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Strengthening Standards: Improving the Quality of Community Learning and Development Service Delivery Report of the Short Life Task Group Chaired by Professor Ted Milburn CBE Published January 2006  Contents Foreword 3 Preface 4 Conclusion and Summary of Recommendations 6 Policy and Practice Context 8 Rationale and Purpose 11 Functions 14 Governance 27 Annex 1 Implementation Issues 30 Annex 2 List of Members 33 Annex 3 Glossary 34  Foreword I am delighted to present this report, giving recommendations of the Short Life Task Group. This report carries the full agreement and support of all members of the Group. I would like to thank all the members who have enthusiastically contributed to the work of the Short Life Task Group, bringing exceptional experience and breadth of professional judgment to its work. The Short Life Task Group members were : Ian Ball, David Bottomley, Sue Bruce, Celia Carson, Derek Crichton, Philomena de Lima, Phil Denning, Anne Grindley, Rona Gunnell MBE, Iain Hair, Pete Hamilton, Maureen Mallon, Stewart Murdoch, Bridget McConnell, Felicity McLelland, Clive Rowlands and Jayne Stuart. The Group was supported by Anne Jackson and Colin Ross of Learning Connections, Communities Scotland. A full list of the membership of the Short Life Task Group and the current post of each member is given as Annex 2 to the report. My thanks also to colleagues in CeVe who have maintained their role and the work of the Community Education Validation and Endorsement Committee during this time of transition. Professor Ted Milburn CBE January 2005  Preface The announcement to establish a Short Life Task Group (SLTG), chaired by Professor Ted Milburn CBE was made by the Deputy Minister for Communities, Mary Mulligan, in May 2004. The remit of this SLTG was to give advice to Ministers regarding the establishment of a practitioner-led body respon