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January 2010

Measuring What Matters – the movie

A short video of extracts from the ‘Measuring What Matters’ conference that we held last year, mainly featuring contributions from Nick Marks and Ron Colman, can be seen on YouTube at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAKSQCnv6Fk

Scottish Community Empowerment Newsletter 

The Scottish Government has produced the first version of a quarterly Scottish Community Empowerment Newsletter. This electronic newsletter is intended to update readers on the progress of the Community Empowerment Action Plan, give details of training opportunities and upcoming events, and provide examples of community empowerment in action.

 Standards Council opts for voluntary model

The CLD Standards Council has been looking at how to introduce a system of registration for Community Learning and Development workers in a way that best suits the values and diversity of the field. They hope that this will foster a strong sense of identity and a shared understanding of professionalism within CLD and its constituent strands. This understanding will be reflected in an increased awareness of and respect for CLD work by other partners.
After scrutiny of existing models in comparable fields, its Registration Committee has recommended a voluntary model of registration for workers, managers, training providers and others involved in CLD. The core criteria for all applicants, regardless of the category they register within, will be:

• making a clear commitment to the CLD values and competences
• signing up to a CLD Code of Practice or Ethics
• committing to ongoing development and improvement of practice.

There will be a small number of categories of registration depending on qualifications and experience. The committee will work on the details of these and consult with the field before finalising the model. This consultation will begin with a series of events around the content of a Code of Practice / Ethics.

“Equal Communities in a Fairer Scotland” Action Plan

Following the Equal Communities in a Fairer Scotland Policy Statement published jointly by Scottish Government and COSLA in October 2009, which reaffirmed the need for targeted action to tackle disadvantage in spite of the demise of the Fairer Scotland Fund, the two partners have now issued an Action Plan. This consists of a work plan for the Community Regeneration and Tackling Poverty learning network, setting out a range of support to be provided to Community Planning Partnerships and their delivery partners until March 2011.

Concordat reaffirmed

The two partners have also issued a brief statement reaffirming their Concordat, stating a continuing commitment to partnership working between national and local government. Particular mention is given to the delivery of services to the elderly and tackling climate change.

Ministerial responsibilities

The Scottish Government has announced some changes in the responsibilities of the ministerial team working with the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning. Full details.  Keith Brown’s title changes from the Minister for Schools and Skills, to the Minister for Skills and Lifelong Learning. Community Learning and Development continues to be among his responsibilities. They also include ‘Universal provision’ for young people ‘(e.g. youth work)’. He is supported in this area by Adam Ingram, whose responsibilities also include ‘Workforce (Children and Young People)’ and ‘Regeneration (Children and Young People)’.

Declaration of Dunbar

In October groups interested in promoting local production and consumption of food in Scotland came together for the first time and issued this Declaration:
“We are working towards a sustainable Scotland in which, in every region we produce more of what we eat and eat more of what we produce.
We believe a more localised food system would be better for the environment, health, community and economy of our country. We are building a movement to create a food system that:

• Is locally based with shorter supply chains
• Promotes and respects seasonality
• Is resilient
• Is fair and accessible to all
• Creates and maintains a sustainable livelihood for producers.

These steps are essential in order to ensure a fairer more equitable food system appropriate for a low carbon economy.”

Local community development in practice

The 2009 SURF award in the ‘People’ category went to Playbusters, a grassroots voluntary organisation that provides a broad range of educational projects for children, families and the wider community within the East End of Glasgow. Project funding originally came through the Standing Up to Antisocial Behaviour Award. A grant was later awarded by The Big Lottery Fund in Scotland.
Its activities have included: 

• A programme of collaborative working between schools and older people, providing opportunities to learn new skills and enjoy visits to places of interest.
• ‘Easy Spanish’ workshops, which offer a fun family learning experience, and a ‘hidden’ educational agenda; these are having a visible impact upon the number of children who move on in education, and demand has grown substantially
• A practical environmental project that was developed through engagement with local Eco-School committees. Participating groups took part in the creation of community gardens in several neighbourhood locations, and the project has also developed a rooftop garden and an allotment.
• Opportunities for local people to become involved with the project in a voluntary capacity, and to later progress onto paid sessional work.

