An appealing prospect? Opportunity to help develop an appeals process for participation requests

An appealing prospect? Opportunity to help develop an appeals process for participation requests

Scottish Community Development Centre is inviting community groups, third sector organisations and public bodies to express an interest in working with us to consider a potential appeals process for Participation Requests, which were introduced as part of the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015.

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Focus groups to inform the development of a community resource hub at the University of Glasgow

Thank you for taking part in our recent survey regarding a new community resource hub within the new Institute of Health and Wellbeing at the University of Glasgow.

We had more than 75 responses from community organisations across the city and one or two beyond. There was a high degree of interest in using a hub and plenty of ideas for how it should work and what it should contain.

We’re grateful to you for indicating you’d be willing to take part in a focus group to explore the hub in more depth, and would like to invite you to attend an online session.

Please indicate your availability on the below dates and state which date you would prefer.

We will do our best to give everyone their preferred option subject to the levels of interest in each session. We will confirm places as soon as we can and no later than Friday 10th September.

Please let us know if you have any questions, and we look forward to hearing from you.

 

Working Better Together In Place

The Place-based Programme Learning Exchange, a collaboration of national organisations that champion ‘place’ in their practices, has released a report highlighting what works and what doesn’t in place-based approaches.

This report aims to share these key learnings to enhance both the scale and quality of place-based working across Scotland, and draws on over 50 years of combined organisational experience and learning across dozens of urban and rural place settings.

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The role of mutual aid groups during Covid-19

The role of mutual aid groups during Covid-19

This short research report from Glasgow Caledonian University examines the role of ‘mutual aid groups’ during the Covid-19 pandemic. The research explores whether these informal groups set up ‘almost overnight’ at the start of the crisis have complemented, enhanced or, in some cases, undermined more formal emergency responses.

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