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Blog: Co-production: Do we know what it is and what it achieves?

Guest blogger Elinor Findlay from the Scottish Government, discusses our understanding of ‘co-production’. It’s an increasingly popular term in May 2015 but what does it mean for how services are designed and delivered?

Emma Baird July 11, 2018 Read more

Blog: Time for change – a delegate’s response to Community-led Approaches to Reducing Poverty

Pam Dawson of the Placed-based Programme run by the Lloyds TSB Foundation for Scotland, writes about her experience of the What Works Scotland seminars on reducing poverty held in Clydebank and Dundee in September 2016.

Emma Baird July 11, 2018 Read more

Blog: What is the future of ‘doing good’ in the UK?

What Works Scotland’s Jane Cullingworth writes about The Big Lottery Fund’s 2016 report—The Future of ‘Doing Good’ in the UK, and one of the launch events it organised across the UK to stimulate discussion.

Emma Baird July 11, 2018 Read more

Blog: Systems thinking – Re-imagining public services to tackle inequality

Nick Bland of What Works Scotland, discusses an event in September 2016 which focused on helping people to understand how institutions in society can perpetuate inequality and strategies to change this.

Emma Baird July 11, 2018 Read more

Blog: Scotland and international experiences of scaling-up participatory budgeting

Giovanni Allegretti from the University of Coimbra in Portugal, writes about his experiences of a What Works Scotland seminar in June 2016 focused on participatory democracy. The seminar explored Scotland’s experiences and what goes on worldwide,

Emma Baird July 11, 2018 Read more

Blog: Community-led Approaches to Reducing Poverty

What Works Scotland co-director Ken Gibb reflects on a What Works Scotland event in Clydebank Town Hall, in September 2016 where 40 people from the public and voluntary sectors, plus a few academics and councillors took part in considering Community-led Approaches to Reducing Poverty.

Emma Baird July 11, 2018 Read more

Blog: “Challenge current practice and assumptions! Make waves!!” – Findings from a Collaborative Action Research learning event

What Works Scotland and community planning partnerships put themselves under the spotlight at an event in July 2016 where participants shared their collaborative action research (CAR) experiences from across Scotland, and examined this way of working.

Emma Baird July 11, 2018 Read more

Blog: Co-production – I believe in Unicorns after all, they are Scotland’s National animal!

Hilda Campbell from COPE Scotland, writing about the Scottish launch in May 2016 of Catherine Durose’s book, Designing Public Policy for Co-Production: Theory, practice and change.

Emma Baird July 11, 2018 Read more

Blog: The 2016 Alliance Conference and the Politics of Possibility

Claire Bynner, research associate for What Works Scotland, reflects on the 10th annual conference (and anniversary) of The Alliance in May 2016 – the national third sector intermediary for health and social care organisations in Scotland.

Emma Baird July 11, 2018 Read more

Blog: A backstage pass – Operation Modulus and the case study approach

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?

Emma Baird July 11, 2018 Read more
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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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RSS   Blog

  • What Works Scotland closed but resources still available February 18, 2020
  • Extending the community sector inquiry through a cross-sector learning community? June 5, 2019
  • Community-led activity: time to invest in expansion June 5, 2019
  • Tackling inequalities by supporting 'enterprising' communities June 5, 2019
  • Exploring community anchors, public service reform... and the wider local community sector June 5, 2019

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