This section contains details of Community Development Alliance Scotland meetings. These are open to all member organisations and focus on presentations and exchange of information about current policy and practice issues.
A separate small Management Group deals with the organisation of the Alliance.
16 September, 2011
Venue: Scottish Community Development Centre, Glasgow
Alex Linkston, former member of the Christie Commission on the Future of Public Services in Scotland gave a presentation on its findings and led a discussion.
Minutes of CDAS AGM (doc)
Minutes of CDAS Meeting (doc)
Discussion led by Alex Linkston (docx)
22 June, 2011
Venue: Scottish Community Development Centre, Glasgow
Alasdair McKinlay, Regeneration and Commonwealth Games Section, Scottish Government gave a short briefing on community empowerment policy and Linda Gillespie of Development Trusts Association Scotland (later joined by Ian Cooke) led a discussion on Community Asset Transfer
CDAS Meeting Minutes 22-6-11 (.doc)
Discussion on community empowerment and asset transfer (.doc)
23 February, 2011
Venue: Scottish Community Development Centre, Glasgow
Andrew Jackson, Joint Improvement Team, Scottish Government, led a discussion on ‘Community Capacity Building, Coproduction & Reshaping Care for Older People
‘CDAS Meeting Minutes 23-2-11 (.doc, 52kb)
Community Capacity Building, Coproduction & Reshaping Care for Older People? (.docx, 20kb)
Presentation made available by Andrew Jackson (.ppt, 3mb)
26 November, 2010
Venue: Pullar House, Perth & Kinross Council
Description: Martin Sime, Director, Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations, led a discussion on ‘Does Scotland need a ‘big society’?'(.doc, 53kb)
CDAS Meeting Minutes 26-11-10 (.doc, 37kb)
25 August, 2010
Venue: Pullar House, Perth & Kinross Council
Anne Gibson, Head of Communities Team, Learning and Teaching Scotland introduced a discussion on the new role of Learning and Teaching Scotland and the wider implications.
CDAS Meeting Minutes 25-08-10 (.doc, 48kb)
Anne Gibson’s Presentation (.ppt, 281kb)
12 May, 2010
Venue: Pullar House, Perth & Kinross Council
Description:Angus Hardie of Local People Leading gave a presentation and led a discussion on community empowerment(.doc, 50kb)
CDAS Meeting Minutes 12-05-10 (.doc, 33kb)
17 February, 2010
Venue: Pullar House, Perth & Kinross Council
Several current developments in community development practice were discussed
CDAS Meeting Minutes 17-02-10 (.doc, 50kb)
(.doc, 26kb)
20 November, 2009
Venue:Pullar House, Perth & Kinross Council
Description: David Donnison, Professor Emeritus, Glasgow University gave a presentation and took part in a discussion on the role of advocacy services in the changing welfare state in Scotland.
CDAS Meeting Minutes 20-11-09 (.doc, 47kb)
Advocacy Discussion (.doc, 34kb)
19 August, 2009
Venue: Raploch Community Campus, Stirling
Colin Mair, Chief Executive of the Improvement Service gave a presentation and took part in a discussion on ‘Communities and Wellbeing: Opportunities and Challenges’.
CDAS Meeting Minutes 19-08-09 (.doc, 46kb)
Discussion on Communities and Wellbeing (.doc, 74kb)
22 May, 2009
Venue: Pullar House, Perth & Kinross Council
Description: Topics include: Robin Tennant and Sarah Welford of the Poverty Alliance gave presentations and took part in a discussion on community development and tackling poverty – The role of Community Development in ‘Achieving Our Potential’
CDAS Meeting Minutes 22-05-09 (.doc, 52kb)
Discussion on community development and tackling poverty (.doc, 360kb)
15 January, 2009
Venue: Pullar House, Perth & Kinross Council
This meeting consisted mainly of a discussion on the issues and developments which are affecting the progress of community development work in Scotland, and on which CDAS should focus its attention.
CDAS Meeting Minutes 15-01-09 (.doc, 49kb)
Discussion on community development issues (.doc, 30kb)
24 October, 2008
Venue: Pullar House, Perth & Kinross Council
Topics include: Tracey Slaven of the Scottish Government’s Third Sector Division and Chris Higgins of Highlands and Islands Enterprise each gave a presentation and took part in discussion on their work and the relationship between ‘enterprising communities’, social enterprise and community development
CDAS Meeting Minutes 24-10-08 (.doc, 50kb)
Discussion on enterprising communities (.doc, 38kb)
11 August, 2008
Venue: Pullar House, Perth & Kinross Council
Topics include: Presentation by Gabriel Chanan of the Community Development Foundation (CDF) on his experience of developing “The Community Development Challenge” for the Department of Communities and Local Government and discussion about what might be needed in Scotland.
CDAS Meeting Minutes 11-08-08 (.doc, 50kb)
Discussion on Community Development Challenge (.doc, 45kb)
18 June 2008
Venue: Andrew Carnegie House, Dunfermline
Topics include: Presentation on work of Carnegie UK Foundation
CDAS Meeting Minutes 18-06-08 (.doc, 52kb)
8 February 2008
Venue: Pullar House, Perth & Kinross Council
Topics include: Discussion on Single Outcome Agreements led by Jon Harris, COSLA
CDAS Meeting Minutes 08-02-08 (.doc, 49kb)
Discussion on Single Outcome (.doc, 35kb)
November 2007
Venue: Pullar House, Perth & Kinross Council
Topics include: Discussion on the Interim Standards Council for Community Learning and Development led by Rory MacLeod, Learning Connections, Scottish Government
CDAS Meeting Minutes 30.11.07 (.doc, 47kb)
Discussion on Interim Standards Council for Community Learning and Development (.doc, 32kb)
30 August 2007
Venue: Pullar House, Perth & Kinross Council
Topics include: Discussion on community-led health work led by Kay Barton, Deputy Director, Health Improvement Strategy, Scottish Government
CDAS Meeting Minutes 30.08.07 (.doc, 53kb)
Discussion on community-led health improvement (.doc, 36kb)
