The Scottish Public Services Ombudsman (SPSO) is the final stage for complaints about councils, the National Health Service, housing associations, colleges and universities, prisons, most water providers, the Scottish Government and its agencies and departments and most Scottish authorities.
Read MoreThe National Standards are a set of guiding principles for improving the engagement of public bodies with communities. They are useful for communities who want to gauge how well public agencies are engaging locally, and also to community groups and organisations who want to engage with people locally. Accessible and easy read versions of the Standards are also available.
Read MoreIf you lived in a 20-minute neighbourhood you would be able meet all your day-to-day needs without having to travel more than 20 minutes by foot, bike or public transport. The Scottish Government has stated it will apply this concept to Scotland’s cities, towns, and this can be seen as part of an increasing focus on place, sustainability and tackling inequality.
Read MoreLove Clean Streets makes it easy to submit environmental issues automatically to your local authority
Read MoreScotland’s Climate Assembly brought a group of people together who were broadly representative of the Scottish population to learn about, discuss and make recommendations on how we can best tackle climate change.
Read MoreThe Citizens’ Assembly of Scotland involved 100 citizens from across Scotland, who were broadly representative of the country, coming together to listen, discuss and think about what kind of country we want to build in Scotland, as well as other related questions.
Read MoreThe Citizen Participation Network includes 600 citizens, researchers, practitioners and policy makers working in a range of fields in Scotland and beyond. It should be relevant to anyone wanting to know more about the theory and practical methods behind participatory democracy.
Read MoreThis short guide explains the benefits of forming a community group, and provides some advice and links to help you on your way.
Read MoreThe Climate Fringe website shares information on community events and activity happening in the run up to COP26.
Read MoreIn 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.
Read More‘Place-based approaches’ bring local people and organisations together to work in partnership to agree what works and what could be improved as well as putting a plan in place for how to do this. It’s a term that has become more common in recent years and the Scottish Government is currently interested in place-based approaches, so it may be useful for community groups to get a sense of what it’s all about.
Read MoreScotland's National Action Plan for Human Rights (SNAP) is a roadmap towards realising people’s human rights, developed by a drafting group from the public and voluntary sectors. It may be useful to refer to when campaigning for, or working on, human rights issues.
Read MoreERCS aims to provide accessible public education and advice services in environmental and related planning law. It also advocates for policy and law reform and will pursue public interest litigation to ensure environmental rights are upheld.
Read MoreThis section of the Scottish Government’s mygov.scot website introduces human rights as well as how they are protected by United Nations treaties and how this will be affected by brexit.
Read MoreThe Scottish Government’s webpage on human rights, with links to relevant policy, including international and UK dimensions, children’s rights, the First Minister’s Advisory Group on Human Rights Leadership and information on economic, social, cultural and environmental rights.
Read MoreThe Scottish Human Rights Commission promotes and protects human rights for everyone in Scotland. Independent of Government, the commission works on legal, policy and practical issues that affect people's human rights in Scotland.
Read MoreScottish Communities CAN is a network of community groups taking action on climate change and ‘associate’ supporting organisations and individuals. It provides a range of guides, tools and networking and funding opportunities for community-led climate action.
Read MoreThe latest updates from the Scottish Government concerning coronavirus.
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