@SCDC_Org

We work across Scotland to support best practice in community development. Home of CHEX, PB Scotland and the Scottish Co-production Network.

 Glasgow, Scotland
scdc.org.uk
Joined September 2015
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📢 Can legislation help #CommunityWealthBuilding to be used consistently across Scotland to improve local economies? We'd like to know what impact you think the Community Wealth Building (Scotland) Bill will have. Have your say: ow.ly/sXBg50VuuJW ⏱️ Closes on 23 May.
Image is of Economy and Fair Work Convener, Colin Smyth MSP, holding a colourful sign that says 'Have your say!'

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We’re delighted to share our new online learning platform. These e-learning modules will cover the content within the National Youth Work Induction Checklist, providing a rounded introduction to youth work. Info:& event sign up bit.ly/4l4fP6u
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@SCDC_org retweeted
SURF@SURFscot1 Apr 2025
SURF Award Shared Learning Events  4 workshops now open for bookings: - Delivering housing led regeneration projects - Overcoming barriers to employability - Investing in place-based regeneration - Creativity in regeneration Book - surf.scot/events/
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Are you a community group looking to develop a Local Place Plan (LPP)? LPP can help people to develop proposals for the development & use of land in the place where they live. @SCDC_Org have guides, mapping tools & case studies to support you. Details: tinyurl.com/2dth4hyk
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Public services slashed. The rich getting richer. And now, life expectancy falling for those on the lowest incomes. Profs Gerry McCartney & David Walsh show why austerity is a choice - and Scotland can choose differently. Read more ➡️ bit.ly/4iVnRwJ #TaxJusticeScotland

Tax justice or austerity-induced declines in life expectancy? - Tax Justice Scotland

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Peer support is an integral component of what makes community-led health such an effective approach. Find out more in our feature for the CHEX Community-led Health in Action series. chex.org.uk/in-action-peer-r… #PeerSupportScot
Circle with CHEX written at the top and 6 people in the centre holding a banner that says "COMMUNITY-LED HEALTH IN ACTION!"

ALT Circle with CHEX written at the top and 6 people in the centre holding a banner that says "COMMUNITY-LED HEALTH IN ACTION!"

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🗓️"Democracy as if the future mattered: Can democratic innovation change the world?" Delighted to invite you to my inaugural lecture at the University of Edinburgh this spring ☀️ Information and registration 👉 eventbrite.co.uk/e/inaugural… Everyone welcome! 😃
Democracy as if the future mattered: Can democratic innovation change the world? We are delighted to invite you to the celebration of Oliver Escobar's professorship at his inaugural lecture this spring. Wednesday 2nd of April 2025 5.15pm-6.30pm: Lecture in Lecture Theatre G.05 in 50 George Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9LH. Followed by a reception in the Chrystal Macmillan Building foyer (15a George Square) until 7.30pm.

ALT Democracy as if the future mattered: Can democratic innovation change the world? We are delighted to invite you to the celebration of Oliver Escobar's professorship at his inaugural lecture this spring. Wednesday 2nd of April 2025 5.15pm-6.30pm: Lecture in Lecture Theatre G.05 in 50 George Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9LH. Followed by a reception in the Chrystal Macmillan Building foyer (15a George Square) until 7.30pm.

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✨📢 CDAS Bulletin- out today!! 📢✨ 📢Lots of opportunities, events and support. 💥 Check out some of the amazing job vacancies!! ⏬🔻⏬🔻⏬🔻⏬🔻⏬🔻⏬ mailchi.mp/a5feea01d79b/cdas…
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Just under 2 weeks to apply to this nature restoration fund! The funding will support the early stages of local nature restoration community projects. @scotruralnet @NatureScot @TSIScotNet @fundingscotland @SCDC_Org
Inspiring Scotland@InspiringSland20 Jan 2025
More funding available for community ecosystem restoration projects 🌱 Our Neighbourhood Ecosystem Fund is now open for applications from community groups. Grants of up to £13,500 are available. Deadline: 3 March 2025. Find out more and how to apply 👇 tinyurl.com/5hyu49br
Neighbourhood Ecosystem Fund open for applications. Bullet points: Community groups can apply for grants of up to £13,500. The deadline for applications is Monday 3 March 2025. Photo of bluebells and green and grey coloured blob shapes in the background.

ALT Neighbourhood Ecosystem Fund open for applications. Bullet points: Community groups can apply for grants of up to £13,500. The deadline for applications is Monday 3 March 2025. Photo of bluebells and green and grey coloured blob shapes in the background.

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📢Last remaining places We'll be: ✅️ Hearing from local health campaigners ✅️ Learning about right to healthcare 🗣 How to hold duty bearers accountable 🏥 Healthcare is a Human Right 📆 Date: 27 feb • 18:00 🎟 Book here for tickets: ⬇️ eventbrite.com/e/healthcare-… – at Tranent, Scotland
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🛑 97% of disabled people "concerned they had been forgotten in government priorities and plans." @tressaburke @GDA__online @InclusionScot highlight the degrading reality for disabled people in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿. archive.ph/2025.02.16-094317… – at Tranent, Scotland
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A harrowing read about the challenges, discrimination and indignity that disabled people face in Scotland. Wanting to “live a decent life” shouldn’t need to be something disabled people wish for but a guaranteed starting point for any member of our society. 👇
Glasgow Disability Alliance@GDA__online16 Feb 2025
New @heraldscotland article: 'Abused and terrified: Scotland’s brutalised disabled people reveal all.' DPO CEOs @tressaburke (GDA), @HeatherFisken (@InclusionScot) and @DESCEOTweets (@DEScotTweets) share the bleak reality for #DisabledPeople in Scotland. web.archive.org/save/https:/…
‘Disability is inevitable, but inequality, injustice and exclusion are political choices.’ Photo of GDA CEO Tressa Burke looking at the camera, arms folded in front of her chest. Behind her is a whiteboard with '5 Ways to Wellbeing' and 'Barriers to Participation'. GDA logo. ‘Since austerity kicked in, government has devalued and deprioritised disabled people’s lives. Not that we’ve ever been a priority. Yet in some areas of Glasgow, almost 30% of the population are disabled. The numbers are staggering, the health inequalities horrific.’ Tressa Burke, GDA CEO.

