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Plans, reports and inspections
This page brings together our CLD plans, annual reports, progress reports and inspection reports.
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CLD Progress Report Evaluation 2026
This document contains Orkney’s 2026 progress and evaluation report for the Community Learning and Development Partners Plan 2024–2027. It reviews work during 2025–2026 across sustainable development, cost of living, local equality, health and wellbeing, and workforce development. Of 19 actions, nine were completed, nine were on track and one was partly completed. It also outlines unmet needs, partnership strengths, areas for improvement and updates to the plan for 2026–2027.
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CLD Plan 2024 27 leaflet 2026 update
This document contains the year two review of Orkney’s Community Learning and Development Partners Plan 2024–2027, covering progress from September 2025 to September 2026. It outlines work across sustainable development, cost of living, local equality, health and wellbeing, and workforce development. Of 19 actions, nine are complete, nine are on track and one is partly complete. It also lists unmet needs, including affordable childcare, family learning, tenant participation and climate-related work.
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CLD Partners Plan 2026 update
This document contains the 2026 update to Orkney’s Community Learning and Development (CLD) Partners Plan for 2024–27. It sets out partnership actions through September 2027 to expand youth and adult learning, support climate activities, involve communities in decisions, improve health and wellbeing, raise awareness of CLD, develop the workforce and improve shared data. It also identifies needs that may not be met because of limited resources, including tenant participation, a family learning strategy and more affordable childcare.
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CLD Plan 2024-27 Leaflet (2025 update)
This document contains the year one review of Orkney’s Community Learning and Development Partners Plan 2024–27, covering progress from September 2024 to September 2025. Of 25 actions, 10 are complete, nine are on target and six are partly complete. The plan covers sustainable development, the cost of living, local equality, health and wellbeing, and workforce development, including youth work, adult learning and community support. It also outlines unmet needs, updates remaining actions and adds three new priorities.
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CLDE Annual Report 2024-25
This document contains Orkney Islands Council’s Community Learning, Development and Employability annual report for 2024-25. It summarises adult and family learning, employability support, youth services and work with communities, including courses, qualifications, youth clubs, awards, events and partnership planning. Highlights include 1,338 children and young people engaged, 121 people supported through employability services, £671,482 in additional funding secured and 385 nationally recognised awards achieved, alongside challenges from short-term funding, staffing and resources.
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Orkney CLD Partners Plan 2024-27 (2025 update)
This document contains the 2025 update to Orkney’s Community Learning and Development Partners Plan for 2024 to 2027. It sets out joint actions to support community groups, youth and adult learning, people facing disadvantage, health and wellbeing, and a skilled workforce. It also outlines targets, lead partners and ways to measure progress, while recognising unmet needs including affordable childcare, tenant participation, family learning and climate action.
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CLD Plan 2025 Review and Evaluation
This document contains Orkney’s 2025 progress and evaluation report for the Community Learning and Development Partners Plan 2024–2027. It reviews work across sustainable development, cost of living, equality, health and wellbeing, and workforce development, reporting that 10 of 25 actions are complete, nine are on target and six are partly complete. It also highlights unmet needs, partnership strengths and areas for improvement, and explains how findings have shaped the updated plan for the remaining two years.
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CLD Progress Visit Report - 23 April 2024
This document contains Education Scotland’s April 2024 review of community learning and development in Orkney. It finds strong leadership, partnership working and positive outcomes for learners and communities, including improved access to learning, volunteering and employment. It also identifies areas for improvement, including involving community groups more in planning, measuring overall impact and expanding adult accreditation. Inspectors found sufficient progress and will take no further action.
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Training Subgroup Report 2026
This document contains the Strategic Community Learning Group Training Subgroup Report 2026, covering a training needs survey and activity from September 2023 to March 2026. Mental health awareness was the main request, alongside digital skills, disability awareness, planning, conflict resolution and other topics; most people preferred face-to-face, daytime training during the week. The partnership organised 22 sessions for 234 people, including nine mental health sessions, and supported 18 food-related qualifications, while three planned sessions were cancelled.
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Education Scotland Inspection Reports(opens in new tab)