How can government policy help at a local level?

That's a good question. Happily, a lot of recent policy developments in Scotland are very much about helping community groups do things locally.

This new section of Communities Channel Scotland aims to provide straightforward introductions to legislation, government programmes and programmes by other agencies which might be relevant to your community group.  

It provides useful information around: 

• The Community Empowerment Act

• Participatory budgeting

• Fairer Scotland

• Local democracy

More here.