The Community Partners Programme was set up by Save the Children in Scotland and Childcare Connections and now involves Community Education's Youth and Children's Work Team.
Stephen McGlinchey, Save the Children development worker, told a childcare strategy seminar organised by the Scottish Out of School Care Network last week that the programme aimed to allow young people to 'develop skills such as decision-making and communication that will enable them to participate in the life of their community'.
Two groups currently operate in south Edinburgh, involving children aged between nine and 13, one based at Kaimes Lockhart Memorial Church, Gracemount, the other at Burdiehouse Primary School.
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