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Better communities in Scotland: Closing the gap
Annex A: Glossary
Cities Review
This is a review we are carrying out to look at the current prospects for the economic, environmental and social development of Scotland's five cities (Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Inverness) and identifying Executive policies that will improve those prospects.
www.scotland.gov.uk/pages/news/extras/00003500.aspx
Communities Scotland
This is an Executive Agency of the Scottish Executive. It was set up in November 2001 to take forward Ministers' priorities in relation to community regeneration.
www.communitiesscotland.gov.uk
Community or communities
This can be either a 'geographic community' - a group of people living within a single area - or a 'community of interest' - a group of people who share a common characteristic or identity, such as ethnic-minority communities or a 'lifecycle' group such as older people.
Community budgeting
This is a process where information is collected and made available about the spending of important organisations in particular local areas. The information can then be used to involve communities in the main decisions about services in their areas.
www.scotland.gov.uk/consultations/social/cbcd-00.asp
Community learning and development
This is an approach to education, based on working with communities to tackle the real issues in people's lives. This approach should be used by all professionals working in community regeneration.
Community planning
This is a strategic process local authorities use in partnership with the community and other agencies to plan, provide and promote the wellbeing of the community. The forthcoming Local Government Bill will formalise the status of community planning, by putting a statutory duty on local authorities, and by making other public-sector agencies commit themselves to community planning. Guidance will set a framework for delivering of community planning in Scotland. We have set up a Community Planning Task Force to advise on developing the community planning process in Scotland.
www.communityplanning.org.uk/
Community regeneration
This is the process of tackling poverty, deprivation and social exclusion within a particular geographic area, or within a particular group of people.
Core public services
These are the services that all people need for a decent quality of life and wellbeing. These include health, education, transport, jobs, and crime prevention. These are provided either by central or local government, or by other organisations such as the police, the National Health Service and local enterprise agencies.
CoSLA
The Convention of Scottish Local Authorities - the organisation which represents the interests of many of Scotland's local authorities.
www.cosla.gov.uk/
Financial exclusion
This means not having access to financial services or products and being worse off as a result.
Floor and convergence targets
Floor targets are targets for economic and social outcomes or targets for levels of services which every community should receive. Convergence targets are those which are intended to narrow the gap between the most deprived communities and the rest.
Deprivation Index
This index is put together using indicators measuring characteristics of deprivation, such as health, education, poverty and unemployment.
Indicators or indicator frameworks
These are measures of a characteristics of society or the economy which are used to decide or monitor policy, for example, unemployment rates, crime rates.
Literacy and numeracy
Reading, writing, counting and other mathematical skills.
Local Rural Partnerships
This is a group of organisations, including local people, voluntary organisations and the private sector, which work in a particular rural area and agree jointly the way forward for local communities to meet local needs.
Local outcome agreements
This is a means for agreeing the outcomes that will be achieved by a particular programme or initiative or by particular spending. The agreement focuses on 'outcomes' rather than 'inputs' or 'outputs'.
Median
This is a measure of the middle point of a set of data. The data are ranked in order of size and the median is equal to the value taken by the middle data point.
Neighbourhood
This is a local area. It is difficult to be exact about what a neighbourhood is, but it is generally an area with a few thousand people. A neighbourhood may cut across administrative boundaries. In this statement we use it to include urban and rural areas.
Neighbourhood management
This is a way of delivering services, often involving putting someone in charge across a range of services at a local level, or organising service delivery on an area basis (such as a 'one-stop shop').
Neighbourhood statistics
This is a set of data split into a very local level.
Outcomes, outputs and inputs
Outcomes are what we expect to achieve and the effect of what we do. Outputs are the immediate results which are delivered. Inputs are the financial and human resources that are used. For example, a local authority sets up 10 breakfast clubs and provides the resources to run them - the inputs. Two hundred children are able to attend these clubs during the year - the output. As a result of this, these children are better nourished and their educational achievement is better - the outcome.
Postcode sector
This is the first part of the postcode address and the first digit of the second part (for example EH6 6).
Scottish Centre for Regeneration
The Centre, which will be situated in Communities Scotland, will work in partnership with other organisations to improve the quality and effectiveness of regeneration in Scotland.
Scottish Social Inclusion Network
This is an advisory group set up to advise the Minister for Social Justice on social inclusion issues. It is made up of representatives from the main organisations across Scotland.
www.scotland.gov.uk/socialjustice/ssin/htmpapers/ssin01.htm
Scottish Urban Regeneration Forum
This is a not-for-profit organisation which aims to promote good practice and raise awareness of regeneration and social inclusion by maintaining a network of individuals and organisations involved in regeneration activity.
www.scotregen.co.uk/
Smaller geographic level
This is a group of areas that are built up from postcode sectors (which are our smallest geographic reference).
Social capital
This is where a local community has the skills, resources, networks, opportunities and motivation to work together effectively to promote its own wellbeing.
Social economy
The role of the social economy - also known as the voluntary, community, or third sector - is in social and economic issues. Organisations within the social economy are motivated by social purpose rather than profit, and while they are independent of the government, they are often partners with the public sector in delivering services.
Social Inclusion Partnerships
These are local multi-agency regeneration partnerships that target particular geographic areas (area-based SIPs) or client groups (thematic SIPs), which receive funding directly from us .
www.communitiesscotland.gov.uk
Social justice
This is the equal and fair distribution of social values such as freedom, income and wealth and the opportunity to take part in society.
Social- justice targets and milestones
These are the national targets and indicators which we have identified as the measures that we will use for tackling poverty and social exclusion.
Targeted regeneration initiatives
These are projects or programmes (usually funded totally or partly by central government) that are designed to tackle poverty and deprivation in a particular neighbourhood or local area.
Variable
This is a measurement or characteristic which may change from one population to another.
Ward
This is an administrative division of a constituency, using an elected councillor.
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