LTS (now Education Scotland) in conjunction with Community Learning & Development Managers Scotland commissioned Blake Stevenson Ltd to undertake research into the impact of Community Learning and Development on national and local outcomes. It looks at the processes of obtaining and using evidence, including:

• provision
• structural issues
• planning processes
• management of information and evidence
• CLD outcomes and links to SOA and national outcomes
• partners
• interesting practice and
• ideas for the future.