Co-operate is part of the Co-operative Group, and is a website providing information to help local community groups across the UK in their activities, and also for people to find relevant local groups. The website includes a ‘how to’ section with guides to funding, finding a venue, planning activities, getting started and more.
Read MoreAmnesty International’s website has useful information on a whole range of issues to do with human rights, including how they work in the UK and how they relate to coronavirus and climate change.
Read MoreRural Social Enterprise Hub works to support rural social enterprises, providing learning materials, research, a peer network, events, a policy library and even a global directory of rural social enterprises.
Read MoreThe Local Governance Review aims to find out what changes are needed to encourage a more local, participatory and inclusive democracy in Scotland.
Read MoreHealth Issues in the Community (HIIC) is a course that helps people understand what affects their health and the health of their communities.
Read MoreThe Planning (Scotland) Act was passed in July 2019 and makes changes to how land is developed and used. The Act sets out a new way for communities to feed into the planning system called local place plans (LPPs). LPPs will be prepared by communities and will highlight local priorities for development.
Read MoreThe Community Justice (Scotland) Act 2016 creates opportunities for community organisations to participate in the development of Community Justice Outcomes Improvement Plans.
Read MoreAs part of the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014, community organisations that represent the interests of children and young people should be consulted as part of the preparation of Children’s Services Plans.
Read MoreThis discussion paper from the Scottish Government provides ideas and imagined examples of what more local decision-making could look like in Scotland.
Read MoreFind out how changes in how health and social care are organised in Scotland have presented opportunities for community organisations working in this area.
Read MoreAccording to research, around one in four children in Scotland lives in poverty. The Child Poverty Act and other Scottish Government initiatives have been put in place to try and address this.
Read MoreKnowledge is Power is a programme to support community-led action research. It provides a toolkit with guides, methods and ideas to support community groups to carry out and use their own research.
Read MoreCo-production describes a relationship between service providers and service user that draws on the knowledge, ability and resources of both to develop better services. The Scottish Co-production Network aims to develop practice around co-production in Scotland, and is free and open to anyone who is interested in co-production in Scotland.
Read MoreCommunity Development Alliance Scotland is a member organisation that brings together networks and organisations in Scotland and beyond to promote policy and practice that supports community development.
Read MoreCommunity capacity building means supporting communities to achieve the changes they want to see. This animated video from Scottish Community Development Centre explains how this is done and why it is needed.
Read MoreIf there are local or national plans and strategies being developed which you feel could be stronger when it comes to addressing inequality, it may be worth looking into how the Fairer Scotland Duty could apply.
Read MoreWe highlight three ways that your community group can get involved in participatory budgteting…
Read MoreParticipatory budgeting is a way for people to directly vote on how local money should be spent. PB Scotland acts as a hub for sharing and learning about PB across Scotland. It provides updates on events, policy and resources relevant to PB in Scotland, and profiles good examples of PB in action.
Read MoreWhatever stage you are at, you could do worse than get in touch with your local organisation that supports voluntary organisations (sometimes called third sector interfaces) to ask about what support is on offer. The Scottish Government provides contact details for TSIs across Scotland.
Read MoreThe Community Ownership Support Service (COSS) has been funded by the Scottish Government to support community based groups in Scotland take a stake in or ownership of previously publicly owned land or buildings.
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