My Place Awards seeking community nominations
My Place Awards seeking community nominations

Nominations are being sought for the Scottish Civic Trust’s My Place Awards which celebrate community-led built environment projects.
Learning Exchange support for community organisations
Learning Exchange support for community organisations

The Community Learning Exchange is an initiative for community organisations which allows the exchange of knowledge and experience between groups and individuals.
Community councils invited to respond to planning consultation
Community councils invited to respond to planning consultation

On 10 November, the Scottish Government laid a draft National Planning Framework 4 (Draft NPF4) in the Scottish Parliament. NPF4 will be a long-term plan for Scotland that sets out how their approach to planning and development will help to achieve a net-zero, sustainable Scotland by 2045. Alongside scrutiny by MSPs in the Scottish Parliament, a public consultation on NPF4 has also been launched.
Survey launched on issues facing young people in local communities
Survey launched on issues facing young people in local communities

The Children and Young People’s Centre for Justice (CYCJ) works to improve outcomes for children in conflict with the law, their families and their communities.
Scotland’s Climate Festival promoting local climate change events
Scotland’s Climate Festival promoting local climate change events

Community councils are being invited to join Scotland’s Climate Festival, a network of groups organising local events to tackle climate change in their own communities.
New report published on community empowerment
New report published on community empowerment

The Accounts Commission and the Auditor General for Scotland have published a report on Principles for community empowerment, detailing how Scotland’s public bodies worked with communities and empowered community organisations to respond to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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