Angus Community Planning Partnership

the community, promote the development of primary
people in Angus

Target Area Target group Baseline Final target

March 2008

under 75

between 1995

and 2010)

ng All ROA All residents 8.33% To be agreed
ty, geographic target (estimated
areas percentage,
2003)

All ROA (Link to 1.2% reduction
geographic target
areas community (The Challenge

safety survey target –

July/Aug reduction in

2005, and smoking from

SHS 33% to 31%

questions) from 2006 to

2010)

on All ROA All residents (Link to To be agreed
es geographic target
areas community

safety survey

July/Aug

2005, and

SHS

questions)

of All ROA 17-24 year olds (Link to To be agreed

of geographic target community

areas safety survey

July/Aug

une 2005 44

CPP strategic regeneration objective – To improve the health of

health based provision; and to maintain a safe environment for all p

National priority for regeneration - Improving Health

Ref Outcome Indicator

% of adults already active wi
30 minutes of vigorous aerob
activity three times per week

% of adults aged 17 to 24 takin
part in sport more than twice
week

Angus Community Planning Partnership – Regeneration Outcome Agreement Final Submission, Ju

the community, promote the development of primary
people in Angus

Target Area Target group Baseline Final target
March 2008

ith 2005, and
bic
SHS

questions)

ng
a

une 2005 45

Analysis in Section 2 shows a fairly high proportion of school pu
proportion of school leavers going to unknown destinations – p
conjunction with the initiatives focused on Getting People into W
following outcomes:

CPP strategic regeneration objective - To provide first class educat

National priority for regeneration - Raising educational attainment

Ref Outcome Indicator

4. More educated and skilled 16-19 year olds who are not

population education training

employment

Unemployed people aged 16-2

Number and percentage n
working age adults with
qualifications

Number of 16-24 year old loc

Angus Community Planning Partnership – Regeneration Outcome Agreement Final Submission, Ju

upils not staying within school after S4 and S5, and also a high
presumably entering the unemployed field. This will tackled on
Work, and the outcomes of these interventions will impact on the

tion and training opportunities for all

Target Area Target group Baseline Final target
March 2008
in All ROA 16-19 year olds Awaited from Reduced
Careers proportion of
or geographic target Scotland 16-19 year olds
who are not in
areas education
training or
24 32.66% employment by
2008.
of (2004) (Closing the
no Opportunity
All ROA (Link to Gap Target)
geographic target
areas community Reduce by 15%
of baseline
safety survey To be agreed

July/Aug To be agreed

2005, and

SHS

questions)

cal All ROA 16-24 year olds 109 (Angus

une 2005 46

CPP strategic regeneration objective - To provide first class educat

National priority for regeneration - Raising educational attainment

Ref Outcome Indicator

residents attending Angu
College

Number & percentage of scho

leavers entering fu

time/higher/further educatio

training or employment

Angus Community Planning Partnership – Regeneration Outcome Agreement Final Submission, Ju

tion and training opportunities for all

Target Area Target group Baseline Final target
March 2008
us geographic target College
areas To be agreed
enrolment

2003/04,by

postcode)

ool All ROA target 16-19 year olds College – 23
ull-
on, areas (40%);

Employment

– 7 (12%);

Unknown –

27 (46%);

Other – 1 (2%

(Angus

Council

Education

Dept – School

leavers

Arbroath

High/Academ

y/Brechin

High by

postcode

09.09.03-

06.09.04)

(Data

awaited from

Careers

Scotland)

Further

une 2005 47

CPP strategic regeneration objective - To provide first class educat

National priority for regeneration - Raising educational attainment

Ref Outcome Indicator

Angus Community Planning Partnership – Regeneration Outcome Agreement Final Submission, Ju

tion and training opportunities for all

Target Area Target group Baseline Final target
March 2008
baseline
figures
awaited from
Careers
Scotland/Scot
tish
Enterprise
Tayside – late
June 2005

une 2005 48

Outcomes: Thematic Additional information on Arbroath H

As outlined in Section 2, there is a high unemployment issue in Arbroath
to address alongside the interventions for the geographic ROA areas.
geographic ROA areas and will encompass hard to reach unemployed p

CPP strategic regeneration objective – To encourage the developm

supports rewarding job opportunities in viable businesses and p

and culture

National priority for regeneration - Getting people back into work

Ref Outcome Indicator

2(a) Fewer unemployed people of Percentage of working ag
working age population claiming Job Seeke
Allowance

Percentage of working ag

population on unemployme

claimant count in receipt of IB

SDA or Compulsory New De

participants

% of adults and children

households receiving ke

income benefits and credits

Number & percentage of scho

leavers entering fu

time/higher/further educatio

training or employment

Angus Community Planning Partnership – Regeneration Outcome Agreement Final Submission, Ju

