Partnership Working

Community Planning

"Community planning is the process through which public sector organisations work together and with local communities, the business and the voluntary sectors, to identify and solve local problems, improve services, and share resources.

The aims of community planning are to promote:

Community engagement - making sure people and communities are genuinely engaged in the decisions made on the public services which affect them;
Joint working - organisations working together to provide better public services.

And community planning should support:

Rationalisation - community planning partnerships (CPPs) should help to coordinate other initiatives and partnerships
Connection between local and national priorities - a mechanism to balance national priorities at regional, local and neighbourhood levels."

Source:- "Community planning: an initial review - key messages" - prepared for the Accounts Commission and the Auditor General for Scotland, June 2006.

Midlothian Community Planning Partnership

Information in the Midlothian Community Planning Partnership (CPP) can be found on the Midlothian Council website.

That website is the main source for information on the Midlothian CPP and includes:

Core Partners
Midlothian Community Plan
Midlothian Single Outcome Agreement (SOA)
Community Planning Steering Group Minutes
Neighbourhood Planning
Community Planning Structure Chart
Community Planning Research and Intelligence Group (CPRIG)
Community Planning Performance

Compact

Midlothian Voluntary Sector Compact (.pdf 66kb)
Using the Midlothian Compact: Guidance for the Voluntary Sector (.pdf 13kb)