September 22, 2011
New Housing Management and Efficiencies learning network publication:
- Planning for Local Housing Strategy
This learning point explores how local authorities have tackled planning for Local Housing Strategy (LHS). It was developed by Housing Management and Efficiences Learning Network members from several local authorities and draws on their collective experience, knowledge and practice.
August 12, 2011
New Town Centres and Local High Street learning network publications:
- How to Prepare a Strategy for Your Town: A Practitioners Guide
Designed to help people work through key issues and practical considerations in preparing a place-based strategy for their cities, towns, villages and neighbourhoods.
>> read the guide
- Developing a Key Performance Framework for your Town
Identifies key areas which should be considered when developing a performance management framework to monitor a town centre.
>> read the guide
July 1, 2011
The Community Regeneration and Tackling Poverty Learning Network (CRTP) has joined with the Employability Learning Network (ELN) to form a new Employability and Tackling Poverty Learning Network.
"We are excited by the new opportunity to make the links between the employability and tackling poverty agendas at a national and local level"
The learning network team
The new network will build on the excellent record of both the ELN and CRTP, running a programme of training, networking and information sharing, both through face to face events and the website.
The Employability In Scotland website is being updated to reflect the presence of 'Tackling Poverty' - new resources, case studies and information will appear shortly.
As always we are keen to hear your views and input on what the learning network can do to support you and improve service delivery in your area. If you have anything you would like to share please get in touch.
June 20, 2011
The Scottish Centre for Regeneration (SCR) was disbanded with effect from April 1, 2011.
The Scottish Government remains committed to the Learning Networks set up by the SCR. We are currently looking closely at the way in which we continue to support the work that these networks do. This will require a real focus on the priority activities that are most clearly in line with delivering the Government's Purpose.
Responsibility for co-ordinating the networks and the investigation of how best to deliver this now rests within the Scottish Government's Communities Analytical Services Division (CASD). Working within CASD also provides opportunities to maximise the combined impact of research and good practice dissemination, and Lesley Thomson, formerly of the SCR, is now based in CASD.
We will continue to work with key stakeholders on the detail of how learning networks can deliver valuable outcomes within the reduced resources available. To date we have passed responsibility for the Tackling Poverty Network to the Scottish Government's Employability and Tackling Poverty Division with Heather Smith continuing to be the officer responsible. The Mixed and Sustainable Communities Network now sits within the Scottish Government's Architecture and Place Division with Geraldine McAteer remaining as the contact.
CASD is currently looking at the best ways to deliver the remaining networks and further details will be published shortly.
>> read more about the Learning Networks