Item 16 - Empowered DIG
West Dunbartonshire Council · 20 November 2025
Back to Community Planning West Dunbartonshire Management Board — 20 November 2025 and its agenda
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Management Board Meeting Development and Improvement Groups (DIGs): Highlights and Issues Report FOR INFORMATION ONLY X FOR DECISION Name of DIG Empowered Date of report 23 October 2025 Name and email of lead contact Selina Ross selina@wdcvs.com 1 Highlights of activity and progress since last meeting Community Development Alliance (CDA) Partnership The August DIG meeting focussed on creating the refreshed CD Action Plan for the period until March 2027. A copy of this is attached. The plan focusses on three key outcome areas: • Building ongoing awareness and confidence • Positively promoting the value of community empowerment • Ensuring resources and facilities are maximised. It is planned to measure impact using the 3 collaborative indicators: • Number of community organisations accessing capacity-building support • Number of adults and young people taking part in influencing and engagement activity • Number of volunteer hours contributed to support CLD activity and delivery Volunteering – On Your Doorstep Campaign The West Dunbartonshire ‘On Your Doorstep’ recruitment campaign will run through to the end of October 2025, highlighting the diverse range of opportunities available across and within West Dunbartonshire communities. The campaign has been well received. Strong engagement rates with the interactive map and social media outputs have been matched by good attendance rates at the series of pop-up outreach sessions held. Thanks are extended to all community planning partners for their support and engagement. A full impact analysis of the campaign will be prepared and shared at the next CPWD meeting Self-Management Assembly The second assembly took place in mid-September, in Clydebank Town Hall and was well attended. Feedback from the session shows that, on the day, 75 individuals were linked with 182 potential support opportunities. From the provider perspective, 3 provider organisations were supported to access new delivery space within West Dunbartonshire. A third session is planned for March 2026. To support ongoing engagement between sessions, a self-management network information ITEM 16
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section is being developed for inclusion on the WDCVS website by the end of the calendar year. 2 Outline of any issues/risks and how these are being managed No current issues or risks to report. 3 Outline of the main outputs expected before next meeting ‘On Your Doorstep’ campaign results 4 What are your requirements of partners in the Community Planning Management Board to achieve the outcomes of the DIG? No current requests 5 Please outline any good news story you wish to share