24 April 2013

Aberdeenshire Community Planning Partnership is looking for views on its draft Single Outcome Agreement with the Scottish Government.

29th January 2013

The Garioch Community Planning Group invites you to the first of the Garioch Community Ward Forums which is in Ward 12 and will be held on 6 February, Newmachar Church, Newmachar, at 7.00 pm.

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10th January 2013

See the Scottish Government's analysis of responses to the recent consultation on the proposed Community Empowerment and Renewal Bill.

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8th January 2013

A major community engagement exercise was carried out between July and
August 2012 by staff in Aberdeenshire Council’s Lifelong Learning and Leisure
Services.

The aim of the engagement was to get feedback from local people and agencies
on the three broad themes which are included in the wider EL&L Service Plan.
These themes are
1. Learning
2. Inclusion
3. Sustainable communities.

Engagement Results        

Developing Strategies Interim Report

Developing LLL Stratgies Interim Report - Appendix 1  

World Cafe and Partner Engagement

8th January 2013

A press release was issued recently highlighting the results of the 2012 Citizens' Panel Community Safety Survey.

The final report for the Survey is now available here.

Read the press release here...

15th December 2012 

Produced in partnership between CLD, CVSA and Laurencekirk Business Club and funded by the Community Planning Group, this pack has been designed in a user friendly manner to provide new and existing community groups with the information they need to work well.

View the pack and find out where they are available here. 

10th December 2012 

Two young people representing the Mearns Youth Forum have just returned from an International Research Conference in Canterbury where - supported by a Community Learning and Development Worker - they gave a very well received presentation.

Jodie Garrow and Fraser Thomson, with CLDW Kirsty Forrester, presented the case for young people to act as researchers in their own communities through a film they had created based on a comprehensive youth consultation exercise in the Mearns area. This research influenced some important changes locally for and with young people. The group have now been asked to contribute to a major new research publication.

Funding for the trip was provided by the conference organisers, the Laurencekirk Rotary Club, the North Alliance Training and Development Network and the Kincardine and Mearns Community Planning Group.

Watch Jodie, Fraser and Kirsty present a Voice of Empowerment webinar here.

5th December 2012

All of Scotland’s local public services will work together to help prevent problems before they take hold, thanks to new guidance published today by Local Government Minister Derek Mackay.

The guidance, jointly agreed with COSLA, will mean local public services will focus on priorities to be agreed in new ‘Single Outcome Agreements’ (SOAs) for each area.

The new round of agreements will show that local partners are working together and committing resources to preventing problems. By committing to prevention, public bodies will take actions that stop problems before they take hold, and ease future demand on services by intervening early.

Read more here...

20 November 2012

Aberdeenshire Community Planning Partnership has published its annual report for 2011/12.

13 November 2012

In 2012/13, the Community Planning Board agreed that £10,000 would be allocated to projects which would aid delivery of the local outcomes in the 2012/13 Aberdeenshire Single Outcome Agreement. 

This applied to projects focussing on: addressing alcohol and other drugs issue; supporting early years work; supporting older people and community care; supporting communities and encouraging volunteering; and access to services.