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If we focus on early intervention in perinatal and health services, and on getting it right in communities, we hope that, in 10 or 15 years, through the actions that we take and the activities that we put in place now, we will see the benefit of what we do.
In that regard, there has been a big improvement in the regional colleges, as they have much more active student associations that operate at regional level, often getting down to the nuts and bolts of what is and is not working for students.
The Scottish Government also mentioned that a common classification issue is that people classify too many activities as preventative. To get around this, the “primary purpose” principle is applied, where an activity is only classed as preventative if its primary purpose is an...
However, we have a business that works out of Oban on the west coast. We are actively looking at how we target renewable projects on the west coast; with that will come skills development, and we can get people trained up and whatever else.