New evidence: Community is key in tackling health inequalities
/Newly published evidence shows the clear impact that community-led health organisations have on the health and wellbeing of their communities.
Read MoreNewly published evidence shows the clear impact that community-led health organisations have on the health and wellbeing of their communities.
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Read MoreJoin SCDC and Scotland’s Open Government Team at this event to explore Scotland’s approach to its fourth Open Government Action Plan.
Read MoreThe Scottish Government has published its Democracy Matters Route Map, setting out the current progress and next steps around what new community governance arrangements could look like.
Read MoreJoin the SCDC and Scotland’s Open Government Team to explore Scotland’s approach to its fourth Open Government Action Plan.
Open government is a global movement centred around people coming together to explore how the relationship between communities and government can be more open, participatory, inclusive, and accountable.
SCDC has supported this latest co-creation process, working with partners to hear community perspectives around trust in government. We also worked to bring together third and public sector colleagues to discuss the themes of the next Open Government Action Plan.
Held during Open Government Week, this event will be a chance to learn about the design and delivery of the co-creation process, as colleagues reflect on engaging with equalities and lived experience organisations, and wider civil society.
We will also hear from Scotland’s Civil Society Chair and Scottish Government’s Open Government team about their vision for Action Plan 2026 - 2030.
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Read MoreA new campaign is seeking to address community cohesion and understand why we feel so divided, and how we can make a difference.
Read MoreA recent learning exchange has brought people together from Northern Ireland and Scotland to strengthen practice around community development and health.
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Read MoreHow can community groups best achieve their aims? How do they meet community needs? Where to begin? These are some of the questions that the Building Stronger Community Organisations resource helps to answer.
Read MoreWhat Matters to You (WM2U) is working in Dundee and Clackmannanshire to explore how lived experience and community priorities can be used to tackle Scotland’s child poverty crisis.
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Read MoreA new video explores the role public diners could play in reducing health inequalities and bringing communities together over nutritious and affordable meals.
Read MoreThe Scottish Government has published its Democracy Matters Route Map, setting out the current progress and next steps around what new community governance arrangements could look like.
Read MoreWe’re delighted to invite you to a face-to-face training and shared learning session for the Creating Hope Together community-led action research programme, which will take place on Wednesday 29th April (10am-3pm) at The Studio in Glasgow.
Our current plan is for the day to begin with an engaging session on analysis (specifically thematic analysis (TA) of qualitiative interview data). You’ll get to try a bit of light TA and discuss how the approach might be useful for your research.
After lunch, provided by the Studio, the afternoon will then consist of a shared learning session where you’ll get to hear from one or two research projects from this year’s work and then share and learn from your own and other’s experiences and learning so far.
Venue: The Studio, 67 Hope St, Glasgow G2 6AE (See map and directions).
Date and times:
Wednesday 29th April 2026 10am-3pm
Please could you sign up for the training using this form. Everyone attending should fill the form in.
Please sign up by Monday 6th April so we can get everything in place for the day.
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Read MoreHow can participatory budgeting and grant making support community empowerment? This course from Fife College explores that question, and ways to improve your practice and experiences for others in the future.
Read MoreMany from across Scotland’s community sector will have been saddened recently to learn of the sudden death of former civil servant Alasdair McKinlay.
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