1. Supporting schools serving disadvantaged communities to use greenspace for outdoor learning

2. What I’ll cover What is the project about? Where has it come from?
Who will deliver it?
How is it being developed?
What are the next steps?

3. What is the project about?
Supporting schools serving disadvantaged communities to use greenspace for outdoor learning
Target: 100 schools by 2020
Sustainable intervention to help take away barriers to OL
Collaborative, co-ordinated effort
Leaving a positive legacy beyond 2020

4. Where has the project come from?
2020 Challenge for Scotland’s Biodiversity
Route Map to 2020
Six big steps for nature
Big Step 3: Quality greenspace for health and education benefits
Priority Project 6: Taking Learning Outdoors

5. Who will deliver the project?
So much is happening already!
A collaboration between organisations and networks already engaged in OL
Working together as a co- ordinated team

6. How is the project being developed?
2015/16
Scoping exercise
Pilot study: W Dunbartonshire
Partner engagement
Project planning & logistics
2016/17
Local engagement
2017/18
Delivery Year 1
2018/19
Delivery Year 2
2019/20
Delivery Year 3
Reporting & Legacy

7. Scoping the project: the task
Target:
‘100 schools in 20% most disadvantaged areas across Scotland have access to quality greenspace for outdoor learning’.
Is this achievable?
GIS analysis commissioned for schools located within SIMD areas.

9. The pilot project: West Dunbartonshire
Iterative on-going process
Means to test thinking and assess feasibility
Means to develop an approach to take to partners
Part of the project delivery

10. Step 2 Identify contacts Step 3 Speak to education contact
Phase 1 – Background preparation
Step 1 Familiarisation
Step 2 Identify contacts
Step 3 Speak to education contact
Step 4 Gather intelligence
Step 5 Speak to greenspace contact
Step 6 Identify target schools
Phase 2 – Engaging the target schools
Step 7 Contact school
Step 8 Meet school
Phase 3 – Assessing the resource
Step 9 Ground truth sites
Step 10 Site evaluation
Phase 4 – Taking action
Step 11 Write action plan
Step 12 Advice and support
Phase 5 – Monitoring use of the site and evaluation
Step 13 Monitor and review progress
Step 14 Evaluate

11. Some key things we have learnt (so far!)
Data is not perfect.
School estates are changing
Some schools were apparently missing from our list.
Finding the right people to talk to.
Gathering intelligence is time consuming but only way to target the right schools.

13. Re-run of GIS analysis from 551 to 693 10 LA = 75% of schools

14. Partner engagement Collaborative project Workshop for partners
Follow-up meetings with partners to assess
Level of interest
Compatible work currently underway (who, what, where)
Type of involvement
Views on logistics
_ Awareness raising

15. Project planning and logistics
In parallel with partner engagement meetings develop:
National delivery plan
Governance structure
Terms of reference
Measures of success and reporting

16. What are the next steps? By end of Dec:
Send partners drafts of national delivery plan, governance structure, terms of reference measures of success and reporting
Seek indication of commitment
By end of March:
Finalised project plan documents and set targets
Have stakeholders on board

17. Any questions?