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Supporting Scotland's vibrant voluntary sector

Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations is the membership organisation for Scotland's charities, voluntary organisations and social enterprises. Charity registered in Scotland SC003558. Registered office Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Edinburgh EH3 6BB.

Evidence library

The importance of the neighbourhood: Tackling the implementation gap

This paper pulls out the main messages from JRF and other research findings to suggest what central government policy can do to make the neighbourhoods agenda work on the ground. The details of effective joint working ? between agencies and communities ? can only be worked out at local level. But government policy can create an enabling framework ? or it can make the situation worse.

Last modified on 6 June 2017