Kincardine and Mearns Local Learning Community

Local Learning Community Partnerships (LLCPs) are made up of local organisations and community volunteers who share an interest in the community learning and development of the area. There are six of these partnerships across Aberdeenshire.

The partnerships feed into the strategic Aberdeenshire Learning Community Partnership (ALCP) who work towards agreed priorities. This is in line with local need and the requirements of the Scottish Government regulations for CLD.

The ALCP priorities are the focus for gathering local data and intelligence and creating a response to meet the needs of communities. The aim of the LLCP is to work together to deliver programmes and activities which will have a positive impact on those living in the area.

The Priorities

Through the self-evaluation process the following two priorities have been identified:

Community Empowerment: Empowering people, individually and collectively, to make positive changes in their lives and in their communities, through learning. Through developing the necessary skills, networks and understanding, communities and groups can take ownership locally.

Employment and Skills: Developing a coordinated learning offer with partners will be vital in ensuring that young people and adults have good quality opportunities to gain the necessary skills and qualification to progress in learning, training and employment.

Partners are continuing to strengthen links and discuss partnership approaches to identifying and addressing learning needs in the community, in line with ALCP priorities.

A Terms of Reference has been agreed with partners, emphasising the value of partnerships in sharing information, open communication, supporting collaborative working and joint projects. A focus of the Terms of Reference and a priority for the partnership is ensuring learners are listened to and included at all stages of decision making, planning, designing and evaluation.

Key themes emerging for the area include access to and knowledge of volunteering opportunities and partnership approaches to employability support for young people and adults.

Kincardine and Mearns Area LLCP partners are:

Aberdeenshire Council Community Planning, Active Schools, Community Learning and Development, Employment Support, Live Life Aberdeenshire, Primary and Secondary Schools

Aberdeenshire Voluntary Association

Barnardo's

Health and Social Care Partnership

Homestart Kincardine

Lead Scotland

Mearns and Coastal Healthy Living Network

NHS Grampian

Pillar Kincardine

Portlethen Men's Shed

SHMU (Station House Media Unit)

Skills Development Scotland

Stonehaven Community Council

Stonehaven Men's Shed

The Kincardine and Mearns Terms of Reference can be found at the bottom right of this page.

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