Community Planning

Community planning is about public service providers working together, and with communities to improve the quality of people’s lives.  In community planning it is what is actually achieved (the outcomes) that matters and how people’s lives change as a result.  It is also about ensuring that communities are engaged in the decisions made about services which they use. 

Community Planning is a statutory duty placed on a number of organisations and came into force on 1 April 2003.  Its powers were updated under the new Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015. 

In Caithness, the Community Planning Partnership is led by Highlands and Islands Enterprise. The other statutory partners are the NHS, Police Scotland, Highland Council, and Scottish Fire and Rescue Service. 

The Third Sector has a very important role in ensuring that as much as possible is done to tackle inequalities, and therefore, Caithness Voluntary Group plays an important role.  Meetings are normally held every two months. 

We also  represent the Caithness Third Sector in the Highland Community Planning Partnership