Working Together to Improve Lives: The Shetland Partnership

When people and organisations work together, much more can be achieved than when they work separately. That is the simplest way of describing why we have the Shetland Partnership, and to explain what community planning is all about.

Shetland is a geographically isolated community and while this presents many challenges, it also offers opportunities. If we work together we can build on our strengths to improve our daily lives, our sense of well-being and contentment, and our future. The Shetland Partnership wants to do just that and show what a caring, joined-up community can achieve.

• Shetland Islands Council responsible for education, social care, housing, roads and transport, waste and recycling, as well as parks, libraries and leisure
• Shetland Charitable Trust, a charity set up to benefit the people of Shetland, managing and distributing funds in support of local wellbeing and development
• NHS Shetland and the Health and Social Care Partnership helping us live healthier lives and providing help and support whenever we need it
• Hjaltland Housing Association building new homes to rent, and maintaining and upgrading established stock
• Highlands and Islands Enterprise, working with businesses and communities of all sizes to help them develop and grow
• UHI Shetland offering apprenticeship, college and university education and qualifications, helping students to take their next steps
• Skills Development Scotland, supporting people to develop and apply their skills for career management from school, into further learning and employment
• Police Scotland and the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service keeping us safe, secure and resilient
• Shetland Amenity Trust celebrating and preserving nature, culture and all aspects of our shared heritage
• Historic Environment Scotland looking after the past, making sure it is understood and shared for the benefit of today and the future
• ZetTrans working to create the best transport links we can have within the islands and beyond
• Voluntary Action Shetland supporting, representing and developing community and voluntary action in Shetland
• Scottish Environment Protection Agency protecting the environment and human health, and NatureScot improving, maintaining and inspiring everyone to care about our natural environment
• Shetland Arts, placing the arts at the heart of Shetland, to educate, promote, support and develop the practice and enjoyment of the arts by all
• Sport Scotland and Shetland Recreational Trust supporting active, healthy lives at all levels
• Visit Scotland helping bring people into the islands to experience the best aspects of our home