them Work - 29/09/2005
Speaker Presentations

Liz Shiel – Director, Tribal HCH Consultants

Peter Allan – Policy Planning Manager, Dundee City Council

Mary Castles – Assistant Chief Executive, North Lanarkshire Council

Implications of the Cultural Review for Regeneration and Community Planning - 01/07/2005
Outcome Paper

Health & Regeneration in a Community Planning Context. - 26/05/2005
Presentation by Gregor Henderson, National Programme Director, Scottish Executive, Mental Health Division

Please find attached speaker presentation from this event, a fuller outcome paper is pending.

Sustainable Communities and Regeneration in a Community Planning Context’ - 24/03/2005
Summary Outcome Paper

March Open Forum Event held in Striling

Engaging with Communities for Regeneration & Community Planning, Edinburgh - 20/01/2005
Summary of Core Issues emanating from the plenary and workshops sessions and delegates feedback

Community Planning Partnerships after SIPS - 02/09/2004
Outcomes Paper

SIPS into CPP's - Transition and Subsequent Practice - 01/07/2004
Outcomes Paper

SURF Open Forum Cambuslang 10.12.2003 - 01/04/2004
A SURF members Open Forum to share and learn about the New Leaf Partnership in Cambuslang & Rutherglen, South Lanarkshire. This is one aspect of the Council, SIP and community acting together on Community Planning process and structures

SURF Members’ Open Forum on Community Planning and Regeneration, 10.12.03 in Cambuslang. This was the second in the series of Open Forums on the theme of Community Planning and Regeneration. Twenty-eight participants attended. A number of representatives from non-SURF member national organisations (i.e. Scotland Against Drugs and Civic Scotland) elected to attend. Officers working in South Lanarkshire Council’s Enterprise Resources and Social Inclusion section, followed by community representatives, gave PowerPoint presentations on the Council’s and communities’ perspective on community planning. South Lanarkshire seems to have a well-established community consultation and engagement network as exemplified by the ‘New Leaf Partnership’ in the Cambuslang and Rutherglen localities. This partnership was partly formed out of the existing SIP and is, essentially, the community engagement aspect of the emergent Community Planning Partnership. Participants gave the event very positive scores. The most significant outcomes included, again, the evident lack of awareness among participants of Regeneration Outcome Agreements (as part of the funding basis for Community Planning Partnerships), or of preparatory or development work around Regeneration Outcome Agreements in their own organisations or agencies. A generally held opinion was that there was considerable unevenness in the existence or levels or understanding on what Community Planning is or what the implications of it are. The point was made that this lack of awareness was not a crude professionals-versus-lay people; there seems to be as much uncertainty among professionals as there is among the likes of community activists or representatives. Another outcome was an evident acceptance of the need, and even desirability, for clear leadership from the Scottish Executive where it was legitimate and necessary for this to be shown. It was appreciated that the Executive had been respecting earlier calls for an avoidance of the ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach to Community Planning, but it was also felt that there was still an extent to which such leadership was legitimate and necessary. The CETC centre in Cambuslang was an excellent venue for this type of event and the generous assistance of the New Leaf Partnership, community representatives and South Lanarkshire Council in general was appreciated.

Outcomes Summary - 26/03/2004

Community Planning and Regeneration - Regeneration Outcome Agreements - 06/11/2003
Outcomes Paper

Good Company to Regenerate in? - 22/05/2003