Glasgow Community Planning (GCP) Ltd supports Community Planning across Glasgow. The West Area team are part of a complement  of around 70 staff working for the company, both in a central support team and in several Area Teams located across the city. GCP Ltd supports the Glasgow Community Planning Partnership by means of a Service Level Agreement. The key functions and responsibilities of GCP 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 equalities
• managing the incororporated body on behalf of the Glasgow CPP including the central management of finance, monitoring, HR, IT and marketing activity

Area Wide Level

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

Local Level

• developing a Local Strategy and associated action plans in line with the main Glasgow CPP priorities
• management and monitoring of local Fairer Scotland Fund investment