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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.
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.
The time people in Scotland spend in good health has fallen to a near ten-year low, with a 14-year difference between the areas with the longest and shortest healthy life expectancy.
SCDC is seeking a new Temporary Development Manager (fixed term contract for one year) to join the team and help us deliver our programme work across Scotland. Secondments will be considered.
What are the key lessons for engaging with communities around climate change and sustainability issues? Led by Verture, Creative Climate Futures seeks to explore this question with communities across Glasgow.
Our collection of reading, events and information published in each SCDC Weekly edition.
In a new briefing, CHEX has explored the contribution of community-led health organisations and approaches in growing positive mental health and wellbeing.
Our collection of reading, events and information published in each SCDC Weekly edition.
A report from Youth Scotland has found youth groups are struggling to deal with increased demand, reduced income and delayed funding decisions.
How do we evaluate co-production? And why should we? These are two questions explored in the Co-production Guide - a tool to support people to carry out, embed and improve co-production with and by their communities.
Our collection of reading, events and information published in each SCDC Weekly edition.