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
Community Empowerment Case Study Research
This document summarises the research findings of a project designed to explore in detail examples of community empowerment practice in Scotland. The research was intended to allow case studies to fully describe their experiences and tell their story of how their community empowe… Read more
Signing on and stepping up? Single parents' experience of welfare reform
The welfare system in the UK for single parents with older children has begun to change. Parents are being asked to seek paid work and take up a job that is offered, rather than being able to choose to parent full-time if that is what they feel is best. This research takes a q… Read more
Monitoring poverty and social exclusion 2009
'Monitoring poverty and social exclusion 2009' is the twelfth in a series of annual reports by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and the New Policy Institute. The reports assess a wide range of subjects including unemployment, education and health and are built around a set of 50 in… Read more
Bibliography of Volunteer Management Publications
This bibliography of volunteer management was compiled by Steve McCurley and is divided into categories of print, editorial and web. The author has also published a useful resource for researchers entitled The Volunteerism Bibliography which is available via the following link: h… Read more
Being Young in Scotland 2005: Young People's Participation in Youth Work, Arts, Culture and Sport
This report presents findings from the 2005 YouthLink Scotland State of the Nation Survey, incorporating the results from both the Schools omnibus and the young people survey of 17-25 year olds. This study represents the second wave of the survey with the first having been conduc… Read more
Working in the Voluntary Sector - Main Report
Research to map the voluntary sector workforce - paid staff and volunteers - and its training needs in Scotland. Read more