Community Planning in Dundee

Peter AllanDundee Partnership Co-ordinator

Community Planning in Scotland

• The Local Government Scotland Act 2003

• Dundee City Council (lead) Scottish Enterprise Tayside

Tayside Police Tayside National Health Service

Tayside Fire Service Dundee Voluntary Action

• Other Partners Communities

Private Sector

Higher/Further Education

Community Planning - Aims

The aims of Community Planning in Scotland are:

• making sure people and communities are genuinely engaged in the decisions made on public services which affect them

• a commitment from organisations to work together, not apart, in providing better public services

• Community Planning is an over-arching partnership framework

• Community Planning connects national priorities and those at regional, local and neighbourhood levels

Dundee Partnership Community Plan 2005-2010

Central Waterfront Project

Dundee Partnership Community Plan 2005-2010

Community Regeneration Strategy

Dundee Partnership Community Plan 2005-2010

Strategic Themes

• Building Stronger Communities

• Our Environment

• Lifelong Learning

• Community Safety

• Health and Care

• Work and Enterprise

Dundee Partnership Community Plan 2005-2010

Building Stronger Communities

Progress

• local community plans• neighbourhood representation• focus on Kirkton, Hilltown &

Stobswell

Targets

• Living Dundee• impact on population change

Dundee Partnership Community Plan 2005-2010

Community Safety

Progress

• community wardens• target hardening• diversionary activities

Targets

• tackle anti-social behaviour• white lighting

Dundee Partnership Community Plan 2005-2010

Our Environment

Progress

• Yellow Flag

• Dundee Sun City

• Baxter Park

Targets

• recycling

• sustainable travel plans

Dundee Partnership Community Plan 2005-2010

Health and Care

Progress

• smoking cessation

• healthier lifestyles

• Healthy Living Initiative

Targets

• domestic abuse

• homelessness

• men’s health

Dundee Partnership Community Plan 2005-2010

Lifelong Learning

Progress

• 21,000+ students• ‘top performers’• pathways and progression

Targets

• confidence• education and employment

Dundee Partnership Community Plan 2005-2010

Work and Enterprise

Progress

• City of Discovery

• retail investment

• international status

Targets

• new economic vision

• Central Waterfront

Dundee Partnership Community Plan 2005-2010

• A higher profile

• Better connections

• More inclusive

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