How can parents escape from recurrent poverty?
The study explores the reasons behind the low-pay/no-pay cycle and recurrent poverty among disadvantaged parents. The main part of the study consisted of qualitative interviews with 33 disadvantaged parents across Scotland in order to relate their stories and views about getting… Read more
Review of the Impact of Community Engagement within Regeneration
The Community Engagement Team within the Regeneration Division of the Scottish Government asked Communities Analytical Services to provide an overview of what is know about the impact of community engagement and empowerment activity within the context of regeneration and to expl… Read more
Right Here, Right Now - taking co-production into the mainstream
This discussion paper is the last of three reports from nef and NESTA. The first report, The Challenge of Co-production, published in December 2009, explained what co-production is and why it offers the possibility of more effective and efficient public services. The second repor… Read more
Beyond 'flat-earth' maps of the third sector: enhancing our understanding of the contribution of 'below the radar' organisations
This paper explores some of the issues around producing reliable estimates of the numbers, scale and scope of third sector organisations in a region. The bulk of the paper presents a discussion of work that the authors have been conducting on the distribution of what are often te… Read more
Public services and civil society working together: promising ideas for effective local partnerships between state and citizen
Every part of the public sector in the UK is now grappling with how to save money, and how to do ?more for less?. Some of the responses will be driven top down. But experience shows that many of the most creative answers come from involving people on the front line, both the prov… Read more
Helping Out: A national survey of volunteering and charitable giving
This report details the main findings of a survey of volunteering and charitable giving in England & Wales. The main aims of the study were to examine: * how and why people give unpaid help to organisations, and what they think of their experiences; * what stops people from… Read more
Report of the NHS Scotland Human Rights Working Group
This report presents an overview of the human rights pilot project for the year April 2009 ? April 2010. The human rights pilot project established a working group made up of NHS board representatives to look at current practice and appreciation of human rights with NHS Scotland.… Read more
Rural Community Buildings, Arts, Sports and Licensing Requirements
In 2009, Action with Communities in Rural England (ACRE) carried out its third national survey of almost 10,000 rural community buildings in England, updating data from the 1988 and 1998 surveys, with information from 2,355 respondents. This is the third in a series of short repo… Read more
Evaluation of the Working for Families Fund (2004-2008)
The Working for Families Fund (WFF) contributed to the Scottish Government?s commitment to: tackling poverty and disadvantage, by improving rates of employment and economic activity and: eradicating child poverty within a generation. In April 2008 WFF funding was streamlined into… Read more
Volunteering in Museums: a research study into volunteering within museums
The purpose of this study was to provide robust evidence of the impact of volunteering in museums and galleries, as well as a demographic profile of the sector. The research involved a survey to all 210 members of Museums Galleries Scotland in January and February 2009. In to… Read more