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The SCDC Weekly gives you everything you need to know around community development and beyond.
Every Wednesday we bring together the shared knowledge of our team and give you the context you need to deliver your work.
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Our collection of reading, events and information published in each SCDC Weekly edition.
Carnegie UK has launched the latest edition of its Life in the UK Index, which shows that the lives of people in the UK have not improved over the past year.
SCDC recently published a joint statement setting out the urgent action required if we're to support preventative approaches to tackling Scotland’s health inequalities crisis.
Our collection of reading, events and information published in each SCDC Weekly edition.
Are you passionate about community development and health equity? Do you want to connect with other leaders, share ideas, and shape change across borders?
This Saturday people from across Scotland will come together to demand that politicians make the changes we need for a society where every household can thrive and prosper.
Our collection of reading, events and information published in each SCDC Weekly edition.
A new article has explored social prescribing and the policies and funding decisions which affect voluntary and community services.
SCDC recently attended an event exploring new ways to talk about child poverty - showing both the urgency required and what positive action Scotland can take.
Our collection of reading, events and information published in each SCDC Weekly edition.
Last week SCDC joined a partnership of national and local third and community sector organisations in publishing a joint statement on preventative approaches.
A new report published during Challenge Poverty Week has set out the scale of the challenge Scotland faces around poverty.
A partnership of third and community sector organisations have come together to set out the urgent action required if we’re to see preventative approaches help tackle Scotland's growing health inequalities crisis.
Our collection of reading, events and information published in each SCDC Weekly edition.
Participation, community engagement, and co-production are key elements of policy and practice in Scotland. How these concepts are applied by public bodies is crucial if we're to deliver on our national ambitions around community empowerment, human rights and reducing inequalities.
Latest statistics have shown an increase in volunteering rates in Scotland, reversing a long-term trend of decline.
Our collection of reading, events and information published in each SCDC Weekly edition.
How does service design and human rights approaches work together? That's the question this guide from Third Sector Human Rights & Equalities explores.
The CHEX team recently caught up with Steph, the Outreach Lead for The Corner in Dundee. Part of the Health & Social Care partnership, The Corner has a range of services provided by youth workers and clinical nursing staff.
Our collection of reading, events and information published in each SCDC Weekly edition.
A Joseph Rowntree Foundation report has detailed the hardship facing low-income families who have 'no recourse to public funds'.
A new survey is looking to gain a picture of the relationship between community organisations and public health partners in Scotland.
Our collection of reading, events and information published in each SCDC Weekly edition.
The Scottish Health Equity Research Unit (SHERU) has published its latest "Prevention Watch" briefing, detailing some of the key activity relating to preventative approaches to reducing health inequalities.
Community groups focused on metal health say they're supporting people with increasingly complex issues who aren't receiving the support they need elsewhere.
Our collection of reading, events and information published in each SCDC Weekly edition.
Our collection of reading, events and information published in each SCDC Weekly edition.
More than 200 organisations, including SCDC, have signed an open letter urging the First Minister to take immediate steps to address the health and social care crisis in Scotland.
Our collection of reading, events and information published in each SCDC Weekly edition.
Community-led action research is an approach that sees communities deciding what issues needs to be researched, designing and carrying out the research themselves, and making use of the results to affect positive change.