Resources dedicated to regenerating communities in Scotland over this and the next two years include:£137 million for 47 Social Inclusion Partnerships to tackle disadvantage and exclusion in deprived communities and amongst excluded groups.£10 million for the Working for Communities programme, providing additional support for new ways of giving local people more influence over the delivery of local services;£3 million for the Listening to Communities programme, sharing best practice on involving the community in regeneration and providing training to support community participation.£26 million for New Community Schools, which is a radical initiative in Scotland to modernise schools, raise attainment and promote social inclusion, the focus of which is on the pupil and his or her family - addressing needs in the round.This investment should be seen in the context of our wider commitment that tackling social exclusion will be a priority of all Ministers in the Scottish Executive.