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"UNDER THE SKIN" OF COMMUNITY PLANNING
UNDERSTANDING COMMUNITY PLANNING AT THE COMMUNITY PLANNING PARTNERSHIP LEVELFOREWORD
Community planning has reached an important stage of development. Community plans are now in place throughout Scotland, and the Local Government in Scotland Bill provides a statutory basis for community planning. The Community Planning Task Force was set up in March 2001 to help drive this process further forward, develop the guidance associated with the Bill, and provide independent advice to the Scottish Executive and its key partners on the issues involved.
To assist us in this process we commissioned research to help us gain a better understanding of the issues affecting the future development of community planning. We wanted to get "under the skin" of Community Planning partnerships following findings from an initial postal survey of partnerships carried out for the Task Force last year. I would like to thank both the partnerships that participated in the research and the author for providing an informative report which is a valuable contribution to our work.
We will continue to work with the Scottish Executive and its partners in addressing the issues raised by this research, and, in so doing, further promote and support the key role of Community Planning in making services more responsive to the needs of communities. Further information about the work of the Task Force can be accessed on our website at: www.communityplanning.org.uk /
Professor Alice Brown
Chair, Community Planning Task Force
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