Harbour and Brechin (Drumachlie)

h Harbour and Brechin (Drumachlie) which Angus CPP deems essential
This intervention utilises an initiative that was being established for the

people in these additional areas, with the following resulting outcomes:

ment of a prosperous and sustainable economy which
pays regard to maintaining the quality of environment

Target Area Target group Baseline Final target
Hard to reach March 2008
ge All thematic area: unemployed 8.11% Reduce by 15%
ers (2004) of baseline
North Arbroath, Hard to reach figure
ge unemployed
ent Arbroath Harbour, Reduce by 15%
Hard to reach of baseline
or Brechin unemployed figure
eal 16-19 year olds
(Drumachlie) Reduce by 15%
in of baseline
ey All thematic area 24.25%
(2004) To be agreed
ool
ull- Arbroath Harbour 32.96%
on, (2002)
Brechin

(Drumachlie)

North Arbroath, College – 36

Arbroath Harbour, (42%);

Brechin Employment

(Drumachlie) – 10 (12%;

Unknown –

37 (44%),

Other – 1

une 2005 49

CPP strategic regeneration objective – To encourage the developm

supports rewarding job opportunities in viable businesses and p

and culture

National priority for regeneration - Getting people back into work

Ref Outcome Indicator

Number of 16-24 year old loc

residents attending Angu

College

Overall SIMD 2004 employme
Domain Score

Angus Community Planning Partnership – Regeneration Outcome Agreement Final Submission, Ju

ment of a prosperous and sustainable economy which
pays regard to maintaining the quality of environment

Target Area Target group Baseline Final target
16-24 year olds March 2008
cal All thematic area (2%) To be agreed
us
170 (Angus Improved score

College

enrolment

2003/4, by

postcode)

ent All thematic area: All residents

Arbroath Harbour 25.9
23.4
Brechin

(Drumachlie)

(see Geographic

Outcomes for

North Arbroath

scores)

Further
baseline
figures
awaited from
Careers
Scotland/Scot
tish
Enterprise
Tayside/Jobc
entre Plus –
Late

une 2005 50

CPP strategic regeneration objective – To encourage the developm

supports rewarding job opportunities in viable businesses and p

and culture

National priority for regeneration - Getting people back into work

Ref Outcome Indicator

Angus Community Planning Partnership – Regeneration Outcome Agreement Final Submission, Ju

ment of a prosperous and sustainable economy which
pays regard to maintaining the quality of environment

Target Area Target group Baseline Final target
March 2008
June/early
July 2005

une 2005 51

Template 2 sets out the key services/projects and associated key outputs that
will be delivered to achieve these outcomes

A summary of projects listed below is included with the Analysis of Need and
Targeting in Section 2.

The following partner investments have been identified to date, specifically to
link with CRF:
- Angus Council Housing Department will contribute 25% funding to the

Community Champions project
- Volunteer Centre Angus will provide just over 25% of the funding for the

‘Give a little – get a lot’ volunteering initiative in year 1
- Angus Council and the Angus Community Planning Partnership will fund

around 17% of the Community Regeneration Officer’s post in kind.

Additionally, Communities Scotland anticipates the following expenditure
within the geographic ROA area in the years 2006/7 and 2007/8 - £1million to
support the theme of ‘Building stronger communities’, and c. £60,000 to
support the theme of ‘Getting people into work’.

Community Voices

Due to the core requirement for ensuring engagement with ROA communities
and by ROA projects, it is proposed to use £20,000pa of the allocation
towards the Community Regeneration Officer post.

In the first year of funding, with a requirement to spend the full allocation in six
months, £5,000 is allocated to the ‘Give a little – get a lot’ volunteering
initiative, because of its strong community engagement. The remainder has
been given an indicative allocation for volunteer expenses, childcare support,
accomodation and publicity. The intention is that the final allocation will be
determined once the Community Regeneration Officer is in post, in
consultation with ROA communities.

Monitoring and Evaluation
Regeneration Outcome Agreement activity will be monitored and evaluated
through the Angus Community Planning Partnership, with financial monitoring
support from Angus Council’s Finance Department. Day to day responsibility
for the management and co-ordination of monitoring arrangements and
evaluation requirements will fall to the Community Regeneration Officer.

At a meeting on 10 May 2005, partners agreed that to try to spend the first
year allocation within six months would add an unnecessary burden to new
projects. It was therefore agreed to request carry forward of 50% of the
funding to future years. Partners acknowledged there may yet be further
delays, as recruitment is unlikely to be able to begin before the ROA is signed
off.

