Guidance Notes and Best Practice Guides
ScotGov: A new guide to help more visitor attractions & events planners showcase the very best of Scotland's mouth-watering larder was unveiled last week. A Taste for Events offers simple & expert advice to anyone organising an event in Scotland, plus it provides contacts for local food groups, farmers' markets, professional caterers and certification schemes.
The guide aims to build on the momentum created by the Scottish Government's national food & drink policy, 'Recipe for Success' and the Homecoming celebrations, which have both helped increase awareness of Scottish produce.
Ministers have also announced that a year focusing on Scotland's food & drink will be launched in 2010. A food & visitor attractions summit will be held in April 2010. A provenance toolkit will also shortly be rolled out to visitor attractions in partnership with the Association of Scottish Visitor Attractions.
Ministers have also announced that a year focusing on Scotland's food & drink will be launched in 2010. A food & visitor attractions summit will be held in April 2010. A provenance toolkit will also shortly be rolled out to visitor attractions in partnership with the Association of Scottish Visitor Attractions.
Press release ~ A Taste for Events ~ Scotland's National Food and Drink Policy ~ Scotland Food & DrinkAssociation of Scottish Visitor Attractions ~ Scottish Tourism Forum (STF) ~ 'Year of Food and Drink' to Sustain Scotland's 'Homecoming' Success
DH: A new internet application, which will allow local trusts to monitor & respond to trends in infant mortality & life expectancy to tackle health inequalities, was launched recently.
The toolkit enables those areas with the worst health & deprivation – the Spearhead areas - to achieve both the life expectancy and infant mortality objectives within the national health inequalities target.
The toolkit enables those areas with the worst health & deprivation – the Spearhead areas - to achieve both the life expectancy and infant mortality objectives within the national health inequalities target.
The newly announced infant mortality tool will allow the NHS and partners to see the risk factors that are driving their infant mortality rates and help them to plan how best to reduce them.
Press release ~ Improved version of the Health Inequalities Intervention Toolkit (includes infant mortality tool) ~ Marmot review: Fair Society, Healthy Lives ~ Third Sector Strategic Partner Programme ~ Association of Public Health Observatories (PHOs)
QCDA: New Shakespeare assessments for 11-14 year olds were launched last week at the world famous Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre. This new teaching & assessment initiative, launched by The Qualifications & Curriculum Development Agency (QCDA) and Schools Minister, Diana Johnson, is called Active Shakespeare: Capturing Evidence of Learning.
The RSC has recently launched its own publication aimed at KS2 & KS3 teachers called The RSC Shakespeare Toolkit for Teachers. Focusing on 3 of Shakespeare's most popular texts (Macbeth, Romeo & Juliet and A Midsummer Night's Dream), the toolkit adapts RSC rehearsal room approaches for use in the classroom.
It is part of the ongoing legacy of the RSC's Stand Up For Shakespeare campaign which aims to get more children & young people Seeing Shakespeare Live, Starting Shakespeare Earlier and Doing Shakespeare on their Feet.
Press release ~ QCDA guidance materials: Active Shakespeare: Capturing Evidence of Learning ~ Globe Education ~ Shakespeare Toolkit for Teachers ~ RSC's Stand Up For Shakespeare campaign
DCSF: Teachers, youth workers and children’s social workers will receive new guidance to help them spot the signs of gang activity, Schools Minister Vernon Coaker has announced.
The guidance - Safeguarding children and young people who may be affected by gang activity – is intended to help all professionals working with children & young people by highlighting signs to look out for such as anti-social & aggressive behaviour, permanent exclusions and substance misuse.
The guidance - Safeguarding children and young people who may be affected by gang activity – is intended to help all professionals working with children & young people by highlighting signs to look out for such as anti-social & aggressive behaviour, permanent exclusions and substance misuse.
The 'Count Me In: Together We Can Stop Knife Crime' campaign started this week supported by Families Utd, representing the families of victims of knife crime. It will see ministers & families involved in Families Utd visiting schools across the country and urging young people to join the campaign to end knife crime.
Press release ~ Safeguarding children and young people who may be affected by gang activity ~ Families Utd ~ Safer School Partnerships
AC: The Audit Commission's new Codes of Audit Practice for local government and NHS bodies have been approved by Parliament. The Codes determine the nature, level & scope of local audit work and provide the framework within which independent professional auditors provide assurance on the stewardship and use of public money.
Separate Codes for local government and the NHS reflect the different accounting, corporate governance and performance management frameworks in the two. They both have to be updated every 5 years.