So, by my reckoning, their community development approach has helped to make people Smarter, Greener, Wealthier, Safer and almost certainly Healthier. For more information, contact Margaret Layden on 0141 551 0071 or info@playbusters.org.uk

Community enterprise enters new league

Stenhousemuir FC has become the first professional football club from either the Scottish or English Leagues to become a Community Interest Company. More.

On line

Guidance on social networking  YouthLink Scotland, in partnership with Young Scot and Fujitsu, organised a very successful conference last year on how youth work can engage young people through the use of digital technologies with a special focus on social networking. Delegates were asked to contribute to the development of Guidance Notes for Youth Workers. These Guidance Notes are now available to download along with copies of some of the workshop presentations.

Lifelong Learning debates Materials from Lifelong Learning UK's annual conference are now available. As well as key note speakers Will Hutton, of The Work Foundation and Stephen Uden, Head of Skills and Economic Affairs at Microsoft Ltd, the conference included inputs from Rory MacLeod and Duncan Simpson of the CLD Standards Council for Scotland around the nature of professionalism

“The debate around professionalism is particularly pertinent at the present time in the CLD Standards Council. We want to embrace all of those working in the sector, so we are not about to develop an exclusive club for ‘professionals’. On the other hand, we do want our workforce to aspire to the good things about professionalism – like shared values, a commitment to quality improvement, and taking personal responsibility for the development of services”

A Practitioners Guide to A Curriculum for Excellence  Copies of presentations on how A Curriculum for Excellence relates to work with young people (from a seminar held by YouthLink Scotland in partnership with Learning Teaching Scotland) are available.

Publications

SOAs and youth work  The Children’s Voluntary Sector Policy Officers Network has analysed the extent to which issues affecting children and young people have been addressed in the 2009 Single Outcome Agreements (SOAs). 

Meeting the Shared Challenge  The Scottish Community Development Centre has produced a short Briefing Paper on the community-led approach to health improvement and the work of its Meeting the Shared Challenge programme to promote this.

Community Self Help   The Community Development Foundation has published a position paper (free download) on community self help. It describes this as the collective ability of groups to make decisions and take direct action in addressing their communities’ needs — with minimal influence from government. Self-help groups and projects can complement existing public services, and offer an innovative way to enrich service provision across the country.

Voluntary Sector and Freedom of Information  A survey report has been published on the use of Freedom of Information laws by the Third Sector in Scotland. It appears to cover organisations of all sizes and types, and finds that half of all respondents had made a Freedom of Information request. 

National elected member development strategy  A National Elected Member Development Strategy for Scottish local government has been published by the Improvement Service. The strategy outlines how councils, the Improvement Service and other partners can work together to establish development programmes and other opportunities for elected members to develop their political, leadership and governance skills. It says:

“Without elected members supporting improvement and change agendas at local levels much in terms of public service improvement could stall or fail to have the impact that it otherwise could have. Elected members will be fundamentally important in ensuring that improvements in outcomes for communities, families and individuals occur and as the only locally elected individuals within the community, they will also be a vital link to engaging with the community itself as part of the improvement process”.

Green Up – English guide  CDF has produced Green Up!  (free download), which ‘provides community groups with everything they need to work productively with their councils on environment and sustainability issues’. Though the general principles are useful, the guide is very much about the English system.

However its plain English approach makes it very handy if you want a quick description of how Local Area Agreements, National Indicators etc work south of the border. Shouldn’t someone be producing something like this for Scotland?

Practitioner - Led Action Research  A pack is available from the Scottish Government containing examples of practitioner led action research in adult literacies, and a guidance booklet on how to carry out this out. 

Teaching Reading to Adults Handbook  A pack created by adult literacies practitioners in Scotland is now available. It is described by one participant as “A collection of ideas, strategies, innovations, resources and terribly clever practices.”

Impact of devolution  The Joseph Rowntree Foundation has published a series of reports on the impact of devolution. One looks at the impact on Area-based Regeneration, identifying the relevant policies in each nation.

Another looks at devolution and low income and identifies some of the key challenges in the years ahead if devolution is to make more of an impact
on people and places in poverty. 

Creating a Successful Development Trust  The Development Trusts Association is distributing a learning resource based on the story of Comrie Development Trust. Community organisations who would like a free copy of “Inspiring Change”, which includes a booklet, DVD and timeline wallchart, should contact Katrina .

