Report on Local Authority Community Learning and Development Budget Allocation
As a member-led organisation, the mission of the Community Learning and Development (CLD) Standards Council is to support the development of high standards of professional practice and work with our members to be a voice for the CLD profession.
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Report for 2025/26
This report begins to identify emerging trends around budget and resource allocations across the 31 local authorities who responded to the request for information in relation to support for local authority planning and decision making for CLD.
We offer sincere thanks to the Local Authority Officers who gathered and willingly shared their information. This report would not have been possible without your support.
Report for 2024/25
This report begins to identify emerging trends around budget and resource allocations across the 31 local authorities who responded to the request for information in relation to support for local authority planning and decision making for CLD.
We offer sincere thanks to the Local Authority Officers who gathered and willingly shared their information. This report would not have been possible without your support.
Report for 2023/24
In April 2023 the Community Learning and Development (CLD) Standards Council wrote to all thirty-two Local Authorities seeking financial information on the resources allocated to support the implementation of statutory CLD Strategic Plans. This report is intended to present, for the first time, a data informed overview of CLD Local Authority budgets in Scotland. Whilst there are caveats and limitations to the scope of this exercise, nonetheless the findings will inform discussions with Scottish Ministers in the development of CLD policy and support Local Authority planning and decision making for CLD.