Aberdeenshire Community Planning Partnership What Works Scotland/ Aberdeenshire Community Planning Partnership Learning Report Nick Bland & James Henderson CPP Board Meeting 28 September 2016 www.whatworksscotland.ac.uk

What are we learning in Aberdeenshire? How do we work better together? Partnership and collaboration How do we support community action and coproduction? Building community capacity How do we build a shared understanding of what works? Collaborative learning and action

How do we work better together? Partnership and collaboration Operational partnership: what does it mean to put Christie into action? Strategic partnership: what structures and processes will support us to meet our ambitions, and the requirements of the CEA?

How do we support community action and coproduction How do we support community action and coproduction? Building community capacity Models and approaches: community link working What works to build community capacity Local solutions to local problems: trialling a mini-public in a local neighbourhood

How do we build a shared understanding of ‘what works’ How do we build a shared understanding of ‘what works’? Collaborative learning and action Exploring tools and approaches that offer opportunities for ‘disruptive’, innovative thinking; exploring new ways of working; building and ‘doing’ collaboration Collaborative action research Action learning and improvement Collaborative learning and reflection

What are we learning about ‘what works’ across Scotland? Drawing out common and divergent experience, approaches across WWS case sites Community-led action planning; developing community profiles for place-based approaches Building learning about effective participatory budgeting School-based partnership working Building a national and international picture Participatory Budgeting in Scotland What works in community engagement Public leadership in action Spreading ‘what works’ in public service reform

Completing our joint work 2016- early 2017 Participatory Discussion groups; 3rd learning day Preventative partnership working Community capacity building Collaborative learning and action practice 2017 Drawing together our collective learning in A’shire Sharing our learning nationally