Hear the latest news and information about community development and our work.
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.
Read MoreFind out about SCDC’s programme of activities to increase community awareness and skills around Participation Requests, including advice, resources and the development of an appeals mechanism.
Read MoreThis research develops a fuller understanding of cross-sector collaboration across public, community and third sector organisations and the emerging range of coronavirus (COVID-19) focused community groups.
Read MoreWe worked with Foundation Scotland to produce a final evaluation of their Response, Recovery and Resilience (RRR) Fund.
Read MoreWe 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.
Scottish Community Development Centre is conducting some research regarding a new community resource hub within the University of Glasgow. Community and voluntary organisations in the city are invited to give their views.
Read MoreThe Scottish Civil Society Open Government Network is refreshing its committee and is looking for people passionate about changing the way government works to come forward
Read MoreThe 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.
The Supporting Communities Safely resource has been updated to support community organisations to start back safely.
Read MoreThis 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.
Read MoreThe report and final recommendations from the Citizen’s Assembly of Scotland has been published.
Read MoreThis short survey aims to understand how community groups, third sector organisations and public bodies are delivering a co-ordinated response to the covid-19 pandemic.
Read MoreJoin us on Thursday 3rd December to give your views about a new human rights law in Scotland.
Read MoreThe Scottish Government’s Community & Third Sector Recovery Programme funding stream is now open, offering both organisational support and funding to deliver services.
Read MoreThis guide to the National Standards for Community Engagement will help you to think about how you can engage communities around recovery and renewal.
Read MoreThe community development movement in Scotland lost a valued practitioner and advocate last week following the death of Alan Ferguson Director of SHARE Scotland.
Read MoreSee our response to the Scottish Government’s Just Transition Commission, to read our ideas on how the Scottish government can support a “bottom-up” transition to a net-zero economy, giving people the chance to hear and discuss the issues and options in order to inform how we create a sustainable Scotland.
Read MoreSupporting Communities Safely has been updated to reflect the latest changes to Scotland's Covid-19 response.
Read MoreIn this article we hear from Collydean Community Centre about the work they’re doing to support their community during the Covid-19 outbreak.
Read MoreIn this article we hear from Castlemilk Together about the work they’re doing to support their community during the Covid-19 outbreak.
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