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Collaborative Action Research and public services – insights into methods, findings and implications for public service reform

A working paper examining the findings of four What Works Scotland researchers during a three-year programme to explore collaborative action research with four community planning partnerships.

Emma Baird December 4, 2018 Read more

Stories from the coalface: Exploring what it means to work together in Aberdeenshire

Reflections by participants in the Aberdeenshire collaborative action research on what they learned from the different projects and what they are continuing to learn from the experience.

Emma Baird July 13, 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: Creating effective partnerships to deliver public services

What Works Scotland Community Planning Partnerships partners identified partnership working as a key issue at the heart of public service reform.Karen Seditas shares some of the key findings of a review of research and other evidence about partnership working.

Emma Baird July 11, 2018 Read more

Blog: Community Anchors and Opportunities for Locally-led Public Service Reform

James Henderson reflects on his think piece from November 2015 which considers the potential for community anchors and the community sector to be central to local democratic and inequalities-focused approaches to public service reform in Scotland.

Emma Baird July 11, 2018 Read more

Blog: A democratic future for community planning?

Guest blogger Calum Irving of Voluntary Action Scotland explains in August 2015 how his organisation has been working on a new vision for third sector interfaces to build the third sector’s relationship with community planning.

Emma Baird July 11, 2018 Read more

Blog: What Works in Fife?

Tim Kendrick, strategic lead for the Fife What Works Scotland case site area, explains in November 2014 what the collaborative work will focus on in his area.

Emma Baird July 11, 2018 Read more

Blog: ‘Fractals’, Community Planning and Placed-based Policy Geography in West Dunbartonshire

What Works Scotland’s Ken Gibb and Claire Bynner reflect on starting work with West Dunbartonshire Council as one of our What Works Scotland case study partners. The blog looks at key challenges and shifting to an integrated preventative agenda.

Emma Baird July 11, 2018 Read more

Blog: Looking back on Community Planning Partnerships – Policy reunion

Erica Wimbush shares a blog post from the policy reunion focused on the emergence and evolution of community planning partnerships (CPPs) organised and chaired by Professor Ken Gibb as part of the What Works Scotland initiative.

Emma Baird July 2, 2018 Read more

Blog: Scotland Welcomes Refugees – How do strangers become citizens?

Claire Bynner, What Works Scotland research associate, considers what increasing diversity means for local areas and what local government and community planning partnerships (CPPs) can do to support the settlement of new migrants.

Emma Baird June 20, 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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  • 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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