Community-led action plans

Community-led action plans are a way for communities to take the lead in understanding how they feel about where they live, helping to inform good decision making and better support for communities.

Community action planning is a shared process across communities. It involves a careful, planned approach to:

• gathering and reflecting community priorities

• good quality community engagement with as many local people  as possible reflecting different experiences of living locally

• agreeing on priorities across the community and between communities  and agencies

• action to achieve beneficial outcomes, turning local priorities into new projects, facilities and improved services.

More on Community-led action plans

• See more introducotry information on community-led action plans with some great examples on Scottish Community Development Centre’s dedicated page

• Argyll & Bute Council commissioned Scottish Community Development Centre to develop a toolkit for community-led action planning. Click here to view the toolkit website

• See more resources relevant to community-led actions plans featured on Communities Channel Scotland here.