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52

Template 2 – Key projects and services and associated key outputs

CPP Strategic Regeneration Objective - To improve the health o

provision; and to maintain a safe environment for all people in Ang

National priority for community regeneration – Building strong, safe

Outcome – Reduced fear of crime and anti-social behaviour both in

Ref Key service/project Key outputs Target Area

1. Community Local recruitment for ROA

Champions posts

- development and

support to help Work with the local

develop local community to facilitate

people’s access to information

responsibility for and services

community safety

issues in their area Establish links to local

groups/organisations

(To be aligned with

Anti-social behaviour Work with local

strategy Outcome community to identify

Agreement) and report incidents of

anti-social behaviour,

including vandalism

and graffiti for clean up

or repair

Work with local

community to minimise

incidence of anti-social

behaviour

Angus Community Planning Partnership Regeneration Outcome Agreement, Final Submission Ju

s

of the community, promote the development of primary health based

gus

e and attractive communities

nside and outside the home

Target group CRF/Partner resources 2005/6 Timescale

(lead partner highlighted BOLD)

All CRF £18,750.00 March 2008

Angus Council Housing
(Community
Dept/Tayside Police Management

Safety Team) –

Support

AC Housing Dept £6,250.00 (half
time post targeted at ‘Dale’ - pro-
rata commitment of £12,500.00 per
annum)

une 2005 53

CPP Strategic Regeneration Objective - To improve the health o

provision; and to maintain a safe environment for all people in Ang

National priority for community regeneration – Building strong, safe

Outcome – Reduced fear of crime and anti-social behaviour both in

Ref Key service/project Key outputs Target Area

Engage with Community
Wardens

Link to other ROA
projects

Make referrals to/liaise

with other

agencies/projects,

including (but not only):

Fast response to

vandalism; Safe as

Houses; Green Teams;

ACCESSline; Police

Community Liaison

Officers

Promote
Neighbourhood Watch

Angus Community Planning Partnership – Regeneration Outcome Agreement Final Submission, Ju

of the community, promote the development of primary health based

gus

e and attractive communities

nside and outside the home

Target group CRF/Partner resources 2005/6 Timescale

(lead partner highlighted BOLD)

une 2005 54

CPP Strategic Regeneration Objective - To encourage the deve

rewarding job opportunities in viable businesses and pays due reg

National priority for community regeneration – Getting people back

Outcome – Fewer unemployed people of working age

Ref Key service/project Key outputs Target Area

2(a) Employability project North
2. Arbroath,Arb
- support to roath
Harbour,Brec
complement/provide hin
(Drumachlie)
added value to ROA

existing provision

Give a little – get a lot Development of a
steering group
- volunteering

initiative: recruitment,

training, support to Promotional campaign
developed and
provide range of implemented

assistance locally

Local volunteering

opportunities identified

Local volunteers

identified and placed

Induction courses run

Regular individual and

group supervision

sessions undertaken,

including development of

job seeking skills

Angus Community Planning Partnership – Regeneration Outcome Agreement Final Submission, Ju

elopment of a prosperous and sustainable economy which supports
gard to maintaining the quality of environment and culture.
k to work

Target group CRF/Partner resources 2005/6 Timescale
March 2008
(lead partner highlighted BOLD)

Hard to reach CRF £20,307.00

unemployed

Lead partner still to be determined

c

£0 March 2008

(£5,000.00 Community Voices
Fund)

Volunteer Centre Angus
£1,802.00

une 2005 55

CPP Strategic Regeneration Objective - To encourage the deve

rewarding job opportunities in viable businesses and pays due reg

National priority for community regeneration – Getting people back

Outcome – Fewer unemployed people of working age

Ref Key service/project Key outputs Target Area

2. Ta Ta Tay Benefits – Enquiry recording system ROA

freephone allows ROA residents to

information on be identified

community

help/training – local Advertising campaign

advertising costs implemented locally

2. Free school Meals for Scheme in place ROA

families starting

employment Scheme publicised

No. of enquiries received

No of families/children

supported

2. Augment modular Building in place ROA

building/community

facility Facility publicised

No. of members recruited
from ROA area

No. of members from
into
ROA supported

employment

No. and frequency of

Angus Community Planning Partnership – Regeneration Outcome Agreement Final Submission, Ju

elopment of a prosperous and sustainable economy which supports
gard to maintaining the quality of environment and culture.
k to work

