Evidence for Success
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Evidence for Success is a series of guides which support you to engage with evidence in different ways to influence policy and practice and to improve your own work with your communities
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Scottish Community Development Centre
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Scottish Community Development Centre offers resources, guides, networks and a range of training and development support to community organisations and people working with communities across Scotland.
Read MoreStatistics.gov.scot
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This Scottish Government website gives access to a range of official statistics about neighbourhoods in Scotland. You can find data on health, education, poverty, unemployment, housing, population, crime and social/community issues.
Read MoreResearch for Real
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Research for Real is an Edinburgh-based consultancy promoting learning by providing facilitation, advice and support using participatory, appreciative and action research approaches.
Read MoreThe Place Standard
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The Place Standard is a tool that can help you to think about the physical elements of a place (e.g. its buildings, spaces, and transport links) as well as the social aspects (e.g. whether people feel they have a say in decision making). The tool provides prompts for discussions, allowing you to consider all the elements of place, inlcuding health and wellbeing and climate change, in a methodical way.
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Doing and evaluating community research
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Based on the experience of collaborative research in Wester Hailes, Edinburgh, this guide aims to help community partners and academics maximise the benefits of research that is coproduced between communities and academic researchers based in a university.
Read MoreCommunity-led Action Planning Toolkit
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Community action plans are a way for communities to take a lead role in changing and improving their local area by setting out what will be done, who will do it and how it will be carried out. The Community-led Action Planning toolkit takes you through the process.
Read MoreBeyond the Anecdote
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Story dialogue is a research method that generates insights from people’s experiences and reflections. This briefing from Community Health Exchange (CHEX) introduces story dialogue as way to do research with your community and share lessons across public and community/voluntary sectors. It’s a bit dense at times but takes you through the whole process step-by-step.
Read MoreAction Research by, in and for Communities (ARC)
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ARC is a clearly written, practical, guide for community and voluntary groups carrying out research in and with their communities.
Read MoreNot another consultation! Making community engagement informal and fun→
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This guide from Involve and Local Government Improvement and Development (England) is a practical guide to events that combine the informality of community fun days with meaningful engagement methods.
Read MoreEquality Evidence Finder
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The Scottish Government has created a resource which community organisations can use to find equality policies in relation to both equality characteristic and policy areas.
Read MoreFixMyStreet
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FixMyStreet is a standalone website and also a popular addition to community and local websites, which can be used to show reported problems, comments and updates in an area.
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