BUILDING STRONGER COMMUNITIES
Building Capacity: Why does it matter? When is it needed? How can it be done?
19 April, 2013, King James Hotel, 107 Leith St, Edinburgh, EH1 3SW
10.00 Registration (Tea, coffee)
10.30 Welcome and introduction
Fiona Garven, Chair CDAS
Why does it matter? When is it needed?
10.35 Capacity building - the way forward
Steve Skinner (Steve Skinner Associates)
11.05 Panel Discussion: what capacity building is needed?
Fiona Garven; Steve Skinner; Tanveer Parnez, BEMIS;
Ian Cooke, Development Trusts Association Scotland; Barbara Allan, Stirling Council
Chair: Andy Milne, SURF
11.40 Tea and coffee
12.00 Workshops: Making an impact - capacity building in different settings
1.00
Lunch
How can it be done?
1.50
Skills for neighbourhood work
Paul Henderson, Joint author, ‘Skills in Neighbourhood Work’
2.20
Workshops: Resources for capacity building
3.20
The Scottish Government’s approach to building stronger communities
Sir Peter Housden, Permanent Secretary, Scottish Government
3.50
Panel Discussion: delivering capacity building – how can it be done and who is
involved?
Sir Peter Housden, Paul Henderson; Fiona Ballantyne, Scottish Community
Development Network; Gary Malone, Volunteer Centre Angus; Rory McLeod, CLD
Standards Council for Scotland
Chair: Fiona Garven
4.30
Thanks and close
Workshops
12.00 Making an impact: Capacity Building in different settings
1. Rediscovering neighbourhood work
Fiona Ballantyne, Chair, Scottish Community Development Network
2. Organising communities of interest
Niki Kandirikirira, Executive Director, Engender
3. Capacity building for asset ownership
Ian Cooke, Director, Development Trusts Association Scotland
4. Capacity building for health and well-being
Sheila McMahon, Lead Officer, Equally Well Dundee
5. Capacity building for person centred care - The role of communities
Andrew Jackson, National Co-lead, Community Capacity Building and Coproduction, Joint
Improvement Team, Scottish Government
6. Capacity building to tackle poverty
Pauline Edmiston, Ghazala Hakeem and Jean Forrester, Poverty & Truth Commission
2.20
Resources for Capacity Building
1. Partnership working for capacity building
Stewart Murdoch, Director of Communities and Leisure, Dundee City Council
2. Assessing community strengths and capacity building needs
Susan Paxton, SCDC and Steve Skinner
3. Skills for neighbourhood work
Paul Henderson
4. Establishing principles/standards for community capacity building
Mick Doyle, consultant, Education Scotland
5. How communities can build their own strength
Angus Hardie, Director, Scottish Community Alliance
6. Community asset based workforce development
Mairi-Anne Macdonald, Director of Sector Development, and Nick Wilding, Workforce
Innovation Programme Manager, Scottish Social Services Council