Working in partnership
Your group and your community will benefit from closer working with other groups and organisations. The following resources should help you to work in partnership with a range of different bodies to the mutual benefit of all.
Wellbeing Economy Alliance Scotland is the Scottish hub of the Wellbeing Economy Alliance. It aims to want to see Scotland's economy reprogrammed so it puts people and planet first.
Scottish Communities for Health and Wellbeing (SCHW) is a coming together of 74 community-led organisations across Scotland supporting health and wellbeing in their communities.
Participation requests are a way for communities to work with public bodies to make services better. This resource pack contains a range of guides, tools and templates to help you understand the participation request process, the language and terms that are used, and the process involved.
If your group is working to improve public services, it may help to know about human learning systems, an alternative approach to public management which embraces the complexity of the real world, and enables us to work effectively in that complexity.
SURF provides a network, shared learning, events and online resources for community regeneration in Scotland. Their website contains useful information on Covid-19, the cost of living, 20-minute neighbourhoods, community wealth building and more.
Scottish Rural Action is a platform for rural and island Scotland and works with members and partners to build a rural movement connecting rural communities with each other and with policticians and decision-makers. Amongst many other things, the SRA delivers the biennial Scottish Rural and Islands Parliament
Through the Ideas Fund, community groups can apply for Community Grants to work with researchers to explore issues important to them.
Community Knowledge Matters is a network bringing together people interested in community-led research shaping practice & policy change in mental health and wellbeing in the Highlands & Islands and beyond.
CHEX promotes and supports community-led health, a way for people in a community to take joint action to improve things for their community, leading to improved health and wellbeing and helping to address health inequalities. Most community-led activity fits this description, and CHEX welcomes any interested community groups to join its network and take advantage of resources, support and other opportunities on offer. CHEX also provides a searchable database of community-led health organisations.
The Community Wellbeing Exchange is a funded programme enabling community organisations to buy mental health and wellbeing focused activities from social enterprises. It provides a menu of over 170 activities that you may be interested in whether or not you are part of the programme.