Putting Policy into Practice
• We will explore the development of Community
Learning Strategies and Plans by looking at the
stages of the process.
Context for Communities: Putting Policy into Practice
Putting Policy into Practice
Communities: Change Through Learning Report
Recommendation 1
‘A new Scottish Office Circular should be published which firmly
promotes community education as described in this report and
which requires the production of local authority community learning
plans.’
Context for Communities: Putting Policy into Practice
Putting Policy into Practice
Stage One: Turning Recommendations into Action
The Communities: Change through Learning report
called for the publication of a Scottish Office
Circular. This was published in 1999. It called upon
the 32 local authorities in Scotland to each
produce a Community Learning Strategy by March
2000.
Context for Communities: Putting Policy into Practice
Putting Policy into Practice
Stage Two: Producing Community Learning
Strategies by working with communities
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All local authorities produced Community Learning strategies by
going through a process of consultation with the communities in
their locality.
All Strategies had to include targets and timetables to achieve
these targets.
Context for Communities: Putting Policy into Practice
Putting Policy into Practice
Stage Two: Producing Community Learning
Strategies by working with communities
These strategies were to be part of the wider
community planning processes of local
authorities that include such services such as
transport, social services, housing and the local
environment.
Context for Communities: Putting Policy into Practice