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On the 26th of March 2026, Learn North Connect and Reflect Community Learning & Development (CLD) Conference was held in Inverness, for Community Learning and Development (CLD) practitioners delivering learning for community based adult learning, ESOL, adult literacy, youth work, community development and volunteering from strategic managers to practitioners. There… Read more
New Education Scotland Associates (ESAs) in Education Scotland CLD Team – 2025 / end March 2026 During 2025 Education Scotland recruited Education Scotland Associates (ESAs) across the organisation to support and develop key projects. The ESA’s are all CLD practitioners working in the field who joined Education Scotland on… Read more
It was great to get confirmation that the UK will be part of the Erasmus+ programme from 2027. Erasmus+ provides funding to support mobility opportunities for young people and adults to gain international experience and develop skills; and providers to develop partnerships with relevant organisations in different countries. The programme offers fantastic opportunities for… Read more
You’ve probably heard the quote ‘There is nothing permanent, except change.’ It was apparently first used by the Greek philosopher Heraclitus in around 500 BCE, so its definitely a phrase that’s got legs and it seems as relevant as ever today. Over the past year or two, we’ve been invited… Read more
We have released new dates for PL on the Youth Voice Toolkit. Find more information in our events area or sign up directly at the links below: Youth Voice Toolkit: Professional Learning 19/02/26 | Events | Education Scotland Youth Voice Toolkit: Professional Learning 12/03/26 | Events | Education Scotland The… Read more
Throughout 2025, we’ve been exploring what the changes at Education Scotland (ES) should mean for our CLD support. These discussions have been extremely helpful in shaping our plans and CLD stakeholders have encouraged us to continue to engage with them as the refocused ES takes shape. In August, we published… Read more
We have released new dates for PL on the Youth Voice Toolkit. Find more information in our events area or sign up directly at the links below: Youth Voice Toolkit: Professional Learning (November) Tickets, Wed, Nov 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM | Eventbrite Youth Voice Toolkit: Professional Learning (December) Tickets,… Read more
The Scottish Men’s Shed Association (SMSA) charity was constitutionally formed on the 30th September 2014 and officially launched in November 2015 with the aim of helping new and existing groups to set up and run a Men’s Shed in their local community across Scotland. The Scottish Men’s Sheds Association (SMSA)… Read more
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
