If your group is working to improve public services, it may help to know about human learning systems, an alternative approach to public management which embraces the complexity of the real world, and enables us to work effectively in that complexity.
Read MoreDeveloped by the Innovation School at Glasgow School of Art, toolbox uses participatory design methods to help community groups think about and use participation requests to influence public services.
Read MoreThe Social Impact Pledge is about simple ways that public bodies can make a difference to communities. Here are some pledges made by public bodies that make commitments to work in partnership with community organisations and other local organisations.
Read MoreCommunity wealth building is a new people-centred approach to local economic development, which redirects wealth back into the local economy, and places control and benefits into the hands of local people. UK based organisation CLES provides a useful introduction.
Read MoreBy making a participation request, a community body can start a formal discussion with public bodies about how to improve local outcomes. This 2-pager introduces participation requests in plain English.
Read MoreThe Scottish Government’s webpage for it’s programme of public service reform. Includes introductory information on the Local Governance Review, Community Planning, Open Government Partnership and the Children and Young People Improvement Collaborative.
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