Get details of this exciting new What Works Scotland initiative aimed at senior public service leaders. The research-based degree is designed to develop senior leaders’ capacity for critical and analytical thinking, knowledge and understanding of the intersection between public service
Report from Fife Home Retreat
The report from the Fife collaborative action research home retreat in October 2015 is now available. See the report here
New Think Piece on Community Organisations
Just published think piece: Community Anchors What Works Scotland Research Associate James Henderson reflects on the potential for community anchors to provide locally-led Scottish public service reform. http://whatworksscotland.ac.uk/publications/think-pieces/
WWS co-director joins Advisory Group on the Community Empowerment Act 2015
The Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act was passed at the Scottish Parliament in the summer of 2015. Now the Scottish Government is working with a range of experts and stakeholders to develop regulations and guidance for implementation. Dr Oliver Escobar (WWS
WWS staff participate in the largest research programme led by disabled people
DRILL stands for Disability Research on Independent Living and Learning and is a five-year programme funded by the Big Lottery (£5million) to deliver the world’s first major research programme led by disabled people. DRILL aims to bring together disabled people
Assessing the Impact of Service Cuts – Social Impact Tool
See blog about this recent WWS seminar here
Launch of Participatory Budgeting Scotland Report by GCPH & WWS
The Glasgow Centre for Population Health and What Works Scotland have today published Participatory budgeting in Scotland to complement the launch of the Scottish Government’s new participatory budgeting website. Participatory budgeting (PB) is a process of involving citizens in deciding
New Evidence Review – Partnerships
Partnership Working Across the Public Sector in the UK – Evidence Review and Briefing Paper published today
Report from WWS CAR Retreat Event Published
See the report from WWS’s first Collaborative Action Retreat event with Case Study partners here
Challenge Poverty Week
17th – 23rd October is Challenge Poverty Week Click here for a range of articles and to participate in discussions with academics based in universities across Scotland on topics such as poverty, inequality, or deprivation. Articles already available include: Morag Treanor: “Recent changes to measuring