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The SCDC Weekly gives you everything you need to know around community development and beyond.
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Previous stories from the Weekly
A report from Youth Scotland has found youth groups are struggling to deal with increased demand, reduced income and delayed funding decisions.
Our collection of reading, events and information published in each SCDC Weekly edition.
What's the relationship between health inequalities and climate impact? That's the question a new project will be exploring with Scotland's communities.
What's the relationship between health inequalities and climate impact? That's the question a new project will be exploring with Scotland's communities.
A campaign has been launched to develop new narratives around democracy, participation, and decision-making.
Our collection of reading, events and information published in each SCDC Weekly edition.
1.6 million children in 450,000 families from across the UK have been affected by the two-child benefit limit, according to analysis of recent statistics by the Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG).
A new report shows that AI adoption is increasing across the charity sector, though concerns remain around the implications of using these tools.
Our collection of reading, events and information published in each SCDC Weekly edition.
In a new blog for CHEX, Ruth Glassborow, Director of Place and Wellbeing for Public Health Scotland has shared reflections following her role as a 'keynote listener' at the CHEX Conference earlier this year.
Participation, community engagement, and co-production are key elements of policy and practice in Scotland. How these concepts are applied by public bodies is key if we're to deliver on our national ambitions around community empowerment, human rights and reducing inequalities.
Our collection of reading, events and information published in each SCDC Weekly edition.
The Scottish Government has published plans setting out how public services will adapt and respond to Scotland's challenges around rising demand and costs.
Organisations from across Scotland, including SCDC, have come together to demand more from politicians and decision makers to address the big issues facing our communities.
Our collection of reading, events and information published in each SCDC Weekly edition.
The Scottish Government and COSLA have published the Population Health Framework (PHF), which sets out how Scotland will aim to improve ill health and reduce health inequalities over the next decade.
Our collection of reading, events and information published in each SCDC Weekly edition.
How 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.
New data from the Trussell Trust has shown that despite seeing a fall, emergency food parcels were distributed 239,500 times in Scotland last year.
Our collection of reading, events and information published in each SCDC Weekly edition.
SCDC has called for community priorities to be placed at the heart of how community benefits from renewable energy projects are used in Scotland.
A report from Disability Equality Scotland (DES) examines the impact of the ongoing cost-of-living crisis on disabled people and their personal independence.
Our collection of reading, events and information published in each SCDC Weekly edition.
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.