We’ve complied a list of useful resources and guides to help you to ensure that your events and information are as accessible as possible.

In towns and villages across Scotland, communities have been responding to COVID 19. This resource provides advice on how to virus proof the support you are providing and reduce the risk of indirect spread, particularly as restrictions begin to ease.

Find out more about the PVG scheme, which is important if your community group does paid or unpaid work with children, young people and vulnerable adults. The scheme is designed to make it easier to protect vulnerable groups from people who present a risk to them.

Co-operate is part of the Co-operative Group, and is a website providing information to help local community groups across the UK in their activities, and also for people to find relevant local groups. The website includes a ‘how to’ section with guides to funding, finding a venue, planning activities, getting started and more.

Your local authority may provide useful advice, guides, templates and checklists for organising and event. We’ve provided a link to Aberdeenshire Council’s webpage on events as an example.

Police Scotland advises event organisers to notify Police Scotland at the earliest opportunity so that they can provide the right support, and have made available a standard notification form.

Search yell.com to find your local community centre or hall.

The Guardian, with the help of the Scout Association, has shared this guide to organising communtiy events.

From the gov.uk website, taking you through some of the less-exciting yet essential considerations when planning events, including permission, safety, insurance and getting a road closed.

This guide from Involve and Local Government Improvement and Development (England) is a practical guide to events that combine the informality of community fun days with meaningful engagement methods.