Target group CRF/Partner resources 2005/6 Timescale
(lead partner highlighted BOLD) March 2006
Working age CRF £5000.00
March 2007
unemployed Jobcentre Plus – coordination

not engaged

with any forms

of community

help or training

Working age CRF £10,500.00

benefit

recipients, Jobcentre Plus – promotion

especially lone

parents Angus Council Education

Department – administration

Working age CRF £15,000 March 2006
Augment – Project Management
unemployed/ Communities Scotland - £25,000
NHS Tayside - £30,000
benefit (Various Trust funds - £80,000)

recipients

une 2005 56

CPP Strategic Regeneration Objective - To encourage the deve

rewarding job opportunities in viable businesses and pays due reg

National priority for community regeneration – Getting people back

Outcome – Fewer unemployed people of working age

Ref Key service/project Key outputs Target Area

community groups from
ROA using the facility

No. and frequency of
ROA projects using the
facility

CPP Strategic Regeneration Objective – to improve the health o

provision; and to maintain a safe environment for all people in Ang

- to improve the social well-being of the community and promote th

National priority for community regeneration – Improving Health

Outcome – Improved health

Ref Key service/project Key outputs Target Area

3. Community Health Support structures to ROA

Involvement Worker promote community

input to decisions on

health issues at a local

level with service

providers and policy

makers through

community planning and

patient involvement etc.

Angus Community Planning Partnership – Regeneration Outcome Agreement Final Submission, Ju

elopment of a prosperous and sustainable economy which supports
gard to maintaining the quality of environment and culture.
k to work

Target group CRF/Partner resources 2005/6 Timescale
(lead partner highlighted BOLD)

of the community, promote the development of primary health based
gus
he development of preventative child care services

Target group CRF/Partner resources 2005/6 Timescale
(lead partner highlighted BOLD) March 2008
Adults aged 17 CRF £17,500
to 24.
NHS Tayside – management
Adults on support
benefit

une 2005 57

CPP Strategic Regeneration Objective – to improve the health o

provision; and to maintain a safe environment for all people in Ang

- to improve the social well-being of the community and promote th

National priority for community regeneration – Improving Health

Outcome – Improved health

Ref Key service/project Key outputs Target Area

Explore opportunities for
joint working with
service providers who
work with the same
client groups

Promote access to
current services.

Co-ordinate evaluation

of services and gaps on

a 6 monthly basis at key

service points via

existing

community/support

organisations/local

health professionals.

Offer training to
professionals to
increase skills in group
work and collective
action using social
model of health.

Angus Community Planning Partnership – Regeneration Outcome Agreement Final Submission, Ju

of the community, promote the development of primary health based
gus
he development of preventative child care services

Target group CRF/Partner resources 2005/6 Timescale
(lead partner highlighted BOLD)

une 2005 58

CPP Strategic Regeneration Objective – to improve the health o

provision; and to maintain a safe environment for all people in Ang

- to improve the social well-being of the community and promote th

National priority for community regeneration – Improving Health

Outcome – Improved health

Ref Key service/project Key outputs Target Area

Raise health awareness
through health
information points and a
range of learning
opportunities focusing
on specific groups or
health topics based
within the community.

Support and co-ordinate
regular community
involvement in local
health related activities
as identified by the
Angus Global Needs
Assessment e.g.

healthy eating
initiatives, weight
reduction classes,
smoking prevention and
treatment interventions
and stress management
classes e.g.
complementary
therapies, breathing

Angus Community Planning Partnership – Regeneration Outcome Agreement Final Submission, Ju

of the community, promote the development of primary health based
gus
he development of preventative child care services

Target group CRF/Partner resources 2005/6 Timescale
(lead partner highlighted BOLD)

une 2005 59

CPP Strategic Regeneration Objective – to improve the health o

provision; and to maintain a safe environment for all people in Ang

- to improve the social well-being of the community and promote th

National priority for community regeneration – Improving Health

Outcome – Improved health

Ref Key service/project Key outputs Target Area

techniques, massage
and organisational
skills.

Facilitate training for
local people on
identified community
health issues e.g. first
aid, self defence, food
handling and hygiene
and cycling instruction.

Encourage new people
ensure
to exercise and
peer
support to

networks.

Angus Community Planning Partnership – Regeneration Outcome Agreement Final Submission, Ju

of the community, promote the development of primary health based
gus
he development of preventative child care services

Target group CRF/Partner resources 2005/6 Timescale
(lead partner highlighted BOLD)

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CPP Strategic Regeneration Objective - To provide first class educa

National priority for community regeneration – Raising educational

Outcome – More educated and skilled population

Ref Key service/project Key outputs Target Area

4. Community Gardening Business plan prepared ROA

Business with Business Gateway

support

Viability confirmed

Training scheme

advertised/implemented

No of young people
recruited/trained

No of community
members involved in
Design

Designs/proposals
publicly consulted on

Systems in place to
ensure safety of clients

No of gardens

maintained

Angus Community Planning Partnership – Regeneration Outcome Agreement Final Submission, Ju

ation and training opportunities for all
l attainment

Target group CRF/Partner resources Timescale
Under 25s (highlight lead partner) March 2008
CRF £5,000.00

