Scottish Natural Heritage Dualchas Ndair na hAlba Supporting
Scottish Natural Heritage Dualchas Nàdair na h-Alba Supporting schools serving disadvantaged communities to use greenspace for outdoor learning
Scottish Natural Heritage Dualchas Nàdair na h-Alba What I’ll cover ─ ─ ─ What is the project about? Where has it come from? Who will deliver it? How is it being developed? What are the next steps?
Scottish Natural Heritage Dualchas Nàdair na h-Alba What is the project about? ─ ─ ─ Supporting schools serving disadvantaged communities to use greenspace for outdoor learning Target: 100 schools by 2020 Sustainable intervention to help take away barriers to OL Collaborative, co-ordinated effort Leaving a positive legacy beyond 2020
Scottish Natural Heritage Dualchas Nàdair na h-Alba Where has the project come from? - 2020 Challenge for Scotland’s Biodiversity - Route Map to 2020 - Six big steps for nature - Big Step 3: Quality greenspace for health and education benefits - Priority Project 6: Taking Learning Outdoors
Scottish Natural Heritage Dualchas Nàdair na h-Alba Who will deliver the project? ─ ─ ─ co- So much is happening already! A collaboration between organisations and networks already engaged in OL Working together as a ordinated team
Scottish Natural Heritage Dualchas Nàdair na h-Alba How is the project being developed? 2015/16 Scoping exercise 2016/17 Pilot study: W Dunbartonshire Local engagement Partner engagement Project planning & logistics 2017/18 Delivery Year 1 2018/19 Delivery Year 2 2019/20 Delivery Year 3 Reporting & Legacy
Scottish Natural Heritage Dualchas Nàdair na h-Alba Scoping the project: the task ─ Target: ‘ 100 schools in 20% most disadvantaged areas across Scotland have access to quality greenspace for outdoor learning’. ─ Is this achievable? ─ GIS analysis commissioned for schools located within SIMD areas.
Scottish Natural Heritage Dualchas Nàdair na h-Alba
Scottish Natural Heritage Dualchas Nàdair na h-Alba The pilot project: West Dunbartonshire ─ ─ Iterative on-going process Means to test thinking and assess feasibility Means to develop an approach to take to partners Part of the project delivery
Scottish Natural Heritage Dualchas Nàdair na h-Alba Phase 1 – Background preparation Phase 2 – Engaging the target schools Phase 3 – Assessing the resource Phase 4 – Taking action Phase 5 – Monitoring use of the site and evaluation • Step 1 Familiarisation • Step 2 Identify contacts • Step 3 Speak to education contact • Step 4 Gather intelligence • Step 5 Speak to greenspace contact • Step 6 Identify target schools • Step 7 Contact school • Step 8 Meet school • Step 9 Ground truth sites • Step 10 Site evaluation • Step 11 Write action plan • Step 12 Advice and support • Step 13 Monitor and review progress • Step 14 Evaluate
Scottish Natural Heritage Dualchas Nàdair na h-Alba Some key things we have learnt (so far!) ─ Data is not perfect. ─ School estates are changing ─ Some schools were apparently missing from our list. ─ Finding the right people to talk to. ─ Gathering intelligence is time consuming but only way to target the right schools.
Scottish Natural Heritage Dualchas Nàdair na h-Alba
Scottish Natural Heritage Dualchas Nàdair na h-Alba Re-run of GIS analysis from 551 to 693 10 LA = 75% of schools 7 LA = 17% of schools 12 LA = 8% of schools
Scottish Natural Heritage Dualchas Nàdair na h-Alba Partner engagement ─ ─ ─ _ Collaborative project Workshop for partners Follow-up meetings with partners to assess ─Level of interest ─Compatible work currently underway (who, what, where) ─Type of involvement ─Views on logistics Awareness raising
Scottish Natural Heritage Dualchas Nàdair na h-Alba Project planning and logistics In parallel with partner engagement meetings develop: ─ ─ National delivery plan Governance structure Terms of reference Measures of success and reporting
Scottish Natural Heritage Dualchas Nàdair na h-Alba What are the next steps? By end of Dec: ─ Send partners drafts of national delivery plan, governance structure, terms of reference measures of success and reporting ─ Seek indication of commitment By end of March: ─ Finalised project plan documents and set targets ─ Have stakeholders on board
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