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INVOLVING OLDER PEOPLE: LESSONS FOR COMMUNITY PLANNING
APPENDIX ONE Information about the research organisations
The Scottish Centre for the Promotion of the Older Person's Agenda
The Scottish Centre for the Promotion of the Older Person's Agenda aims, through its work, to improve the quality of life for all older people through research, practice development and education. This includes:
- working together with older people,
- listening to their agenda, and
- turning the political rhetoric into reality.
The Centre's work is firmly rooted in practice. A core feature of research programmes is the dissemination and utilisation of findings in health and social care contexts.
The work of the Centre complements and further supports the work of the health, social and voluntary sectors. In particular, the Centre offers:
- opportunities for collaborative work,
- multidisciplinary perspectives,
- research expertise,
- innovative educational programmes,
- routes for information dissemination.
More details of its work can be accessed through the website www.qmuc.ac.uk/opa.
The Scottish Community Development Centre
The Scottish Community Development Centre is an innovative partnership between the Community Development Foundation (a UK non-departmental public body funded by government to support community development) and the University of Glasgow. It promotes and supports best practice in community development throughout Scotland with the aim of building stronger and healthier communities.
SCDC activities include research, project development and management, evaluation, training and consultancy, conferences, seminars and events, international practice exchanges, policy advice, and supporting community organisation networks. SCDC frequently works in partnership with other agencies, and draws on a pool of experienced associates.
The main programmes of SCDC are in the fields of community health, social inclusion, community learning, regeneration, active citizenship and community care. The website www.scdc.org.uk provides an overview of activities.
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