Regenerate! North Arbroath – start-
up support

Angus College – Development
Support

Angus Council Training Services –
Development Support

Business Gateway – Start-
up/business planning support

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CPP Strategic Regeneration Objective - To provide first class educa

National priority for community regeneration – Raising educational

Outcome – More educated and skilled population

Ref Key service/project Key outputs Target Area

4. Childcare Review of
Support/Training provision/gaps

Out of school care
business plan
completed/viability
established

No of training courses
held

Core support and monitoring and evaluation

Outcome – More involved community; more effective partnership

Ref Key service/project Key outputs Target Area

1-4 Community Links between ROA in
Regeneration Officer
representative context of

organisations in place community

planning

Mechanism to link to arrangement
Angus-wide community
planning structures in s

Angus Community Planning Partnership – Regeneration Outcome Agreement Final Submission, Ju

ation and training opportunities for all
l attainment

Target group CRF/Partner resources Timescale
(highlight lead partner) March 2008
Returners to CRF £5,000.00
work
Community Learning and
Lone parents Development – Management
Support
Young people
Angus Childcare Partnership –
development/training support

Regenerate! North Arbroath – start-
up support

Business Gateway – start-
up/business planning support

Target group CRF/Partner resources Timescale
(highlight lead partner) March 2008
n All CRF £0
f

(Community Voices Fund
£20,000.00)

Angus Council Housing Dept

£4000.00 (pro rata, £8K per

une 2005 62

Core support and monitoring and evaluation
Outcome – More involved community; more effective partnership

place

Community strategy
engagement and
agreed
implemented

Development and

supervision of projects

Monitoring/evaluation
carried out

Template 3 - (N/A - SIP transition only)

Angus Community Planning Partnership – Regeneration Outcome Agreement Final Submission, Ju

annum, in kind)

Angus Community Planning

Partnership - management

support, core support and

monitoring & evaluation support

une 2005 63

Section 4 – Community engagement

Genuine community engagement is supported by the Angus Community
Planning Partnership’s Active Citizenship Strategy, which details what
partners aim to achieve with the Angus community, community
representatives, volunteers, the voluntary sector, the business community,
and through the democratic process.

The following definition for active citizenship has been adopted:
‘ Active Citizenship implies the active involvement and participation of

citizens in affairs that concern them as both individuals and as members of
the wider society’ (Centre for Citizenship Learning and Action)

The partnership aims to implement the National Standards for Community
Engagement (see Appendix 2) in its regeneration activity. These will be
promoted by all ROA projects.

• genuine community engagement, particularly at targeted
neighbourhood levels, in prioritising outcomes and outputs and in
ongoing monitoring

Approval for the Community Regeneration Officer post was successfully
sought, partly based on the strong element of community engagement within
the post. The Community Regeneration Officer, when appointed, will develop
mechanisms to inform the Community Regeneration Fund process on an on-
going basis. In the short term, the involvement of local representative
organisations in the target areas, and local area partnerships will be
highlighted. Extensive consultation has previously taken place across
communities in North Arbroath, resulting in a wealth of information from all
sectors of the community: the intention is therefore not to duplicate research.

The additional areas covered by the thematic project are characterised by a
lack of representative community organisation. Given the focus on ‘hard to
reach’ residents a more individual approach is likely to be required,
particularly making use of existing networks through partner agencies.

• how existing community engagement structures are built into the
ROA development process

Existing research, representative local organisations, and local area
partnerships in Arbroath and Brechin are being involved in the on-going
development of the ROA.

Communities of interest are being, and will be, consulted via Angus-wide
thematic community planning partnerships.

Angus Community Planning Partnership – Regeneration Outcome Agreement Final Submission, June 2005 64

• how the CPP is engaging with a broad range of representative
structures within communities

The Angus Community Planning Partnership links to a range of representative
structures:

Area Seminars
Area Forums
www.angus.gov.uk/hys – a database listing partner consultation exercises
past & present, with details of how to contribute
Angus Citizens Panel/Young Citizens Panel
Youth Congress
Community Councils
Local Partnerships (see below)
Angus Association of Voluntary Organisations
Volunteer Centre Angus
Angus Rural Partnership

The community planning partnership is particularly concerned that
regeneration activity takes place in the context of local community planning
mechanisms. Informal links between the Arbroath and Area Partnership and
the Cliffburn Partnership (which brings together agency and local
representation in relation to the regeneration of Cliffburn) are being
strengthened and clarified. (See Appendix 3 for a diagram showing
regeneration linkages with local area (community planning) partnerships)

Arbroath and Area Partnership:

An Arbroath and Area Partnership was established early 2004 as an outcome
of a local community planning seminar in 2003. The partnership mailing list
includes over 100 contacts, with a regular attendance from a range of
statutory, community and voluntary organisations. The Angus Community
Planning Partnership provides secretariat support via the local community
planning officer.

