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CDAS receives financial support from the Learning Connections unit of the Scottish Government.

Community Development Alliance Scotland

Welcome to the Community Development Alliance Scotland Website

The Scottish Community Development Alliance is an independent network of national organisations that have the promotion of community development as part of their goals.

Measuring What Matters

Presentations from our 27 March 2009 conference are now available here

'Learning to Work Together for the Future' -Community Learning and Development and Sustainable Development

Presentations and discussions from our 13 February 2009 conference are now available here.

'What Community Development Does'

CDAS has produced a booklet 'What Community Development does: A short guide for decision makers to how it achieves results'. More details here.

Latest Information Bulletin

Our April 2009 Bulletin is available here

Enterprising Communities?

Here is a short report of the discussion at our member's meeting on 24 October 2008 when Tracey Slaven of the Scottish Government (Third Sector Division) and Chris Higgins of Highlands and Islands Enterprise each each gave a presentation and took part in a discussion on their work and the relationship between ‘enterprising communities’, social enterprise and community development.

A strategic framework for community development?

Here is a short report of the discussion at our members' meeting on 11 August 2008 when Gabriel Chanan of the Community Development Foundation (CDF) gave a presentation on his experience of developing “The Community Development Challenge" for the Department of Communities and Local Government and we discussed what might be needed in Scotland.

Here is a note of a discussion amongst a number of CDAS members on how to take this forward.

Report from seminar on outcomes

The report from the CDAS Seminar 'Making the connections - How community development helps to deliver national and local outcomes', held 18 March 2008 is here

Mental health and well-being

A report of a discussion 'Re- generating community wellbeing' on the role of community development approaches in helping to realise aspirations for ‘A Mentally Flourishing Scotland’ , organised by the Scottish Urban Regeneration Forum in co-operation with CDAS is here

New Powers for Communities?

The report from the CDAS Seminar on Scottish Government plans, held 1 November 2007, is here.