Improvement priority: 2. Improve Access and quality of existing and new spaces for play and increase the number of quality spaces for play Evaluation and future priorities Access School Grounds Some initial work was carried out in Caol in relation to the new Joint Campus. This did not go forward as the Developer changed the plans and the community decided to put its energy into developing a large play area in another location. The Group continues a on the developments in Caol. ‘watching brief’ A meeting has taken place with the Head Teacher and Parent Council Chair at Ullapool Primary. This meeting indicated that community consultation work was required to explore the issues relating to the school grounds as part of wider play provision in the area. A consultant brief is under development for this work. Agreed Standards and Protocols for development of new play spaces Work is underway to develop this in partnership with Planning and Community Services. This will also contribute to the action to develop/update a mechanism to support / enable community groups to develop spaces for play locally using an asset based approach under Improvement Priority 3. Measures: Increase the number provisions who are: Able to provide free access to the outdoors; and report that children have daily access to the outdoors The Group has begun to measure these indicators in the Early Years Census. This indicated year’s baseline results (April 2015) that 177 provisions able to provide free access to the outdoors and 197 report that children have daily access to the outdoors. Work will be identified to increase performance for both of these measures. FHC4 Outcome 12. 12. Families are valued as important contributors and work as equal partners to ensure positive outcomes for their children and young people Improvement priority: 3. Involve children, young people, parents and professionals meaningfully in decision making and planning. Evaluation and future priorities Community Asset Mapping (CAM) With Children This work was undertaken by CALA over one year to views about their local communities and share this with gather children’s interested parties in Highland. The areas were chosen to cover rural and town bases and work was carried out in school and
Improvement priority: 2. Improve Access and quality of existing and new spaces for play and increase the number of quality spaces for play Evaluation and future priorities Access School Grounds Some initial work was carried out in Caol in relation to the new Joint Campus. This did not go forward as the Developer changed the plans and the community decided to put its energy into developing a large play area in another location. The Group continues a ‘watching brief’ on the developments in Caol. A meeting has taken place with the Head Teacher and Parent Council Chair at Ullapool Primary. This meeting indicated that community consultation work was required to explore the issues relating to the school grounds as part of wider play provision in the area. A consultant brief is under development for this work. Agreed Standards and Protocols for development of new play spaces Work is underway to develop this in partnership with Planning and Community Services. This will also contribute to the action to develop/update a mechanism to support / enable community groups to develop spaces for play locally using an asset based approach under Improvement Priority 3. Measures: Increase the number provisions who are: Able to provide free access to the outdoors; and report that children have daily access to the outdoors The Group has begun to measure these indicators in the Early Years Census. This year’s baseline results (April 2015) indicated that 177 provisions able to provide free access to the outdoors and 197 report that children have daily access to the outdoors. Work will be identified to increase performance for both of these measures. FHC4 Outcome 12. 12. Families are valued as important contributors and work as equal partners to ensure positive outcomes for their children and young people Improvement priority: 3. Involve children, young people, parents and professionals meaningfully in decision making and planning. Evaluation and future priorities Community Asset Mapping (CAM) With Children This work was undertaken by CALA over one year to gather children’s views about their local communities and share this with interested parties in Highland. The areas were chosen to cover rural and town bases and work was carried out in school and
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