DAIWA Anglo Japanese Research

Exchange Visit14 November 2005

• Scotland’s 4th City

• Population – 145,000

• Collapse of manufacturing jobs

• Out-migration

• High rates of poverty

• High quality suburbs

• Highest % of students

• Bio-Tec research

• Digital Media initiatives

• Regional centre

• City of contrasts

Dundee

Proportion of different social groups by local authority

Angus Perth & Kinross

Dundee City

1&2 (affluent)

3,4,5 (average)

6&7 (deprived)

Community Planning Challenges

• Significant level of poverty (48% in CRF)

• High number of students (9.9% of ec.act.)

• Dense urbanisation

• Private sector landlords

• City Centre issues

• Peripheral estate issues

• Vacant homes – 1406 ( 6.5%)

Social challenges

• Significant levels of drugs misuse

• Comparatively high rates of crime

• High rates of child protection enquiries

• Poor educational outcomes

• Teenage conception rates particularly high

EducationWaste

ManagementSocialWork

Housing CommunitiesLeisure& Arts

Planning &Transportation

ChiefExecutive

Main Service Departments

Dundee City Council

Communities Department

• Community Regeneration / Social Inclusion Partnerships• Community Safety

• Decentralisation / Neighbourhood Management Initiative• Equality Action

• Partnerships with voluntary & community organisations• Health Development

• Children & Young People• The Central Library, Community Libraries & Learning Teams

• Literacies Initiative• Community Centres and Projects

• Outdoor Activities

Purpose

• To bring the Council closer to its communities and to promote community learning and development

Goals

• Support the active informed citizen

• Promote community regeneration

Strategic Priorities

• increasing citizen participation

• securing positive, challenging contact with young people

• developing local community centres and libraries

• building partnerships with the voluntary organisations and community groups

• delivering community learning

Dundee Community Plan

City Council Corporate Plan

Service Plans

LocalCommunity

Plans

Planning Relationships

Community Planning Themes

ECONOMYLIFELONGLEARNING

SOCIALINCLUSION

DUNDEES’ENVIRONMENT

COMMUNITYSAFETY

HEALTH & CARE

ACTIVECITIZENSHIP

NEIGHBOURHOOD PARTNERSHIP NETWORK MAP

NEIGHBOURHOOD PARTNERSHIP NETWORKS• Council Departments• Partner Agencies

THE COMMUNITY• Individuals• Community groups• Representative Structures• Community networks

COMMUNITY PLANNING PARTNERS• Dundee City Council• Tayside NHS Board• Tayside Police/Fire Brigade• Communities Scotland• Scottish Enterprise Tayside• Voluntary Sector Representatives • Private Sector• Further Education

CommunitiesOfficers

Local community planning

Summary

• Local government faces significant challenges

• Strong community engagement with government

• Good range of services, with some very interesting and well developed examples

• City Council ‘base-level’ provision has been enhanced significantly as a response to needs

• The city cannot afford the current level of services

• Tensions between local gov. and central gov.

Dundee City