Community Benefit clauses  The Scottish Social Enterprise Coalition has published ‘Winning new business through sustainable procurement : An introduction to Community Benefit clauses’, described as ‘a new slow burn revolution currently taking place in public sector procurement practice’.

OECD on community capacity building  The OECD has published a guide to ‘Community Capacity Building: creating a better future together’, edited by Antonella Noya, Emmy Clarence and Gary Craig. Drawing on examples from around the world, the book analyses community capacity building in social policy, local economic development and environment. Purchase details.

Events

Civil Society Summit
Thursday 18th February, Edinburgh International Conference Centre, 10am (Registration 9:30) to 4pm Free, but places limited Details

This summit represents a desire to bring all sections of the Third Sector together with other parts of civil society such as faith groups, trades unions, campaign groups and co-operatives to discuss the themes of:

• Poverty & economic democracy
• Equalities & Human Rights
• Climate Change and Climate Justice.

YouthLink Scotland National Conference
Thursday 18 March, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Glasgow
The YouthLink Scotland National Conference and Youth Worker of the Year Awards 2010 : conference brochure,  booking form, or book online at  www.youthlinkscotland.org

SURF Annual Conference
Thursday 25th March, Roxburghe Hotel, Edinburgh
To receive early notice by email, please sign up for the SURF events e-bulletin.

The theme of the 2010 SURF Annual Conference is sustaining and reinventing community regeneration in a time of anticipated record reductions in public spending, sharply rising levels of unemployment and resultant poverty.

There will also be an Academic Symposium on the 24th March, in co-operation with the Public Policy Institute of the University of Edinburgh, to help link Scotland’s regeneration oriented academic resources with practitioners and policy-makers.

Social enterprise trade fair
Wednesday 21st April, Corn Exchange, Edinburgh

Early bird rates are available for those booking at Scotland’s premier social enterprise trade fair, S2S, prior to Friday 19th February. Last year’s event attracted almost 500 attendees and exhibitors. Details 

Don’t forget

To book for the CDAS conference on ‘Putting Community Development into Community Safety’, Monday, 22 March in the Renfield Centre, 260 Bath Street, Glasgow G2 4JP from 10.30am (registration 10) to 4pm. Flier. Please book online, or use this booking form

Christmas 2009

CDAS conference on community safety

Bookings are now open for our conference on ‘Putting Community Development into Community Safety’. This will take place on Monday, 22 March 2010 in the Renfield Centre, 260 Bath Street, Glasgow G2 4JP from 10.30am (registration 10) to 4pm. The conference is organised in association with the Scottish Community Safety Network.
Speakers include:

• Fergus Ewing MSP, Minister for Community Safety
• Detective Chief Superintendant John Carnochan, Violence Reduction Unit on ‘Violence reduction – a public health issue’
• Jon Bannister, Senior Lecturer / Network Leader (Communities and Crime) the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research, Glasgow University on ‘Community development and best practice in community safety’.

Workshops will include sessions on: community development practice examples; How Community Safety Partnerships can support community development; Community Learning and Development approaches; Preventing inter-community conflict and promoting cohesion; Violence against women; and possibly more.

The cost is £25 for voluntary & community organisations and £35 for other organisations. Here is a flier for the event. Please book online, or use this booking form.

SNH/CDAS event: Community Learning and Development  and Sustainable Development Education

Across Scotland there are people working in Community Learning and Development (CLD) to build communities’ capacity to address local issues. There are also people working in Sustainable Development Education (SDE) to encourage local communities to take action to address global issues.

Scottish Natural Heritage, in association with CDAS and the Sustainable Development Education Network, is holding an event to bring together these two groups to share their expertise, learn from each other, and examine opportunities to embed best practice in CLD into SDE, and best practice in SDE into CLD. Rory McLeod of the CLD Standards Council and Morag Watson of the SDE Network will lead discussions on the two approaches.  Practical examples of CLD and SDE approaches to working with communities to support local and global action will be showcased. 

