Accessibility and your community group
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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.
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Examples of communities tackling inequality
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From supporting people affected to influencing change, community organisations are at the forefront of action around inequality and the cost-of-living. We’ve featured some of them on Communities Channel Scotland.
Read MoreScottish Community Development Network (SCDN)
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The Scottish Community Development Network (SCDN) is a member-led organisation, for community workers and community development workers, paid or unpaid, full or part time, from the community, voluntary or public sectors, who support the principles and practice of community development. SCDN is open to anyone with an interest in community development in Scotland.
Read MoreChild Poverty Action Group
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Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) works on behalf of the more than one in four children in the UK growing up in poverty. This includes understanding what causes poverty, the impact it has on children’s lives, and how it can be prevented and solved.
Read MoreScottish Communities for Health & Wellbeing
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Scottish Communities for Health and Wellbeing (SCHW) is a coming together of 74 community-led organisations across Scotland supporting health and wellbeing in their communities.
Read MoreCommunity Transport Association
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The Community Transport Association provides support, advice, training and information in relation to community transport.
Read MoreVillage and community halls handbook
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This online handbook is for everyone running a village or community hall in Scotland. From governance and facilities management to net zero and digital, the handbook guides you through what you need to know.
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Community Participatory Action Research (CPAR)
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The CPAR (Community Participatory Action Research) programme provides community groups in the South East of England with training and mentoring support in order to plan, carry out and use research for the benefit of their community. CPAR resources should be useful for anyone interested in carrying out their own research.
Read MoreInspiring Scotland
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Inspiring Scotland offers support to the charity sector, aiming to deliver real and lasting change in areas where social organisations and public policy had struggled to have a big enough impact.
Read MoreNon-party campaigning guidance
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The Electoral Commission has produced guidance which will be uesful if your group is campaigning in the run up to an election.
Read MoreTackling Poverty Locally Directory
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This directory provides a searchable database of local anti-poverty initiatives from communities across Scotland and beyond.
Read MoreContribution analysis
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Contribution analysis is a way to show the impact or progress of an activity or piece of work by focusing on how things that are more easy to measure ‘contribute’ to longer term, or higher-level outcomes.
Read MoreBuilding Stronger Community Organisations
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This online learning resource, divided over 10 modules, is designed to build the skills, confidence and knowledge of refugee-led organisations and refugee supporting organisations, although most of the materials will be useful to any community group.
Read MoreForestry and Land Scotland
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Forestry and Land Scotland manages Scotland's national forests. They offer a range of ways for community groups to make use of and engage with local woodland.
Read MoreYou're on Mute
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This set of films documents people’s experiences of living through the Covid-19 pandemic. They demonstrate how communities can come together in times of adversity to produce positive outcomes, and also highlight how our mental health connects to wider aspects of life.
Read MoreJohn Muir Trust
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The John Muir Trust is a leading voice for the UK's wild places, dedicated to the conservation, protection and restoration of the UK's wild places, for the benefit of all. The Trust works in partnership with communities, including in relation to land buy-outs and is the home of the John Muir Award.
Read MoreDemocratic Finance Scotland
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Democratic Finance Scotland supports communities to raise money locally to take ownership of important community assets and run democratic community-led businesses.
Read MoreParticipation request resource pack
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Participation requests are a way for communities to work with public bodies to make services better. This resource pack contains a range of guides, tools and templates to help you understand the participation request process, the language and terms that are used, and the process involved.
Read MorePlanning Democracy
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Planning Democracy is a community-led organisation campaigning to strengthen the voice and influence of the public in the planning and development of Scotland’s land. It provides peer support, training, networking, resources and advice.
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