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 (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 MoreThis quick summary should help you to get started on finding out how your community group can use the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015, a piece of legislation which aims to make it easier for communities to have their voices heard in decisions, shape local services and increase their control of local land and buildings.
Read MoreThe section of the Scottish Government website covering land reform, including legislation and funding enabling communities to buy privately owned land.
Read MoreScottish Community Development Centre (SCDC) has created a frequently asked questions document and webpage on participation requests, which enable community groups to have their voices heard in how services are planned and delivered.
Read MoreThe Scottish Government’s webpage on community empowerment. where you can find government guidance and other support for community asset transfer, participation requests, community councils, participatory budgeting and the Island’s (Scotland) Act 2018 as well as funding for activity in this area.
Read MoreBy making a participation request, a community body can start a formal discussion with public bodies about how to improve local outcomes. This 2-pager introduces participation requests in plain English.
Read MoreThe Scottish Government’s webpage for it’s programme of public service reform. Includes introductory information on the Local Governance Review, Community Planning, Open Government Partnership and the Children and Young People Improvement Collaborative.
Read MoreScotland’s National Outcomes are contained in the National Performance Framework. The Scottish Government's National Outcomes are a set of broad ambitions around making Scotland better for everyone who lives here. Some third sector organisations have used the National Performance Framework (NPF) in their work, and it could be useful for measuring your own progress, evidencing your imact and in funding applications.
Read MoreSocial Enterprise Scotland provides guidance, information and networking opportunities for social enterprises in Scotland.
Read MoreCommunity Map Scotland is a software project to help your community build a Local Place Plan.
Read MoreThis resource is for third sector organisations and those who fund or commission third sector organisations seeking to understand how the sector contributes to tackling health inequalities. It includes step by step guides, examples and templates for how to realistically show your contribution to outcomes at a societal level.
Read MoreThis toolkit helps you to measure the impact of existing work on social capital, health and wellbeing, to think about your outcomes and develop new ideas. It includes a range of tools and templates to assist you with logic modelling, weekly diaries, recognised measures of mental health and questionnaires.
Read MoreDesigned by Youth Scotland for groups working with young people, the Mini-Evaluation Pack contains an overall framework and specific exercises to help effectively evaluate a project over time.
Read MoreHow good is our third sector organisation? (HGIOTSO) is a self-evaluation resource created to support third sector organisations of all sizes to evaluate their performance and to identify priorities for action.
Read MoreEvaluation Support Scotland (ESS) works with voluntary organisations and funders so that they can measure and report on their impact.
Read MoreA step-by-step guide to evaluating community projects published by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) back in 2005, based on work with 20 groups and projects across England and Wales.
Read MoreThis online search tool enables you to search for local voluntary organisations across Scotland based on names, keywords, locations and activities.
Read MoreEvidence for Success is a series of guides which support you to engage with evidence in different ways to influence policy and practice and to improve your own work with your communities
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