 The event will take place 10am (9.30 registration) to 4pm on 10 February at The Tolbooth, Jail Wynd, Stirling FK8 1DE, cost £55. Flier. Booking Form

UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development – Action Plan

Work has been proceeding on an Action Plan for the second half of the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development. A conference for education and sustainable development stakeholders to look at the key messages and actions in the Action Plan is being held in Edinburgh on the afternoon of 21 January. It is important that people involved in all forms of community learning are represented. Although places are by invitation, please enquire via Peter Taylor peter@pdtaylor.com 0141 586 7588 if you would like to be involved.

Advocacy and community development – CDAS discussion

The CDAS website now contains a full summary of the presentation by and discussion with Professor David Donnison of Glasgow University at our last members’ meeting on the role of advocacy services in the changing welfare state in Scotland. This led to some interesting discussions about the common origins of community development and advocacy, and the issues both face.

Safer Communities Programme

The Safer Communities Programme was announced at the National Community Safety Convention in September. It is intended to provide the framework for a series of new national guidance and support which the Scottish Government's Community Safety Unit will publish over the coming months.  An introduction to this series is now available. The programme has been developed to support:

• Multi-agency strategy level groups dealing with issues relating to community safety.
• Staff from partner organisations who play a key role in providing support to the partnership and delivering partnership activity.

Climate act “an opportunity for community development”

The Sustainable Development Commission Scotland's Third Annual Assessment of the Government's progress on sustainable development says that the world leading the Climate Change (Scotland) Act is a golden opportunity for the Scottish Government to deliver on health, community development and social inclusion. The report claims there needs to be a rethink of the structure of communities and economy if Scotland is serious about a low-carbon sustainable lifestyle.

Better Community Engagement Demonstration Projects

The Better Community Engagement work that is being pursued by the regeneration division of the Scottish Government currently involves a series of Demonstration Projects, leading towards an integrated programme to develop skills and capacity in community engagement. Here is a communications brief on current progress.

Social Return on Investment – and the alternatives?

Many organisations in Scotland are currently considering a Social Return on Investment (SROI) approach to reporting on their performance. This interesting piece from Social Enterprise magazine asks, to my mind in a constructive and useful way, whether SROI is the right method for everyone. It concludes that “SAA [Social Accounting and Audit]  and SROI each have considerable strengths, but also a number of weaknesses; in theory, a merger of the two processes into a new approach combining the best features of both may prove beneficial, but it is not yet clear whether this will be achieved.”

Are there three sectors in the Third Sector?

Senscot has produced a short paper that sets out very clearly a view that they and some others have been strongly urging, namely that the so-called ‘Third Sector’ is in fact made up of ‘three main branches – the social enterprise, the community or the voluntary sub-sectors’ which require to be represented in different ways.  

Social enterprise manifesto

The Scottish Social Enterprise Coalition (SSEC) launched its manifesto in Westminster this month. It calls for the UK government to shake up its support for the sector in banking, employment, procurement and the environment. SSEC chair Laurie Russell, launched the manifesto: ‘There’s an opportunity now for social enterprises to grow to a scale where they can deliver for the community with social and environmental business.' he said. He added that government support was 'one of the key aspects' of continued success.

EU Year for Combating Poverty

2010 is the European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion. The Poverty Alliance are keen to highlight the wide range of activities that are taking place in the UK to address poverty and social exclusion, ensuring that a lasting legacy of good practice and knowledge will emerge from 2010. If you want them to help publicise the work you are already doing to address poverty and highlight it to the members of the Network across Europe, please download the form from their website. 

Community Allowance scheme pilots

We have previously highlighted the idea of a Community Allowance scheme that will allow people on Incapacity Benefit or Employment Support Allowance to do up to 16 hours a week of work that benefits their community, paying them up to £92 a week without affecting their benefit entitlements. The Create Consortium, a group of not-for-profit organisations set up to promote the scheme, on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions has now announced the three organisations that will pilot the scheme in various areas of England. The project is expected to run for two years from January. Background report from New Economics Foundation.

In defence of community based Housing Associations

Community controlled housing associations have been one of Scotland’s housing and regeneration success stories in the last four decades. The Glasgow and West of Scotland Forum of Housing Associations, Employers in Voluntary Housing (EVH) and SHARE have come together to look at how they respond to the challenges facing the sector. They see threats arising in recent pronouncements from the Scottish Housing Regulator and in the draft of the forthcoming Housing Scotland Bill.

