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.

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

Senscot is an independent network aimed at individuals working in frontline social enterprises in Scotland.  The website contains a wealth of information, including templates for constitutions and other legal documents, archived news articles on social enterprise and how to get in touch with local social enterprise networks.  Everything an aspiring social enterprise could need.
www.senscot.net 

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/ukcommunity-planning

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.
www.dundee.ac.uk/medther/nutrition/

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