The overall objective of the Partnership is to encourage and support
representatives of the public, private, voluntary and community sectors to act
together to develop the economic, social and environmental potential of
Arbroath and Area.

The Partnership intends to focus particularly on the following:
Active Citizenship
The Economy
Promoting Arbroath and Area
Community Safety
Health & Wellbeing
Regeneration

Angus Community Planning Partnership – Regeneration Outcome Agreement Final Submission, June 2005 65

The remit of the Partnership is
To support, encourage and pressurise other agencies/bodies to undertake
activity in the area
To coordinate current activity
To undertake specific projects/actions

The Partnership will give particular focus to young people, their needs,
aspirations and responsibilities for the future of the Arbroath Area community.

The Cliffburn Area Residents Association (CAR) was developed as part of
the Cliffburn regeneration proposals, including stock transfer issues, and this
group remains the community group involved in housing and other social and
economic regneration issues that affect their neighbourhood. CAR has a
central place on the Cliffburn Partnership, which is a partnership consisting
of statutory, voluntary and community partners and exists to address
regeneration issues within Cliffburn. There is a Cliffburn Regeneration
Worker who is employed through Angus Housing Association to work with the
Cliffburn community specifically on issues relating to the stock transfer.
In Cliffburn, considerable research has taken place in recent times, in relation
to physical regeneration proposals, to ascertain the views of local people.
Regenerate! North Arbroath has developed community profiles for the target
areas in North Arbroath, which incorporate research results of neighbourhood
views and local worker views.

Two community forums have been held (late 2004 and early 2005), to bring
together community representatives from across North Arbroath, and
encourage the identification of common issues and possible opportunities for
joint working.

Strathairlie Area Neighbourhood Association (SANA) is a registered
tenants association covering an area that was part of the former Social
Inclusion Partnership in Arbroath. Although struggling to maintain active
involvement after the loss of a development worker, current projects include
joint development (with Augment) of a gifted modular building, fundraising for
a play park facility and the provision of premises for local leisure and
education sessions (eg a homeopathic first aid workshop).

The Bruce Rd Community Flat is a community organisation which covers
the remainder of the former SIP area. The flat runs a food co-op, regular bingo
sessions, and fundraising activities to be able to provide community events
(such as an Easter egg hunt). A decorating project (community capacity
building) is planned, a monthly newsletter is produced, and a creche has been
hosted for a creche workers course being run locally by a number of agencies.

Work to improve linkages between the three organisations above and the
Arbroath and Area Partnership is on-going.

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Regenerate! North Arbroath (R!NA) was established in 2003/4 with
European and partner funding. R!NA’s role is to address regeneration issues
across North Arbroath, and it has produced community profiles for Cliffburn
and the Strathairlie/Warddykes area – generally synonymous with the ROA
geographic target areas.

There are currently no local representative community organisations in the
Arbroath Harbour area.

The City of Brechin Partnership

The City of Brechin Partnership brings together local organisations to help
create a friendly, vibrant and welcoming city for residents, visitors and
businesses alike. Membership of the partnership is open to any organisation
with a local presence and interest in the city. The overall objective of the
Partnership is to encourage representatives of both the public and private
sector to act together to develop the economic potential of the City of Brechin.
The partnership was formed in 2002 and has a mailing list of over 50, with
between 10 and 20 attendees at meetings. Angus Community Planning
Partnership provides secretariat support via the local community planning
officer.

The Partnership’s focus and activity is ‘on a market-led approach to meeting
the needs and aspirations of the local community and visitor’.
The Partnership’s specific objectives include:-
(i) the development of a vibrant heritage, cultural and visitor economy within
the City of Brechin,
(ii) providing a high quality local shopping centre/enhance the quality of the
local shopping centre,
(iii) develop activities within the City of Brechin which will complement the
work being undertaken at Pictavia and Brechin Castle Centre,
(iv) protect the integrity of the Heritage of the City of Brechin.

A local community planning seminar in early 2004 resulted in a Brechin
Business Breakfast attended by a significant number of the town’s
businesses, and a number of action points that are being followed up.

Advisory Group – the City of Brechin Partnership provides the major input to
this forum, to steer promotional European funding.

There are currently no local representative community organisations covering
the target datazone.

Community Councils/Area Forums
Angus Council’s Decentralisation Officer - part of the community planning
team – is the contact person both for community councils (who are
represented at the Arbroath & Area Partnership and the City of Brechin

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Partnership), and Area Forums in Angus, which are used by community
planning partners to communicate and gather opinions on developments.

