The current emphasis on Local Place Plans, with communities being “given the opportunity” to influence a Council’s development plans, has obscured the value of a well created Community Action Plan in influencing planning decisions. This article in The Courier, tells the story of how Auchterarder and Aberuthven CAP have effectively used the evidence from their… Continue Reading
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Burntisland CAP has huge community support
Posted on April 27, 2023
Burntisland Community Development Trust and the Burntisland Community Council have been working towards their second Community Action Plan. STAR helped Burntisland with their first CAP in 2016, and much has been achieved since then. Over the last 6 months, STAR has worked closely with the BCDT Development Officers to help them to carry out a… Continue Reading
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Glenorchy & Innishail – a lockdown Community Action Plan!
Posted on June 16, 2021
Glenorchy & Innishail have just launched their first 5 year Community Action Plan. A first for them, and a first for STAR too! This is the first CAP, in 25 years, that we have helped to prepare during a pandemic, and completely on line. The process got underway in November 2020, with several Zoom Steering… Continue Reading
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Troon gets it Together!
Posted on August 20, 2019
We have been working with the Troon Together team over the last couple of months on widespread community engagement to prepare the first Troon Community Action Plan. Over 800 survey responses were received from across the whole community and age groups, representing a really impressive percentage of the population. We have also met with many… Continue Reading
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Coalfields Community Futures Evaluation
Posted on October 23, 2018
A significant evaluation of the Coalfields Community Futures programme was launched last week at Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh. The evaluation, carried out by Social Value Lab, focusses on the achievements and impacts of the Coalfields Community Futures programme between 2012 – 2017. The CCF programme was developed and designed by STAR Development Group in 2011.… Continue Reading