National Standards Support Materials

Communities Scotland has published the National Standards and a range of support materials, prepared by SCDC, that help people to use them.

National Standards Booklet
The National Standards booklet sets out the principles behind the standards, the 10 standards and their associated indicators that help you to judge whether the standards are being met.

Standards Advice Notes

Using the Standards in Rural Communities
This advice note drawn on discussion with practitioners who have applied the National Standards for Community Engagement in remote rural communities.

Making the Standards accessible for Young People
This is an introduction to the standards that was written for work with young people but with minor tweaking could be used with many other groups.

Don't Treat Us All The Same
This advice note has been produced to support people who want to ensure community engagement is inclusive and promotes equal opportunities.

Further notes on engaging with Equalities Groups
These notes draw on the views and experience of participants about engagement with communities of interest and in particular those with a concern about equalities issues.  They are an addition to the advice note "Don't Treat Us All The Same"

Culture or Compliance: Monitoring the use of the National Standards for Community Engagement
This discussion paper describes growing and widespread adoption of the National Standards for Community Engagement in different policy contexts and reflects on the advantages and disadvantages of making them a formal measure of quality assurance.

(last updated 17 September 2009)