ALT ‘Disability is inevitable, but inequality, injustice and exclusion are political choices.’ Photo of GDA CEO Tressa Burke looking at the camera, arms folded in front of her chest. Behind her is a whiteboard with '5 Ways to Wellbeing' and 'Barriers to Participation'. GDA logo. ‘Since austerity kicked in, government has devalued and deprioritised disabled people’s lives. Not that we’ve ever been a priority. Yet in some areas of Glasgow, almost 30% of the population are disabled. The numbers are staggering, the health inequalities horrific.’ Tressa Burke, GDA CEO.

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The Scottish Community Development Centre (@SCDC_Org) is hosting two webinars on community benefits from renewable energy developments. These webinars are taking place on Wednesday 19 and Thursday 20 February. Register today👇 scdc.org.uk/news/article/202…
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ALT An image of a road that is running through the country side, wind turbines are visible along the route.

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Share your opinion on on community benefits generated through both offshore and onshore renewable energy developments with @SCDC_Org 💡 Wed 19th February 2025, 6pm - 7:30pm, online Thurs 20th February 2025, 1pm - 2pm, online Learn more and register: tinyurl.com/bdcwd8zn
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We are pleased to announce the opening of our Community Spaces Grants this week. Applicants can apply at any time and there is no set closing date for applications.
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SURF@SURFscot10 Feb 2025
Webinar: Community benefits from renewable energy developments Join @SCDC_Org for an information webinar on community benefits from renewable energy developments 19th and 20th Feb 2025 Further info: surf.scot/event/webinar-comm…
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Still time for rural and islands CCs to sign up for our webinar with the Scottish Climate Intelligence Service on Wed 5 Feb, when you can learn how the SCIS can support your work: shorturl.at/9X57O All CCs are welcome to attend our second event with SCIS on Wed 26 March.
Introducing the Scottish Climate Intelligence Service to Community Councils Rural and Islands Community Councils - 6pm on Wednesday 5th February: https://shorturl.at/9X57O All Community Councils - 6pm on Wednesday 26th March: https://shorturl.at/ROgMi Any questions contact scottishccs@improvementservice.org.uk

ALT Introducing the Scottish Climate Intelligence Service to Community Councils Rural and Islands Community Councils - 6pm on Wednesday 5th February: https://shorturl.at/9X57O All Community Councils - 6pm on Wednesday 26th March: https://shorturl.at/ROgMi Any questions contact [email protected]

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We're Scotland's national anti-poverty movement. Come and say hello to us at the #SCVOGathering next week. We'll be there with our colleagues from @CPAGScotland. scvo.scot/the-gathering/exhi…
Come and meet us. SCVO The Gathering 2025. 4 and 5 February. EICC, Edinburgh. Stand 5, Cromdale Hall. povertyalliance.org the Poverty Alliance logo.

ALT Come and meet us. SCVO The Gathering 2025. 4 and 5 February. EICC, Edinburgh. Stand 5, Cromdale Hall. povertyalliance.org the Poverty Alliance logo.

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Let’s ensure every young person in Scotland has access to well-funded, quality youth work that helps them thrive. ✨ 🕒 #YouthWorkBill consultation closes 21 Feb 2025—share your views! 📩 [email protected] 👉 bit.ly/4ffZqrC #RightToYouthWork
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🧵We're 40! Set up in 1985 to support people fleeing the humanitarian crisis in Vietnam, Scottish Refugee Council started with a handful of staff in Edinburgh. Four decades later, we work all across Scotland and have supported thousands of refugees from more than 100 countries.
A copy of Scottish Refugee Council's 1995/96 annual report, titled 'Success against the odds!'.

ALT A copy of Scottish Refugee Council's 1995/96 annual report, titled 'Success against the odds!'.

A copy of Scottish Refugee Council's annual report from 1997. The front page features a quote from Nelson Mandela, which reads: "To be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects an enhances the freedom of others."

ALT A copy of Scottish Refugee Council's annual report from 1997. The front page features a quote from Nelson Mandela, which reads: "To be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects an enhances the freedom of others."

A copy of a fundraising 1997 leaflet from Scottish Refugee Council. Caption reads 'Don't you find moving house stressful?' and images depict the destruction of homes during the Bosnian war.

ALT A copy of a fundraising 1997 leaflet from Scottish Refugee Council. Caption reads 'Don't you find moving house stressful?' and images depict the destruction of homes during the Bosnian war.

A copy of Scottish Refugee Council's annual report from 2008, entitled Finding Asylum. The front page features three young girls sharing dessert.

ALT A copy of Scottish Refugee Council's annual report from 2008, entitled Finding Asylum. The front page features three young girls sharing dessert.

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