Participation, community engagement, and co-production are key elements of policy and practice for public bodies in Scotland.

Our training offer specifically for public bodies and partnerships is designed to support staff to understand the broad policy trends and objectives around community participation in public services, and the key legislative requirements central to this approach.  

Our training is:

• Well-balanced between tried-and tested methods and innovative techniques to ensure learning outcomes are met.

• Delivered by experienced practitioners who understand the topics, and how to facilitate meaningful discussion and learning.

• Always engaging and participative, allowing time for discussion and reflection - no ‘death-by-powerpoint’.

• Authoritative and value-led, bringing together SCDC’s knowledge of the developing empowerment policy environment, and our position as the lead body for community development in Scotland.

Your team will leave with an improved understanding of core policy, principles, and values in community development - and will be able to confidently apply these in their practice. 

Community engagement

Community engagement is a crucial to how public bodies forge relationships with community organisations, and remains a key part of ongoing public service reform and inclusive growth.

This training will meet the needs of engagement practitioners to apply high-quality engagement tools and techniques to their practice.

Co-production

Co-production is increasingly recognised as a important way to deliver public services in a way that sees long term positive outcomes for people and for local communities.  

In this training you will learn about how co-production works, the key methods for delivery and how to build it into to your strategic planning.

Community empowerment

The Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 aims to empower community bodies by strengthening their voices in the decisions that matter to them.  

This training will explore the key legislative requirements of the Act, and other related legislation that supports community empowerment, as part of the developing policy and practice landscape.

Community action planning and Local Place Plans

Community-led plans are an increasingly common feature of the planning landscape, and public bodies are key to understanding and supporting community priorities.

This training will explore how these different plans work, and the role public agencies play in their development and delivery.

Health inequalities and community-led health

Scotland is facing a health inequalities crisis, with falling life expectancy and other health outcomes that require us to take different approaches.

This training will explore how public bodies can play a key part in tackling these inequalities using key competencies to explore how a community-led approach can support healthy communities. 

Our training levels

Our public body training offer scales to your team’s needs and confidence. As part of this, we will help you to take stock of your situation, discuss what training outcomes you’re looking to achieve and help you to make the most out of the time and resources available. 

From there, we’ll bring together a training programme and agree with you what the session will look like. We can come to you, host up to 15 people in our offices in Glasgow, or deliver online via Teams or Zoom.

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Introductory 
Gain new knowledge

Your team will gain a strong understanding of the topic area and will be able to explore how the key principles and policy drivers impact their work with communities.

Whether you’re looking to add new skills, or understand key elements of the policy environment, your team will leave this training with new knowledge to begin applying to their work.

Half a day training, up to 20 participants 

Intermediate
Go in-depth

These more in-depth session will take you further on your topic area, with teams able to explore in detail how these apply to their work.

With additional time to discussion and reflection, participant will be able to further develop their practice and explore complex ideas and elements of their practice.  

One day training, up to 15 participants

Advanced bundle
Explore the connections

+ Combine multiple training topics

Our advanced training bundles allow you to combine topics to maximise the time your team is brought together, and gain a strong understanding of a range of issues related to community participation.

Delivered over multiple days or weeks to suit you, our training will provide an in-depth understanding of key issues around policy and practice - and how these work areas interact.  

2-4 days training, up to 15 participants 

Pricing

Our clear pricing includes all preparation, materials and follow up from our experienced team. We offer different levels of training to suit your team’s learning outcomes, and current knowledge and skills. 

Our training is based on one trainer delivering to a set number of participants to ensure each session remains participative and engaging. If you’re looking to include additional participants then an additional fee based on the delivery time will be applied.