Voluntary Sector/Volunteers
The Angus Association of Voluntary Organisations is represented on the
Angus Community Planning Partnership, and links exist between the
Community Planning Team and the Volunteer Centre Angus.
An event was held on 27 October to explore ways of further involvement of
the voluntary sector and volunteers in community planning across Angus.

• how the CPP is using a range of approaches to engage communities,
in particular highlighting innovative ways of engaging with the most
excluded communities, who are often described as ‘hard to reach’

The Angus Community Planning Partnership recognises that there is scope
for further development in community engagement, particulary where few if
any representative organisations exist and people are ‘harder to reach’ for a
variety of reasons. The Community Voices Fund allocation in itself provides
an opportunity, and through its contribution to the Community Regeneration
Officer’s post, the intention is to link with partner workers (eg in health, social
work, housing, and Jobcentre Plus) who might have direct contact with those
who might need the most support to take advantage of opportunities provided
by ROA activities.

Other Resources
Both Arbroath and Area Partnership, and the City of Brechin Partnership,
have received a £1000 grant from the Angus Community Planning Partnership
(Communities Scotland) to improve wider community engagement.

Publicity
The Arbroath and Area Partnership has particularly good media links locally,
generating frequent press comment, and has recently begun regular
broadcasts on its activities on a local radio station. The North Arbroath target
area is potentially covered by three community newsletters. The City of
Brechin Partnership has recently appointed a Publicity Officer.

Community Engagement Information Model
It is recognised that not all members of communities wish to take part in
‘representative’ organisations. The Angus Community Planning Partnership is
piloting a community engagement model to capture views from the media,
informal and formal meetings from communities and partner agencies, identify
progress mechanisms and provide feedback.
See Appendix 4 for a diagram of the Community Engagement Information
Model.

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• the mechanisms that CPPs will use to monitor and review community
engagement practice to ensure that it effectively improves the
planning and delivery of services to meet the needs and aspirations
of communities

It is important that the ROA continues to meet the needs and aspirations of
communities, and there remains unallocated funding in future years with the
intention is that its use will be determined with further assistance from the
local community. It is intended that the National Standards for Community
Engagement will be implemented for ROA activity, and the monitoring of their
successful use will be incorporated into the monitoring overseen by the
Community Regeneration Officer.

• the resources that are being directed towards supporting community
engagement, including those which help to build the capacity of
communities to engage

Community engagement support feeding into the ROA to date has been
undertaken by the local Community Planning Officer, local Community
Learning and Development Workers, Regenerate! North Arbroath Team, and
the Cliffburn Regeneration Worker. All CRF resource is proposed to support
community engagement either directly or indirectly via the projects described
in Section 2, and notably via the coordination role of the post of Community
Regeneration Officer. Additional potential future resources include a £1000
grant provided to local area partnerships to assist them with community
engagement, and a European-funded capacity building initiative recently
launched by Angus College, Volunteer Centre Angus, and the Angus
Association of Voluntary Organisations.

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SECTION 5 – MANAGING THE TRANSITION

Community planning has been high on the agenda in Angus since 1998, with
the first community plan produced in December 2000 and a joint funded team
in place since late 2002. Since 2003 an annual Community Plan Progress
Report and Review has been published, with SMART targets for thematic and
local groups, and an indicator supplement.

Three-year funding for the former Arbroath SIP ended in 2000, just as
community planning arrangements were becoming more formalised.

A number of members of the ACPP and community planning team, with
representation from Jobcentre Plus, and Angus Council officers from
community education, economic development, and the Lead Officers for
Arbroath and Brechin areas have worked to develop the ROA since
notification of CRF allocation. Meetings took place, after the announcement
of CRF, in August, October, November and December 2004, with a further
working group meeting to look specifically at an employment project.
Following a discussion of the submitted draft document with Jonathan
Atherton of Community Scotland’s Community Regeneration Unit in March
2005, a review of a draft incorporating verbal feedback suggestions was held
on 10 May 2005.

The Angus Community Planning Partnership agreed on 17 September 2004
to request that Angus Council hold CRF and CV on its behalf. This was
agreed by Angus Council’s Strategic Policy Committee on 7 December 2004.

At its meeting on 14 January 2005 the ACPP reviewed a number of
governance issues for individual partners arising from the receipt of CRF, CV
and other funds being channelled through the community planning
partnership. Recommendations for Angus Council arising from this review
were adopted at the meeting of the Strategic Policy Committee on 22 March
2005.

A further update on progress of the ROA was provided to the Strategic Policy
Committee of Angus Council on 10 May 2005.

The Community Regeneration Fund was discussed at the Arbroath and Area
Partnership, the Cliffburn Partnership, the new North Arbroath Forum, and the
City of Brechin Partnership. This resulted in publicity in local and regional
press.

