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WWS Aberdeenshire multi-layered preventative partnership Case study Capacity – Organising

A diagram consisting of an image of a person holding a piece of paper with the words “examples of community organising” alongside it. Around this image are thirteen blue boxes containing the following text: 1. Community action planning. 2. Community Anchors as foundation of capacity-building – Huntly Development Trust role. 3. Older People’s Forums – in Portlethen – and campaigning on transport issues. 4. Key issue: social capital (can be) higher in more affluent areas. 5. Caring for Turriff and District is supporting communities around closure of two care homes engaging people to find ways to maintain and improve health and wellbeing. 6. Aberdeenshire Voluntary Action – training for the sector (supporting community organising). 7. Coastal Healthy Living Network. 8. Alford Community Transport Service. Set up by people in Alford ten years ago. Voluntary drivers. Offers health services access. 9. Fraserburgh Super Saturday. Fraserburgh Development Trust is the glue that does the organising – a community anchor with local traders, local agencies – in the street (Community Learning Development, health): CDT is contracted to this work and has (evidenced) economic regeneration benefits. 10. Community run activities in Rhynie; training from funding bodies, community events, walking, and supporting good causes through fundraising. 11. Community Resilience Plans for future events. 12. Role of a ‘supporting structure’ – confidence – for volunteers. ‘Scaffolding’. 13. Alcohol and Drug Partnership (ADP) North Forum community activist project; trained to then work in their city. Tackling stigma with a community engagement officer.

Social Sciences Communications January 31, 2018
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What Works Scotland was an initiative to improve the way local areas in Scotland use evidence to make decisions about public service development and reform. It explored how public services could start to work towards the recommendations of the Christie Commission on the Future Delivery of Public Services and the Scottish Government’s priorities for reform. ...

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