ASB OA – Antisocial Behaviour Outcome Agreement
An agreement linking Scottish Executive funding to tackle antisocial behaviour to the achievement of specific outcomes. All thirty two Community Planning Partnerships must submit an ASB OA to the Scottish Executive.
BNSF – Better Neighbourhood Services Fund
A £120 million fund which operated from 2002 to 2005 in twelve Pathfinder areas across Scotland. The Fund was intended to demonstrate how the provision of better services can help narrow the gap between disadvantaged communities and the wider population
CPP – Community Planning Partnership
Community Planning Partnerships are the bodies that bring together all the partners and local communities to manage Community Planning in a local authority area. Local authorities have a statutory duty to lead this process.
CRF – Community Regeneration Fund
All thirty two Community Planning Partnerships were allocated a share of the £318 million annual Community Regeneration Fund for 2005 to 2008. The allocation was made primarily on the basis of need as measured by the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation. The fund is intended to deliver improvements that meet the Scottish Executive’s community regeneration priorities of: building strong, safe and attractive communities; getting people back into work; improving health; raising educational attainment; and engaging young people. The CRF replaces the Better Neighbourhood Services Fund and the Social Inclusion Partnerships.
OA – Outcome Agreements
Agreements formed between local partners and government linked to the achievement of specific local outcomes within a national framework.
ROA – Regeneration Outcome Agreement
An outcome agreement specific to regeneration activity funded by the Community Regeneration Fund, mainstream services and other targeted expenditure. All Community Planning Partners were required to submit a ROA to Communities Scotland by the end of 2004.
SIMD – Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation
This measures the levels of relative deprivation across the whole of Scotland. It contains information on current income levels, employment, health, housing, education, access to services and telecommunications. Data is available at data zone level.
SIPs – Social Inclusion Partnerships
Partnerships of local public, voluntary, community and private sector representatives whose job was to tackle social exclusion in disadvantaged communities and among disadvantaged groups such as minority ethnic people. Forty eight area based SIPs and thirteen thematic SIPs were set up during the period 1999 to 2005.
