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WELCOME TO VOCAL Tuesday, 03 January 2012

VOCAL acts as the voice for culture and leisure managers in Scotland and a range of key partners. In addition to promoting the activities of these services, as an association of senior managers, VOCAL aims to promote the development of policy and strategy, provide opportunities for networking and promote best practice. The strength of the Association is ultimately determined by the number of people who join VOCAL and work towards achieving a common set of goals.

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ABOUT LEISURE AND CULTURE

ANNUAL CONFERENCE

EXAMPLES OF GOOD PRACTICE

Culture

Sport, Recreation & physical activity

Local Government Views on Future Spending Plans
and use of Alternative Service Delivery Vehicles

Essential reading

A Commonwealth Games Legacy Skills Development Plan for the Sport and Recreation sector

Legacy Skill Plan

Legacy Skills Report

VOCAL SEMINAR

'Where next?': Finding new ways to address the challenges for culture and sport

October 2010
SEMINAR PRESENTATIONS

Choices for Change encourages local authorities to explore alternative options of service delivery and business models. The toolkit has been designed to help local authorities make decisions about how they deliver locally in a 'cuts climate'.

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Culture and Sport in Scotland’s Local Authorities 2011

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Click for a copy of the summary report

VOCAL - The Way Forward

Executive summary of VOCAL’s recent organisational review

The document is available for download

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HOW TO JOIN

Rod Stone was awarded Honorary Member status at the VOCAL AGM in November 2011 following his retirement from Aberdeenshire Council

VOCAL undertook a survey to update the Ekos work from 2010 which provided a useful analysis of the views of local government prior to the last budget round of the likely impact on culture and sport, and also the trends in
relation to alternative service delivery vehicles to deliver culture and sport. The VOCAL survey will become an annual survey of members to inform the work of VOCAL and its ability to speak authoritatively about the status
of local culture and sport services in Scotland. The 2011 survey has been very useful for understanding how senior mangers anticipate that their services are going to be affected by budget cuts and whether culture and
sport are going to be disproportionately hit in this budget round. All VOCAL members are encouraged to participate in the survey annually. A summary of the findings is available for download.

Culture and Sport in Scotland’s Local Authorities

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