Up and coming events from the CLD Standards Council

Hold the date for future member meet-ups –

  • Community Research Virtual Café – Wednesday 10 June 2026 10-11.30am

Booking to open soon.

You can also follow us on Eventbrite for advanced notification of our events.

Member Meet-up: Gaelic CLD Practice Sharing – Tuesday 21 April 1pm-3pm

The session is an opening discussion around sharing practice in the context of Gaelic Adult and Family Learning.

The session is an opening discussion around sharing practice in the context of Gaelic Adult and Family Learning. The session will consider four key questions:

  • What are the challenges delivering Gaelic to adults and families?
  • What training needs do Gaelic staff have? What would you want to see delivered?
  • What resources are those in the Gaelic adult and family learning field using? What gaps are there?
  • What innovative pieces of work do you have that you could share at future sessions?

Key points will be taken back to the CLD Gaelic Review group and Professional Learning Networks, working in partnership with the CLD Standards Council. This session will inform future training needs and highlight areas of good practice for practitioners to learn from.

Have Your Say: Code of Practice on Supporting Children’s Learning – Tuesday 28 April 3:30pm-5pm

Scottish Government is consulting on a refreshed Code of Practice on Supporting Children’s Learning, which provides statutory guidance on the Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2004. The revised draft aims to improve clarity, readability and ease of navigation for everyone who uses the guidance.

The Code is intended for a wide range of organisations and practitioners who support children and young people with additional support needs – including those working across communities. This consultation is a key opportunity to ensure that CLD is clearly recognised, consistently described, and appropriately positioned within the guidance.

Why join this session?

We are inviting CLD Standards Council members to take part in this online “Have Your Say” session to:

  • Explore the proposed revised guidance together
  • Share your professional insights, experiences, and concerns
  • Identify where the role, contribution and impact of CLD practitioners could be strengthened
  • Influence how CLD is described and valued within the Code

While CLD roles are referenced in places, we want to collectively consider whether:

  • The visibility of CLD practitioners is strong enough
  • The language used to describe our sector is clear, consistent and accurate
  • The full contribution of CLD to supporting children, young people, families and communities is properly reflected

The importance of your voice

Your experience of working with children, young people and families across communities brings valuable insight that can strengthen this national guidance, and help shape a well-informed, evidence-based response from the CLD Standards Council. Importantly, the feedback gathered from this session will directly inform the formal response submitted by the CLD Standards Council to Scottish Government. The more member voices we hear, the stronger and more representative that response will be.

Who should attend?

This session is open to CLD Standards Council members who want to:

  • Understand the proposed changes to the Code of Practice
  • Contribute their professional perspective to the consultation
  • Help ensure CLD is clearly recognised and strengthened within national policy

Together, we can help ensure that the voice, profile and impact of CLD are clearly visible in this review — for the benefit of the people and communities we support.

Member Meet-up: Growing the Learning Culture – The Next Chapter – Friday 15 May 10am-12pm

At this session we will unveil the refreshed Growing the Learning Culture in CLD (GTLC) strategy

Join us this session as we unveil the refreshed Growing the Learning Culture in CLD (GTLC) strategy—designed for the mid‑21st century and built to support every CLD practitioner.

Discover what’s new and explore the updated online resource. You’ll also have the chance to share your own examples and help shape how GTLC is used across the sector.

Whether you’re a practitioner, manager, volunteer, employer or national organisation supporting CLD —this event is for you!

Join us for a Fresh Look at the Future of CLD Professional Learning!