Renfrewshire Council

What community learning and development is

Community Learning and Development covers a range of skilled practice including youth work, community-based adult and family learning, and community development.  

Effective Community Learning and Development builds on people's existing skills and strengths and encourages the development of new skills and the confidence to make change through participation and engagement.  

Successful Community Learning and Development reaches out to children, young people, adults and families, including those who face barriers and experience disadvantage and takes a preventative and asset-building approach to working with people and communities.

The aims of community learning and development in Renfrewshire

Renfrewshire's strong partnership seeks to empower people of all ages to work individually and collectively to influence positive change in their lives and their communities. 

This strategy delivers collaborative working across public services and third sector partners, encouraging joined up approaches to tackle emerging issues and concerns to support community engagement, community empowerment and community capacity building. 

Engage Renfrewshire is a key partner to support communities as they start up and develop un-incorporated groups, charities, trusts and Social enterprises across Renfrewshire.

Our strategy for 2021 to 2024

The community learning and development strategy [362KB]  outlines how partners will drive forward the delivery of Community Learning and Development in Renfrewshire until 2024. 

The strategy details the key priorities, activities and actions Renfrewshire Council and partners including Engage Renfrewshire and others will undertake, with a focus on Young People, Adult and Family learning, and broader based community capacity building.  

The actions deliver an evidence-based approach that seeks to empower people of all ages to work individually and collectively to influence positive change in their lives and communities.

Read the  community learning and development strategy [362KB] .