Organisation and community development
Organisational advice
Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO)
A national body that represents voluntary organisations in Scotland.
www.scvo.org.uk
Glasgow Council for the Voluntary Sector (GCVS)
Provides information, advice and support to voluntary organisations and community groups in Glasgow.
www.gcvs.org.uk
Volunteer Development Scotland
Information and guidance on policy and best practice for anyone working with volunteers and volunteers themselves.
www.vds.org.uk
Voluntary Health Scotland
The national network of voluntary health organisations.
www.vhscotland.org.uk
Community development
Scottish Community Development Centre (SCDC)
SCDC supports community groups, works with agencies and partnerships to work more effectively with communities and contributes to policy, research and government working groups.www.scdc.org.uk
Community Health Exchange (CHEX)
CHEX is part of the Community Development Foundation and is based within the Scottish Community Development Centre.
www.chex.org.uk
Community Development Alliance Scotland
Information on the alliance and its work to promote practice and policy that supports community development.
www.communitydevelopmentalliancescotland.org
Funding sources
Advice and information on fundraising
You can find links to advice and information on fundraising in the funding section of this website.
Links to funding sources
You can also find links to funding sources in the funding section of this website.
Social enterprise
Minding Their Own Business
Our guide to encourage those working at community level to explore the potential of new ways of working and to enable those who want to follow the social enterprise route to get all the assistance they require, contains a section with contact details for organisations working to support social enterprise. You can find Minding Their Own Business in the Publications library.
Senscot
Scottish Social Enterprise Coalition
The Scottish Social Enterprise Coalition is a collective lobbying and campaigns voice for social enterprise in Scotland. It is a membership-led organisation representing the needs and interests of social enterprise to politicians, policy makers and opinion formers.www.ssec.org.uk
Community planning
Glasgow Community Planning Partnership (GCPP)
This partnership was established to manage the community planning process as laid out in the Local Government in Scotland Act 2003.
www.glasgowcommunityplanningpartnership.org.uk
Community Planning Network
Website which provides resources, support and information to the Community Planning Network.
www.improvementservice.org.uk
Community Voices Network
This network is funded by Communities Scotland and aims to assist disadvantaged communities have a bigger role in the decision making process on issues affecting the regeneration of their communities.
www.community-voices.org.uk
Evaluation
Evaluation Support Scotland
Charity providing specialist support across Scotland to voluntary organisations and their funders to help them evaluate and learn.
www.evaluationsupportscotland.org.uk
Centre for Public Health Nutrition Research (CPHNR)
Based in the University of Dundee, CPHNR provides a multi-disciplinary approach to research and teaching on food and health. It developes research programmes in partnership with government agencies, local and national health education agencies, food producers, manufacturers and retailers, health education agencies, food producers, manufacturers and retailers, consumer and community organisations.
With funding from the Food Standards Agency, a questionnaire to evaluation cooking skills programmes for use by community groups has been developed and tested and is available from www.food.gov.uk