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.
'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 October/November 2008 Bulletin is available here
Enterprising Communities?
Here is a short report  of the discussion at our member' meeting on 24 October 2008 when Tracey Slaven of the Scottish Government (Third Sector Division) and Chris Higgins of Highlands and Islands Enetrpriseeach each gave a presentation and took part in 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 now available
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 now available
New Powers for Communities?
The report from the CDAS Seminar on Scottish Government plans, held 1 November 2007, is now available.
Single Outcome Agreements
Here is a short report of the discussion on the new system of Single Outcome Agreements and its implications for community development, at our members' meeting on 8 February 2008, led by Jon Harris, COSLA
Interim Standards Council for Community Learning and Development
Here is a short report of the discussion on the work of this Council and its implications, at our members' meeting on 30 November 2007, led by Rory MacLeod, Learning Connections, Scottish Government
Community-led health improvement
Here is a short report of the discussion on community-led health work, at our members' meeting on 30 August 2007, led by Kay Barton, Deputy Director, Health Improvement Strategy, Scottish Government
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