Community Land Scotland
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Community Land Scotland supports community land ownership, and is a good source of support if your community group is interested in aquiring privately owned land.
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Highlands and Islands Enterprise
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Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) is the economic and community development agency for the north and west of Scotland. It provides support to community organisations, focusing on areas such as inclusive growth, sustainability, partnership, community development and social enterprise.
Read MorePlanning Aid Scotland
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Planning Aid Scotland (PAS), and the resources it offers, can help your group get involved in shaping the development of land, villages, towns and cities by engaging more easily with the planning system.
Read MoreSocial Enterprise Scotland
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Social Enterprise Scotland provides guidance, information and networking opportunities for social enterprises in Scotland.
Read MoreEvaluation Support Scotland
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Evaluation Support Scotland (ESS) works with voluntary organisations and funders so that they can measure and report on their impact.
Read MoreScottish Community Development Centre
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Scottish Community Development Centre offers resources, guides, networks and a range of training and development support to community organisations and people working with communities across Scotland.
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Scottish Community Alliance
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Scottish Community Alliance (SCA) is a coalition of community based, national networks and intermediaries – each one representing a different aspect of Scotland’s diverse community sector. SCA manages the Community Learning Exhange, which provides funding for community organisations to visit other groups in order to learn from each other and share ideas and approaches.
Read MoreAccelerate
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Accelerate offers business support for community based organisations who have little or no trading experience but wish to expand this aspect of their operation.
Read MoreThe Woodland Trust
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The Woodland Trust website contains various resources that can help your community group to promote enjoyment and use of woodland.
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Just Enterprise
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Just Enterprise is a programme designed to help sustain, develop and grow social enterprises and enterprising charities in Scotland.
Read MoreCreative Lives
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Creative Lives’ website contains advice for creative groups, research and case studies and opportunities for funding and to get involved. There’s some useful information on getting started as a creative group, as well as a Creativity Map to place your activity on alongside other creative groups in Scotland and the wider British Isles
Read MoreScottish Civic Trust
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The Scottish Civic Trust aims to help people connect to their built heritage and civic spaces and take a leading role in guiding their development.
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