Better Community Engagement

SCDC are currently involved in delivery of this national programme as a sub-contractor to Linked Work & Training Trust.  The programme is based on the Better Community Engagement Framework (Learning Connections, Communities Scotland, 2007) which sets out a framework of competences designed to enable the planning of learning in community engagement and was developed to build the capacity of practitioners in community engagement.  To access the framework, please click here.

It also complement existing frameworks and resources such as the National Standards for Community Engagement (Communities Scotland, 2005) and the Learning in Regeneration Skills Pack (Scottish Centre for Regeneration, Communities Scotland, 2005).

The aims of the programme are to:

• establish one or more working models of effective learning for community engagement across Scotland
• evidence how structured learning could impact or improve community engagement practice
• provide an evidence base for future development of learning for community engagement

For a full communications brief about the programme, click here.

The model of delivery of this project is a national development programme which will operate through 10 local demonstration projects.  At the core of the programme is:

• development of training programmes and materials
• working with local stakeholder organisations to plan, develop and oversee the local demonstration projects
• supporting the delivery of learning, working with local learning providers
• establishing a range of delivery models across the local demonstration projects
• evaluating the progress and impact of all aspects of the project

Further information about the programme can be obtained as follows:

Policy
Wendy-Louise Smith
Scottish Government
wendy-louise.smith@scotland.gsi.gov.uk

Programme
Fiona Craig
Linked Work & Training Trust
fcraig@lwtt.org.uk

SCDC Contact
Fiona Garven
Scottish Community Development Centre
fiona@scdc.org.uk