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Building Skills for Regeneration: Learning and Development Initiatives

The Scottish Centre for Regeneration focuses on improving knowledge and skills to build communities, offering new approaches and evidence-based practices. The center identifies needs, captures outcomes, and supports implementation and influence of regeneration policy. The Learning in Regeneration Pipeline helps individuals identify skills and preferences, with a focus on diverse backgrounds and partnership working. Specific skills include strategic planning, leadership, and practical project management. Key recommendations include enhancing skills provision and promoting experiential learning. The center offers tools, mentoring, leadership programs, and tailored learning sets to support skill development and influence in regeneration initiatives.

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Building Skills for Regeneration: Learning and Development Initiatives

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  1. Scottish Centre for RegenerationImproving Knowledge and Skills that Build Communities

  2. The Scottish Centre for Regeneration • Part of Communities Scotland • Knowledge and practice • New approaches • Skills • Evidence base

  3. The Scottish Centre for Regeneration policy practice Identify needs andoutcomes capture evidence/ intelligence disseminate support implementation/ influence practice/ policy

  4. The Learning in Regeneration Pipeline Identifying skills for regeneration Supporting people to identify their skills needs and learning preferences Action plan Obtaining skills

  5. Identifying Skills for Regeneration • Diversity of backgrounds • Experience of multiple Partnerships • Variety of roles • Strong agreement on required skills • High level of skill needs • No support for a regen profession • Experience of a number of learning methods • Preference to meeting and communicating with people • Some scepticism over formal provision • Interest for sharing of learning

  6. PROCESS SKILLS enabling change Adaptability and flexibility Understanding other roles Negotiation and conflict management Partnership working Working in and with communities Working in an inclusive/ non-discriminatory way Listening and communication Ability to learn SPECIFIC SKILLS Skills and competencies specific to Particular professions and community representatives PRACTICAL SKILLS delivering change Managing staff/ volunteers Monitoring and evaluation Project planning and management Organisational development and planning Financial management Fundraising and funding applications Time management STRATEGIC SKILLS initiating/ promoting change Strategy formation Leadership Risk taking and enterprise Creative thinking Understanding policies/ resources Political awareness and judgement Understanding local needs/ contexts

  7. Key Recommendations • Enhance provision for skills identified • Increase awareness of skills provision • Development of experiential learning • Sharing of learning opportunities • Improve techniques for skills analysis

  8. Supporting People • Learning in Regeneration Skills Pack • Action Plan: • skills objectives • appropriate learning

  9. Obtaining Skills Direct Provision • Mentoring in Regeneration • Leadership Development Programme • Online Learning • Learning Sets • Bespoke Programmes

  10. Obtaining Skills SCR Tools • How to… Guides • Profiles • Learning materials • Learning Points • Events

  11. Obtaining Skills Broader Experiential Learning • Partners in Regeneration • Open Forums • Brokerage and Signposting • Coaching? • Shadowing?

  12. Influencing • Training Providers • Employers • Professional Bodies • Individuals

  13. Future Issues • Cutting edge evidence base • Co-design and co-delivery • Hands on support • Focus • Level • Sector • Agency • Measuring impact

  14. Contact us Scottish Centre for Regeneration Communities Scotland Festival Business Centre 150 Brand Street Glasgow Scotland G51 1DH Tel: +44 (0)141 419 1690 Fax: +44 (0)141 314 0026 E-mail: scr@communitiesscotland.gsi.gov.uk Web: www.scr.communitiesscotland.gov.uk

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