Glasgow Community Planning (GCP) Ltd supports Community Planning across Glasgow. The South West Area team are part of a complement of around 70 staff working for the company, both in a central support team and in five Area Teams located across the city. Glasgow Community Planning Ltd supports the Glasgow Community Planning Partnership by means of a Service Level Agreement.

The key functions and responsibilities of Glasgow Community Planning Ltd include:

City Wide Level

• supporting city-wide services to work together to provide better public services
• the central management of relevant programmes and funding allocations
• co-ordinating the implementation of the city's allocation of Fairer Scotland Fund investment and overseeing progress toward agreed objectives and outcomes
• developing city-wide programmes, such as those relating to worklessness and addictions
• managing the incorporated body on behalf of the Glasgow CPP including the central
• management of finance, monitoring, Human Resources, Information Technology and marketing activity

• co-ordinating Local Community Planning Partnership activity and overseeing targeted regeneration work
• managing area-based funding allocations
• facilitating joint working arrangements and joint planning among local Community Planning Partnership partners
• working with local residents and representative bodies to foster more effective community engagement within the community planning process

• developing a Local Strategy and associated action plans in line with the main Glasgow Community Planning Partnership priorities
• managing and monitoring of local Fairer Scotland Fund investment