Community Learning and Development strategies
Community Learning and Development has an important role in both of the main strands of the Scottish Executive's community regeneration strategy.
The first of these is building "social capital" - skills, confidence, networks and resources - in communities where this is most needed.
The second is making sure that core public services have as much positive effect as possible in disadvantaged areas.
Building skills, confidence, networks and resources is important so that people can take advantage of the opportunities open to them, and so that they can influence and improve how services are delivered in their communities. This puts Community Learning and Development, with its key, linked functions of supporting personal development and building community capacity, at the heart of the strategy.
See Better Communities in Scotland: Closing the Gap.