New toolkit to support strong and effective community organisations
/This article was featured in the SCDC Weekly - 27th November 2024.
A new toolkit for refugee communities, refugee supporting groups, and community groups has been developed to help build stronger, more influential and effective community organisations.
Developed by Scottish Refugee Council and SCDC, the Building Stronger Community Organisations (BSCO) toolkit will officially be launched at an online event taking place on Monday, 9th December 2024, 2pm – 3pm.
Over ten modules, the toolkit features in-depth guidance and advice around key issues for community organisations:
Starting out
Governance
Engaging with the community
Funding
Organisational planning
Participating in decisions
Campaigning
It includes links to online presentations, downloadable templates, facilitation plans, and key resources throughout.
With a focus on supporting refugee communities and refugee supporting groups, Building Stronger Community Organisations will be useful for all types of community organisations.
Mick Doyle, Head of Programmes at SCDC, said: “There are few groups more discriminated against than refugees and asylum seekers, so we are delighted to have co-created this toolkit with the SRC, with involvement from refugees themselves.
The resource highlights how the refugee support movement greatly contributes to Scotland’s communities, by developing a tool organisations can use to gain the knowledge, skills, and confidence to tackle the issues that affect people’s lives.”
The launch event will provide information on the background and development of the toolkit, what it consists of and what’s involved in using it to strengthen organisations, so that they are better equipped to meet the needs of their members.
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