Research into Community Ownership and Management of Assets

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation has commissioned the Institute for Voluntary Action Research (IVAR) and Cordis Bright to undertake national research into the community ownership and management of assets. The researchers would very much appreciate input from voluntary and community groups by completing their short online survey. The deadline for completing the online survey is Friday 18 December.

Standards Council Workplan

The Work Plan of the CLD Standards Council for Scotland, detailing the key activities it is taking forward, is now accessible online.

Scottish Government consults on Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisations

The Scottish Government has begun its consultation on options for implementing the part of the Charities and Trustees Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 which relates to Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisations (SCIOs).  Written responses to the consultation must be submitted to the Scottish Government by 26 February.

Embedding an Outcomes Approach in Tackling Poverty / Community Regeneration

The Improvement Service and the Scottish Centre for Regeneration are looking for local Partnerships who will take part in a pilot project on embedding an outcomes approach in tackling poverty and community regeneration. The project will provide hands on, practical support to four local partnerships to help them realise the full potential of an outcomes approach in their work on tackling poverty/community regeneration. Details of the project and information on how to apply, plus an application form are available. The deadline for applying to participate is 18th January.

Online Resources

Third Sector Online Interactive Evidence Library SCVO has launched this evidence library at: www.scvo.org.uk/evidencelibrary

Beyond GDP The European Union and other partners, including the OECD, have a ‘Beyond GDP’ website highlighting work on improving measures of progress, wealth and well-being. It includes information on recent developments, such as the EU policy paper “GDP and beyond: Measuring progress in a changing world.”, and on ongoing work on indicators to assess social, economic, and environmental progress.

Housing & Neighbourhoods Monitor The Joseph Rowntree Foundation has produced a Housing and Neighbourhoods Monitor, which offers easy viewing of maps of a range of social and economic indicators at scales ranging from UK wide to local neighbourhoods, and charts showing trends.

Publications

Beyond the Fairer Scotland Fund The Scottish Government  has published research by ODS to assess the past development and implementation of the Fairer Scotland Fund, and to provide a detailed picture of the continued support needs of Community Planning Partnerships in tackling poverty and deprivation under an outcome based framework.  Findings include:

• There was little evidence that regeneration programmes over the last ten years have acted as catalysts for mainstream expenditure. On their own, the ... funds were seen to be insufficient to bring about the scale of change that is needed.
• There is a perception that partnership working has improved during the life of the FSF. Reasons given for this included shared outcomes giving partners a clear focus for their work and partnerships being taken more seriously by senior managers in public agencies
• Active members of communities often felt less directly engaged in strategic, thematic approaches than they had been in neighbourhood based programmes.
• Continuing community engagement appears to be mainly at a local level and to involve consultation rather than decision making.
• There is a need to develop ways of involving communities (and service users) that are appropriate for these strategic approaches. This may involve new methods of engagement - and it will be important to share emerging good practice in this area.

State of Social Enterprise The State of Social Enterprise Survey 2009  (summary) was the largest survey of its kind of social enterprises in the UK. It finds that despite the recession, social enterprises are twice as confident of future growth as SMEs (smaller businesses).

Connecting Generations The Scottish Centre for Intergenerational Practice has published “Connecting Generations: A Guide to Best Practice”, a practical guide to developing your own intergenerational programmes, with case studies of pioneering projects in Scotland. 

Equal opportunities and the Scottish Parliament The Equality and Human Rights Commission has published “Equal opportunities and the Scottish Parliament: a progress review”, in order to contribute  to understanding of the progress made by the Scottish Parliament and  Scottish Government in using the equal opportunities powers granted  under the Scotland Act 1998. It finds that:

• Understanding of the equal opportunities powers conveyed by the Scotland Act is quite limited. 
• Where the equal opportunities powers are used, the impact can be limited as a result of a perceived lack of scrutiny and leadership from the Scottish Government. 
• But, even with a variable understanding of what the Scotland Act powers mean in practice, equality considerations are found to be embedded in public policy discourse in Scotland.

Tackling Health inequalities: who does what? CHEX, Voluntary Health Scotland, Community Food and Health Scotland and UK Public Health have joined to produce a briefing entitled ‘Tackling Health Inequalities in Scotland: working with communities – a partnership of Scottish Health Intermediary Bodies’ which highlights their collaborative work, together with their distinctive roles and remits and the activities of their respective constituents.

