PLACE GUIDE: A PROCESS FOR IMPROVED PLACE-BASED DECISION MAKING SCOTTISH FUTURES TRUST


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Understanding the Place approach


Process 2 Confirming


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Confirming Place


purpose 3


Determining Place resources & governance


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Defining current Place


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Programming activities for future Place


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Partnering to deliver future Place


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Progressing ideas for future Place


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Describing future Place


What is this for? Place purpose


What do we want to do in this Place, and why?


Place Framework: Place Narrative


This step focuses on understanding and articulating the purpose of the proposed Place approach for the relevant issues and challenge. That is, understanding and being able to articulate the benefits of doing things through a Place approach rather than individual organisations or programmes.


There are many triggers for applying this kind of approach: • Mechanism for consulting on Place investment options


• A service change affecting people across a geography, (incl digital technology)


• Change of asset e.g. sale, repurpose or demolition, new build, or estate rationalisation


But in defining motivations further, those leading a Place approach should detail ‘why we are doing it this way’ and the ‘desired outcomes’ through early conversations with the responsible officers and agencies initiating the change.


They should be using the Place Investment Framework narrative prompts:


1. Why is change needed?


• What kind of place is this? The current lived experience of a place. How a place sees itself– its issues, challenges, and opportunities.


• Why does it need to change? What is most important to that place and why. Their priorities and the different outcomes that are necessary.


• What should the future be? A different scenario for that place. Their hopes and aspirations, and their key criteria for success.


2. Where do things need to change?


• What are the defining features? The key physical aspects of a place. How the built and natural environment shape local possibilities.


• Where are the greatest needs? Locate those areas and communities with the greatest inequality that need support, resources and investment.


• How are assets used? The range of assets in a place and the services they provide to their communities.


3. What changes will make a difference?


• What is currently going on? The range of current activities underway across communities and their connections.


• What is currently planned? The pipeline of current commitments and the changes under active consideration across stakeholders.


• What needs to happen? Target the gaps that need to be filled, highlight plans that needs to be challenged, their order of doing, and by whom.


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