In Arbroath, some developments have already taken place in preparation for
funding, including developing links between the Cliffburn (housing
regeneration) Partnership and the Arbroath and Area (local community
planning) Partnership. Meetings to bring together community representatives
from across north Arbroath have also begun. A review of possible projects for
CRF funding has resulted in support from other providers for developments

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such as a credit union steering group and bringing the ‘Augment’ gifted
modular building into use.

A need for coordination of regeneration activity as a part of wider
developments in Arbroath was identified, in recognition of the high number of
local voluntary, community and statutory organisations with existing or
potential impact on regeneration. This need is being addressed by the interim
approval for 2005/6 of £20,000 CRF spend on the creation of a Community
Regeneration Officer post (see also list of projects in Section Three and
Appendix 3 for local relationships diagram, and Appendix 5 for draft job
description.)

A number of cash and in kind contributions have been identified by partners
as contributions to projects identified for the ROA (detailed in Template 2).

Discussion over the development of the ROA has emphasised the continuing
desire of the partner agencies in Angus to include the Arbroath Harbour area
and Brechin (Drumachlie) as target areas. An analysis of data available for the
relevant datazones (see Section 2) has resulted in the identification of a
thematic client group, of hard to reach, unemployed people.

A final draft of this document was approved by Angus Council’s Strategic
Policy Committee on 21 June 2005, and the Angus Community Planning
Partnership on 22 June 2005.

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SECTION 6 – PLANNED CRF and CVF EXPENDITURE 2005 to 2008

The slippage in time-scale for the ROA bidding process makes it unlikely
2005, some six months after the initial intended start date. Although it m
counter productive to put pressure on new projects to spend a full-year’s
of the ACPP agreed to seek a 50% carry forward to subsequent years.
and three are reflected in the summary below. These sums, and sums a
the priority of ‘Getting people back into work’ will support the ROA as an

Template 4a: Summary of planned CRF and CVF expenditure 2005/0

National priority Planned CRF spend
2005/06

Building strong, safe and attractive £ 18,750.00

communities

Getting people back into work £ 55,287.00

Improving health £ 17,500.00

Raising educational attainment £ 10,000.00

Sub-total £ 101,537.00

Supporting community engagement £ 30,000.00

(Community Voices Fund)

Core support and monitoring and

evaluation (contribution to Community

Regeneration Officer post)

Brought forward (To be determined with

further community involvement)

TOTAL £ 131,537.00

(includes £30,000 pa Comm. Voices Fund)

CRF Carry Forward (50%) £ 101,537.00

The spend proposed above acknowledges the interdependence of all ele

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y that projects in Angus will be in a position to start before Autumn
may be possible to ‘front-load’ some expenditure, it is felt that it would be

s allocation in six months. At a meeting on 10 May, the ROA sub-group
The carry forward, and corresponding allocation of funding in years two
already allocated for determination with community involvement under
n evolving process rather than a static document.

06 to 2007/08 Planned CRF spend
2007/08
Planned CRF spend
2006/07 £ 37,500.00

£ 37,500.00 £ 101,500.00
£ 35,000.00
£ 91,500.00 £ 20,000.00
£ 35,000.00 £194,000.00
£ 20,000.00 £ 30,000.00
£184,000.00
£ 30,000.00 £ 20,000.00

£ 20,000.00

£ 50,768.50 £ 50,738.50
£ 284,768.50 £ 294,738.50

ements of regeneration.

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Template 4b: Detail of planned CRF and CVF expenditure

National priority: Building strong, safe and attractive communities

Headline outcome(s)

• Reduced fear of crime and antisocial behaviour both inside and

Agreement)

Ref Key service/ Funding recipient

Project

1. Community Champions Angus Community Safe

Team/Angus Council Housin

Dept

National priority: Getting People Back into Work

Headline outcome(s)

• Fewer unemployed people of working age

Ref Key service/ Funding recipient

Project

2(a) Employability project (Still to be determined
2. July/August 2005)
Give a little – get a lot Volunteer Centre Angus
Volunteering initiative

2. Ta Ta Tay Benefits – Angus Community Plannin

freephone information on Partnership (on behalf o

community help/training – local Jobcentre Plus)

advertising costs

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d outside the home (to be aligned with Anti-social Behaviour Outcome

Planned CRF spend Planned CRF spend Planned CRF spend

2005/06 2006/07 2007/08

ety £ 18,750.00 £ 37,500.00 £ 37,500.00
ng

Planned CRF spend Planned CRF spend Planned CRF spend

2005/06 2006/07 2007/08

– £ 20,307.00 £ 40,800.00 £ 42,800.00
£ 12,400.00 £ 12,400.00
ng £—
of £ --- £ ---
(£6,200.00 from
community Voices
Fund)

£ 5,000.00

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