Community Planning Self-Assessment Draft Improvement Plan (Rona Gold)
Argyll and Bute Council · 16 April 2025
Back to Argyll and Bute Community Planning Partnership - Management Committee — 16 April 2025 and its agenda
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Argyll and Bute CPP – National Community Planning Self-Assessment Draft Improvement Plan – March 2025 Improvement actions Lead Implications [Risk, Cost, Resource] Target Date Measure Outcomes 1. Further develop the partnerships mechanisms for understanding the needs of individuals and communities to support the work of the CPP. 1. Undertake mapping exercise to understand what mechanisms each individual partner has in place to understand the needs of individuals and communities. - Include engagement exercise with TSI and federation of small businesses to gather information about wider groups, communities and individuals. - Include forward look into upcoming plans, surveys, engagement to allow some collaboration around this and to access any findings. CPP Board Risks • Time and resources required to complete mapping work. • If we don’t engage properly, we won’t capture a wide range of views and only hear from a limited number of ‘loud voices’ and risk going in the wrong direction. Costs • Cost associated with mapping exercise. (Consider internship to support and add capacity to mapping work) December 2025 Development of an easily understood visual ecosystem map. This would be a live document that gets updated. A CPP that is recognised as more responsive to community needs. 2. Engage with the Area Community Partnership Groups to understand what would be beneficial for them via CPP Officers with Chairs and Vice Chairs October 2025 Development of an action plan based on the feedback gathered.
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Improvement actions Lead Implications [Risk, Cost, Resource] Target Date Measure Outcomes Board meeting cycle and build in a feedback loop. 3. Look to encourage active citizenship and communities to take part in CPP. - Refresh things by explaining what the CPP is about. - Show how groups/ individuals can take part and can influence. - Demonstrate positive stories about what is happening around CPP work to encourage more engagement. Put out to Community Council convenors to get their thoughts on leading on this. Ongoing (via actions 1 and 2) Assess through quantitative and qualitative measures from individuals/groups if there has been an improvement in engagement after 6-9 months. 4. Engage directly with Community Councils, outlining the role and purpose of the CPP to educate how Community Councils can get involved and influence. Area Planning Groups/CPP Officers July 2025 Number of community councils turning up at ACPGs compared to previously.
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Improvement actions Lead Implications [Risk, Cost, Resource] Target Date Measure Outcomes 2. Consider the partnership’s approaches to Board member induction and ongoing development to ensure members are clear on their roles and responsibilities. 1. Plan two face to face development days per year. • These could follow a partnership meeting. • Location could be based on the theme or topic of the session. • Crowdsource ideas for session topics/ themes from all partners. • Undertake a skills analysis across the Board to identify potential development areas. • Idea of a back-to-basics refresher session for members. Establish a working group to take this action forward. Risks • People are unable to attend face to face sessions. • Members have additional costs for attending in-person. • Times of sessions – Members of Scottish Youth Parliament can’t take full day out of education. • Podcast – assumption that people can easily access. • Content of development days doesn’t meet aspirations – good thought required in planning. Costs Planning Stage following April Board Meeting. June 2026 for first year’s sessions to have taken place. Attendance numbers at face-to-face sessions. Feedback from members on the success of the days. Increased engagement and wider range of contributions from partners. Shared sense of mutual contribution to shared goals. Opportunity for members to engage face to face to better understand their role and responsibilities within the CPP. 2. Learn from other CPPs in terms of good practice in this area. • Make use of Community Planning Network and findings from National CPP Self-Assessment. Rona Gold and Improvement Service. May 2025 Evidence of ideas implemented from others good practice.
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Improvement actions Lead Implications [Risk, Cost, Resource] Target Date Measure Outcomes 3. Refresh Welcome Pack to ensure it is up to date. John McLuckie • Travel costs for members – reimbursing community representatives. April 2025 – dependent on submission of information from all partners. Annual feedback from members for June Board meetings. 4. Develop different approaches to sharing of Board information such as the use of a podcast. John McLuckie Plan in place by end of April 2025. Statistics relating to podcasts – number of podcasts produced, number of listeners, etc. Evaluate the success of this approach 1 year on. 5. Develop process for individual partner organisations to provide a suitable handover to new person joining the partnership. Establish working group to look at this. For consideration at June Board meeting. Process developed and implemented. Feedback from new members on their handover.