What you need to know this week.
The SCDC Weekly gives you everything you need to know around community development and beyond.
Every Wednesday we bring together the shared knowledge of our team and give you the context you need to deliver your work.
Each week we…
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Previous stories from the Weekly
Our collection of reading, events and information published in each SCDC Weekly edition.
The Scottish Co-production Network Ideas Clinics are informal, peer-learning events where you can hear from network members about their work delivering co-production in different settings.
SCDC recently supported a series of events exploring the development of the next Open Government National Action Plan, a five year plan aimed at increasing transparency, accountability and participation across government and beyond.
Prevention is now a key feature of Scottish public health policy. We often think about prevention as identifying and tackling root causes before negative outcomes occur - taking action on the building blocks of health.
A coalition of more than 50 organisations, including SCDC, has called on the Scottish Government to create a fairer tax system following the Scottish Parliament election.
Our collection of reading, events and information published in each SCDC Weekly edition.
Our collection of reading, events and information published in each SCDC Weekly edition.
A coalition of organisations has written to the First Minister to outline the importance of a Scottish Human Rights Bill being delivered in the first year of the new parliament.
A new report has highlighted the ongoing impact of the cost of living crisis, with disabled people forced to take difficult decisions about eating, heating, and using essential equipment.
Our collection of reading, events and information published in each SCDC Weekly edition.
Strong community organisations have their community's needs and priorities at the heart of their decision-making.
A new report from YouthLink Scotland has set out the challenges young people face around the impact of online harms, and the role youth work can play in supporting young people online.
New research has brought together evidence showing how sex and gender contribute to unequal health outcomes and experiences across Scotland.
In a new article for CHEX, Chair of Public Health Scotland, Ally Boyle MBE, shares his views on the importance of context, connection, and culture for good governance, and why these principles are crucial if we’re to support community-led approaches.
Our collection of reading, events and information published in each SCDC Weekly edition.
Our collection of reading, events and information published in each SCDC Weekly edition.
In an environment of reduced funding and increased demand, many organisations are rightly focused on supporting their communities - but can find it difficult to find the time and space to think about how best to run the organisation itself.
Policymakers, funders, and research institutions must better recognise, resource, and support the knowledge already held within communities, a new report has urged.
Our collection of reading, events and information published in each SCDC Weekly edition.
Join SCDC and Scotland’s Open Government Team at this event to explore Scotland’s approach to its fourth Open Government Action Plan.
A new report has set out how Scottish Gypsy / Travellers continue to face racial discrimination and unequal access across housing, health, and education.
Our collection of reading, events and information published in each SCDC Weekly edition.
Newly published evidence shows the clear impact that community-led health organisations have on the health and wellbeing of their communities.
Our collection of reading, events and information published in each SCDC Weekly edition.
Join SCDC and Scotland’s Open Government Team at this event to explore Scotland’s approach to its fourth Open Government Action Plan.
The Scottish Government has published its Democracy Matters Route Map, setting out the current progress and next steps around what new community governance arrangements could look like.
Our collection of reading, events and information published in each SCDC Weekly edition.
A new campaign is seeking to address community cohesion and understand why we feel so divided, and how we can make a difference.
A recent learning exchange has brought people together from Northern Ireland and Scotland to strengthen practice around community development and health.
Our collection of reading, events and information published in each SCDC Weekly edition.