This document is a guide for managers and curriculum leaders of adult and community learning (ACE) programs in the United Kingdom who need to take a strategic approach to their program's curriculum and build internal organization and partnerships. The introduction discusses the aims and components of the overlapping strands of ACE provision (broad open-access curriculum, national priority provision, and community development/community capacity building) and lists factors driving curriculum change. The following topics are among those discussed in the guide's seven sections: (1) taking a strategic approach to developing a curriculum that provides adults with a full range of learning opportunities and implementing strategies for curriculum improvement; (2) supporting and developing staff; (3) developing a learner-led curriculum; (4) supporting learners; (5) widening participation; (6) building the curriculum (bringing in new learners, learner pathways and progression, moving on and staying put, planning for progression, facilitating progression, and working with levels); and (7) understanding the range of approaches to curriculum leadership. A discussion of curriculum leadership and the Common Inspection Framework is appended, along with the North East Lincolnshire Community Learning Service Area of Learning file. Case studies, staff development exercises, a checklist for curriculum leaders, a 35-item bibliography, and list of 7 World Wide Web sites are included. (MN)