World Values Survey 1981-2008
The World Values Survey (WVS) is a worldwide network of social scientists studying changing values and their impact on social and political life. The WVS in collaboration with EVS (European Values Study) carried out representative national surveys in 97 societies containing almos… Read more
Mass Localism - a way to help small communities solve big social challenges
Policymakers increasingly recognise that many of the solutions to major social challenges ? from tackling climate change to improving public health ? need to be much more local. Local solutions are frequently very effective, as they reflect the needs of specific communities and e… Read more
Measuring Progress: Sustainable Development Indicators 2010
This report compiles an extensive range of economic, social and environmental indicators to provide a statistical overview of the UK's progress. They cover a wide range of topics of everyday concern such as health, housing, jobs, crime, education, and our environment, all of whi… Read more
Growing Community Assets evaluation - Phase 2 report
The Big Lottery Fund has commissioned a two-phased evaluation of the Growing Community Assets (GCA) investment area in Scotland. GCA is about giving local communities ownership of assets - such as land, buildings or equipment - to improve, develop and protect these assets. Thi… Read more
Rural Scotland in Focus 2014
The Rural Scotland in Focus 2014 (RSiF 2014) Report continues to monitor how rural Scotland is changing, focusing on: population trends, the lives of young people, the levels and experiences of poverty and disadvantage and how use of our finite rural land resource is negotiated t… Read more
Steps to Successful Community-led Service Provision in Rural Areas
This practical report takes an in-depth look into community-led service provision in rural areas. It concludes a three year action research project by Carnegie partners, Atlantis Leisure. Based on their experience of running an extremely successful community enterprise, the stu… Read more
Evaluation of the Cultural Pathfinder Programme in Scotland
The Cultural Pathfinder Programme in Scotland was developed by the former Scottish Executive as a way of supporting local authorities and their partners to explore ways of widening access to, and participation in, cultural activities across diverse communities. The Programme supp… Read more
The Happy Planet Index 2.0: why good lives don't have to cost the Earth
The Happy Planet Index (HPI) was launched in July 2006 as a radical departure from our current obsession with GDP. Working from first principles, the report identified health and a positive experience of life as universal human goals, and the natural resources that our human syst… Read more
Measuring What Matters - Conference Report
On 27 March 2009 the Community Development Alliance Scotland (CDAS), in partnership with the International Association for Community Development (IACD), Carnegie UK Trust and the Scottish Community Development Centre (SCDC) hosted a conference in Dundee attended by 180 practition… Read more
The Local Wellbeing Project
The Local Wellbeing Project is a three-year initiative to explore how local government in England and Wales can practically improve the happiness and wellbeing of citizens. The project brings together three very different local authorities ? Manchester, Hertfordshire and South Ty… Read more