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For Challenge Poverty Week this year we have produced a one page newsletter CPW 2025 Newsletter CLD that collates some of our resources to support challenging poverty and promotes our webinar taking place during Challenge Poverty Week itself Read more

Education Scotland are currently offering a secondment as a Development Officer to support the national implementation of the Mentors In Violence Prevention Programme (MVP). Mentors in Violence Prevention (MVP) supports a whole-school approach to gender-based violence prevention. It is a peer education leadership programme in which senior pupils are trained… Read more
We are seeking applications for Education Scotland Associates (ESA) with a specialism in Community Learning and Development (CLD) for roles which will focus on enhancing practice through digital approaches and/or stakeholder engagement. The posts are on a part-time, pro rata basis and will be based throughout Scotland. Base location can… Read more

Following on from our recently published CLD Discussion Paper, which you can find on this blog, can we please invite you to one of these two online sessions. They will be an opportunity to share your perspectives on the discussion paper and how Education Scotland’s support for CLD should develop.… Read more

Education Scotland is please to announce the launch of it’s new Youth Voice Toolkit. This toolkit has been co-designed by practitioners in the formal education, CLD and third sectors. It provides guidance and resources to support those who facilitate youth voice in a meaningful and non-tokenistic way, ensuring that the… Read more
Applications are now live for the seventh cohort of Education Scotland’s Building Racial Literacy programme (close Friday 5th September). The national Building Racial Literacy programme promotes anti-racism as a baseline professional value, empowering educators to identify and implement anti-racist behaviours and processes in their everyday practice. The ultimate goal of… Read more
This programme can support aspiring middle leaders to develop their understanding of the roles of middle leadership and the skills required to carry out the main aspects of these roles. The programme is also suitable for new middle leaders, those in an acting middle leadership role or those who are… Read more
Join us to celebrate 50 years of the Alexander Report and discuss the relevance today for CLD practice. The event will take place on 16th May, 1.00 – 4.00pm, Moray House, University of Edinburgh Agenda will include a keynote address from Lyn Tett, Professor Emerita, University of Edinburgh, input… Read more