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SCDC recently attended a conference held by the Scottish Union of Supported Employment who are working to support disabled people and those living with long-term health conditions to have the opportunity of a working life.
The Scottish Co-production Network is running its latest Co-production Ideas Clinic - an informal, supportive space to come together and get into the nuts and bolts of co-production with other network members.
Our collection of reading, events and information published in each SCDC Weekly edition.
SCDC has submitted its response to the Economy and Fair Work Committee's consultation on the Community Wealth Building (Scotland) Bill, currently making its way through parliament.
Last week we shared information on how key global targets around life expectancy are due to be missed - targets that show outcomes related health inequalities are not improving, and in some cases are getting worse.
Our collection of reading, events and information published in each SCDC Weekly edition.
A new World Health Organisation report has set out the growing impact of in country health inequalities, and the importance of community-led solutions to tackle these avoidable and unacceptable differences in people's health.
This week is Open Government Week, a chance for people from the third sector and government to come together and explore how we can make our communities stronger, more open, participatory, inclusive, and accountable.
Our collection of reading, events and information published in each SCDC Weekly edition.
What are community experiences of suicide prevention? That’s the question being explored as of four organisations use community-led action research to amplify community voices and learning.
Last week SCDC were delighted to attend an event celebrating the achievements of Making Rights Real, an organisation supporting marginalised communities to use the power of human rights to mobilise for economic and social change.
Our collection of reading, events and information published in each SCDC Weekly edition.
The Scottish Parliament is consulting on the Community Wealth Building Bill introduced earlier this year, beginning the process of consideration and debate as it becomes an Act.
The Scottish Parliament is consulting on the Community Wealth Building Bill introduced earlier this year, beginning the process of consideration and debate as it becomes an Act.
Our collection of reading, events and information published in each SCDC Weekly edition.
A new survey has set out how Scotland views the threat of climate change, and the impact it is having across society.
A new blog for CHEX explores the vital role community link workers (CLW) play as essential connectors between primary care, patients, and communities.
Our collection of reading, events and information published in each SCDC Weekly edition.
Last week SCDC attended the launch of the Suicide Prevention Scotland public awareness campaign, highlighting the lived and living experience of four ambassadors who shared their stories.
A new report highlights reflections from people with lived experience of living on a low income, and their involvement in anti-poverty participatory processes.
Our collection of reading, events and information published in each SCDC Weekly edition.
Volunteer Scotland have published a new report setting out the significant challenges facing volunteering across the country.
Earlier this year CHEX, the Community Health Exchange, held its national conference where attendees focused on turning knowledge and learning into action on the most pressing issues facing our communities.
Our collection of reading, events and information published in each SCDC Weekly edition.
We know that valuing people's lived and living experience is an essential part of how good decisions are made. But how do we recognise this contribution? What can we do to properly value people's time and build fairness, inclusivity and sustainability into how we work?
Following a recent series of national webinars and local community conversations, SCDC are running two further national online sessions, providing a chance for community members to share their views on what the Scottish Government can do to help maximise the impact of community benefits.
Whether you are working alone on a project or advocating within your organisation, the process of putting co-production into practice can often seem difficult, with many people not being sure where to start.
A quarter of a million people, including 50,000 children, will be pushed into relative poverty by the UK government's benefits changes, according to the Department for Work and Pensions' own figures.
Local Place Plans are a type of spatial plan giving people an opportunity to develop proposals for the development and use of land in the place where they live.
The Scottish Government has published the Community Wealth Building (Scotland) Bill, which it says is "designed to create jobs and drive economic growth across Scotland by promoting investment in communities."