SCVO pre-Manifesto Discussion Document SCVO has issued a Discussion Document to start a process of sector-wide discussion to produce a Scottish Voluntary Sector Manifesto for the UK Elections 2010 and Scottish Elections 2011.

The highs and lows of a community association Ormlie Community Association has produced a book based on the last 12 years of community development and regeneration in the Ormlie area, Thurso.  It highlights the lessons that have been learned over the period.  The book is available at a cost of £7.99 plus postage from Ormlie Community Association Ltd, 108 Marr Terrace, Thurso KW14 7SW.  Tel: 01847 891789.  Email: ormlieca@tiscali.co.uk.

A Guide to Collaborative Inquiry and Social Engagement The book “SAS2: A Guide to Collaborative Inquiry and Social Engagement”by Canadian authors Jacques M. Chevalier and Daniel J. Bucklesis freely availableonline. It argues thatthat group dialogue and social inquiry are crucial for local and global development, and presents the concepts and means needed to support multistakeholder dialogue and a selection of techniques for collaborative inquiry and examples of real-life applications in South Asia and Latin America.

Events

Scottish Credit & Qualifications Framework and Community Learning Practitioners Friday 15 January 2010, 9.50-15.00, Scotland's Colleges, Argyll Court, Stirling (free)
This event will promote and support implementation of the SCQF in community based learning settings.  View programme Book online , closing date 14 January

Policy and practice for community-led health  Monday 1 February 2010, Perth Concert Hall
This conference “Communities, inequality and health improvement: Policy and practice for community-led health” is based on the lessons of the ‘Healthy Communities: Meeting the Shared Challenge’ programme that aims to encourage and support community-led approaches to health improvement throughout Scotland. It aims to share experiences and lessons from across Scotland, to link community-led health to key policy agendas, and help signpost the resources that are now available to support community-led health.

Full details of the event and registration forms will be available shortly on the project website. For enquiries, please contact Lee Goundry at SCDC lee@scdc.org.uk, or 0141 248 1924.

Tackling Poverty and Social Exclusion in Europe through Education for Democratic Citizenship / Human Rights Education Glasgow, March 3-4, 2010
This conference, organised by BEMIS (Black and Ethnic Minorities Infrastructure in Scotland) and DARE (Democracy and Human Rights Education in Adult Learning), consists of country reports and case studies from all over Europe to highlight the effects of poverty and social exclusion on education for democratic citizenship and human rights education - and vice versa. Workshops and site visits introduce the conference participants to local and European best practices. For more information visit the DARE website

Fighting Poverty in Scotland: Achievements and Opportunities
The Poverty Alliance's annual series of free seminars across Scotland will focus on looking at what has been achieved so far, and what the anti-poverty movement in Scotland should be pushing for in the next period. A total of 10 seminars are being organised this year:

 For further details and to registerclick here

How to engage with the NHS
Tuesday 19 January 2009 – Dumfries    
Tuesday 2 February 2009 - Falkirk
Tuesday16 February 2009 – Inverness   

Voluntary Health Scotland is promoting a series of one-day seminars across Scotland to equip third sector organisations with the skills to engage with NHS Health Boards. Each day is planned to help members of voluntary and community organisations, Councils for Voluntary Service, Volunteer Centres, Social Enterprises and Equality and Diversity groups develop strategies for increasing influence on and engagement with the NHS. As there are limited spaces it is advisable to book early. To register for these seminars please complete and post / fax the registration form on the event flyer , complete online or call Voluntary Health Scotland on 0131 225 7290. 

Competencies of Community Researchers Wednesday 24 February, 9.30-16.30pm, Thistle Hotel, Glasgow (TBC) £50 until 6th January, £75 until 5th February, then £125
The Glasgow Anti Racist Alliance GARA is holding this conference to help identify the type of research experiences that people working in the community have had in the areas of health, education, employment, housing, social justice, youth work, etc. (not necessarily exclusive to BME communities). GARA also wants to identify the core competencies required of community/peer researchers in order to conduct their tasks effectively.

The conference is suitable for anyone involved in community based research, peer/community researchers, community research contractors, independent researchers, organisation leaders, service providers, policy makers, academics interested in conducting community research.

For more information visit the conference page or contact GARA 0141 418 6530 or events@gara.org.uk.

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