What Works Scotland recently published an in-depth case study focused on Operation Modulus in the Gorbals but in this blog from April 2016 Dr Richard Brunner asks what is the purpose of a case study and how can people learn from them?
Blog: Health and Social Care Integration – seeking the ‘space’ and commitment to support complex local partnership-working
What Works Scotland research associate, James Henderson reflects on developments in discussed at the Health and Social Care Benchmarking Network’s national conference on 3 December 2015
Blog: Collaboration, Control and Choice in a Person Centred Scotland
Alex Stobart of Mydex Community Interest Company about collaboration and more person-centred services. Published January 2016.
Blog: Understanding and utilising social security sanctions data at the local level
This blog from January 2016 by Dr Hayley Bennett, What Works Scotland, Gary Smith and Coryn Barclay from Fife Council, explores the sanctions data available through the Department of Work and Pensions and how it can be used at a local level.
Blog: Why Place?
What does ‘place’ offer to public service development? in this blog from December 2016 What Works Scotland’s Claire Bynner examines the role of place-based approaches – what works and what doesn’t.
Blog: What key Evidence to Action resources are available for public service reform?
Karen Seditas offers an overview in May 2016 of What Works Scotland knowledge partners’ resources for Evidence to Action (E2A).
Blog: Making data meaningful in West Dunbartonshire
Blog about a project which examines how evidence is being used in West Dunbartonshire to make decisions and how it could be made more useful for community planning partners and local communities.
Blog: Participation and representation in Scotland’s third sector interfaces – a new model?
Jane Cullingworth, a What Works Scotland PhD candidate, reports in November 2016 on work to develop a vision that re-imagines community planning in Scotland.
National Standards for Community Engagement
The revised National Standards for Community Engagement. These were developed by What Works Scotland and the Scottish Community Development Centre with a focus on strengthening participation and community engagement, particularly in the context of the Community Empowerment Act.
Building Connections: Co-locating advice services in general practices and job centres
Report published by the Glasgow Centre for Population Health and the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and supported by What Works Scotland, which reviews a series of collaborative service delivery projects designed to improve social and economic outcomes for people experiencing poverty in Glasgow.