How well does CLD help the community to develop?
Overall community groups are very well supported and those involved are skilled and confident. Young people and adults are active and influential at local level, however, new community planning structures are being set up and community groups are unsure of their role in the new structures. Youth Action Groups are helping to improve the image of young people in the local community. The CLDS Bellsmyre Youth Action Group has carried out two projects to show that young people can have a positive impact on their community. A bingo evening and a ‘hot water bottle’ giveaway resulted in 200 residents receiving a hot water bottle to help keep them warm in the winter. The project has broken down barriers between young people and older people in the area. Almost all young people involved have gained improved communication skills, and confidence. Young people in the Phoenix Youth Group Environmental Project were supported by CLDS to carry out a community consultation in the Castlehill area to iden
