Community groups need to know what support and help is available, as well as to be able to identify what is most relevant to them. This section aims to save you the work and time by providing and highlighting a range of different guides, tools and ways to get support. It should prove to be a useful library whether you are looking for funding or trying to increase the effectiveness of your work.
The content is organised as follows…
Know, Grow and Show
In Know you will find tools to help you to connect with people in your community and to understand their priorities.
The focus of Grow is on building on the strengths of your community. It contains resources which should assist you to form a group, become better organised, achieve your aims and get your message across. You will also find an up-to-date list of funding sources relevant to communities.
In Show you can find out about how to evaluate your work and to make the case for what you are doing in your community - which can help to bring in funding, increase recognition and, ultimately, influence decisions affecting your work and your community.
Wider developments
The Policy Low-down section aims to provide straightforward introductions to wider developments which might be relevant to your community group. This section includes accessible guides to useful legislation, as well as information on a range of ‘hot-topics’ in communities right now.
Finally, our Hot Topics section links to organisations and resources relating to some of the biggest challenges Scotland and the wider world are facing right now, including inequality, covid-19 and climate change.
Resources contents
If you know what you’re looking for but are unsure where to find it, you can also search all our resources at once by entering key terms.