Training and services to support community development

We have a range of training and development support to community organisations and people working with communities across Scotland.

We offer flexible training courses for groups 5-15 across a range of areas designed to help you make a greater positive impact on the quality of life within your community, and the communities you work with.

Training can be provided as introductory workshops, in-depth training, practice support, training for trainers and bespoke consultancy or ongoing mentoring support - we're flexible to suit your needs.

Our training is:

  • Well-balanced between tried-and tested methods and innovative techniques to ensure learning outcomes are met.

  • Delivered by experienced practitioners who understand the topics, and how to facilitate meaningful discussion and learning.

  • Always engaging and participative, allowing time for discussion and reflection - no ‘death-by-powerpoint’.

  • Authoritative and value-led, bringing together SCDC’s knowledge of the developing empowerment policy environment, and our position as the lead body for community development in Scotland.

To speak about us about our training, get in touch.

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Our work
Understanding our Community: Community-led action research

Training: Learn about the core values and processes of a community-led action research approach.

An introduction to community-led health

Training: This training will focus on community-led approaches to health improvement and addressing health inequalities.

Health Issues in the Community - tutor training

Training: The 2 day HIIC Tutor Training course is a SQA credit rated aims to equip participants to deliver credit rated Health Issues in the Community training.

Doing ‘with' not ‘to' - an introduction to co-production

Training: Learn about the importance of strong community relationships and networks which support opportunities for co-production with this training.

Voice, an online tool for community engagement

Training: This training will allow you to analyse, plan, implement and evaluate community engagement practice from small scale projects to strategic development.

Building Stronger Communities

Training: Learn how to support community organisations to take effective action and a leading role in the development of their communities.

Planning for success: an introduction to outcome focused planning

Training: This training explores outcome-focused planning in a partnership setting and introduces the core tools and frameworks.

The Community Empowerment Act

Training: Learn about the Act, explore the opportunities and challenges it presents and find out about the processes for participation requests and community planning.

Community engagement de-mystified

Training: Explore how to put good community engagement theory into practice.

Pricing

Get in touch

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We work to a daily rate of £600, and our highly skilled and experienced Development Managers will work directly with you to develop and deliver your training, as well as access to extensive materials and resources.

To ensure the training remains engaging and participative, we aim to deliver to 5 - 15 participants (based on 1 trainer). In some cases we may need to include additional preparation time for more bespoke training, or for training to larger groups.

We're always happy to discuss our training options and may be able offer discounted rates, so please get in touch.