Community regeneration
Scottish neighbourhood statistics
Small area statistics on health, education, poverty, unemployment, housing, population, crime and social/community issues at the data zone level and above.
Regeneration guide
The guide is published by 4ps. Guidance on the main processes that underpin successful regeneration projects, looking at strategy development. Considers some core areas involved in the move from procurement into delivery and operation, in particular, organising and resourcing, operating within a shifting environment, and evaluation.
Practical guides for using neighbourhood-level data
Includes guidance on:
- monitoring change and identifying programme effectiveness in a deprived neighbourhood
- using updated population estimates rather than Census data when looking at trends
- health outcomes at neighbourhood-level
- assessing whether datasets are fit for purpose
- using crime data at neighbourhood-level to target programmes
Published by Department of Communities and Local Government
Assessing neighbourhood-level data for target-setting
Covers three areas:
- how to assess the quality of neighbourhood-level indicator datasets
- why it is important to be uncertain
- assessment of the quality of key neighbourhood-level indicator datasets, relating to the local economy, adult health and wellbeing, safer and stronger communities and children and young people
Published by Department of Communities and Local Government
The IMAGE Project: new tools for neighbourhood regeneration
Summarises the outcomes from the IMAGE project which involved partners from five northwest European countries sharing experiences in regeneration and tackling the problem of poor image, particularly in relation to high-rise estates. Contains three toolkits:
- Integrated Regeneration Process
- Neighbourhood Branding
- Self-Evaluation
Draws together conclusions from three years of European cooperation on enhancing the image of high-rise neighbourhoods.
Financial inclusion
Financial learning online (FLO)
Resource for workers and volunteers involved in developing and delivering financial learning projects for adults in Scotland. These projects, which are guided by learners' needs and circumstances, focus on a range of financial issues: from the literacy and numeracy skills we need to be able to handle money effectively, to understanding where to get help when things go wrong.
Income inequality and poverty
Child poverty toolkit
Developed by Inclusion and the Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) to help local partners:
- frame an informed debate on child poverty in relation to employment, income, education, health and social services
- analyse the local child poverty story using the most reliable and comprehensive data sources
- develop a local child poverty target
- ensure that local policies are 'child poverty-proofed'
- design a multi-themed strategy for achieving this
Employability
Key indicators
Easy-to-use tool, developed by Future Skills Scotland, which provides online access to a wide range of labour market and economic data for a range of geographical areas in Scotland.
Young people, early years and education
Play your part
Toolkit developed by the Housing and Communities Academy and Community Service Volunteers (CSV) for teachers to help encourage pupils to play an active role in community projects; it can be used to support Citizenship, Drama, Geography and PSHE lessons.
Health and wellbeing
Health impact assessment of greenspace: a guide
Published by Greenspace Scotland. How to conduct a health impact assessment (HIA) of greenspace, including greenspace policies, strategies, plans, frameworks, programmes or projects. It presents some background information on greenspace and the current greenspace and health policy context in Scotland.
Routes to sustainability
CHEX Briefing highlights resources to help organisations plan their long term sustainability. Includes information on business planning, monitoring and evaluation, addressing health inequalities, working with communities, influencing policy and practice, marketing, partnership working, advocating your agenda, and funding.
Service delivery
Learning in regeneration skills pack
Find out what skills you need to be more effective; understand more about learning; and support others within your own organisation to develop their skills. Published by Scottish Centre for Regeneration.
The LEAP framework
A toolkit developed by the Scottish Community Development Centre. Designed to support a partnership approach to achieving change and improvement in the quality of community life. Describes both an approach to changes and a 5 step planning and evaluation cycle that can be used to implement it.
Placeshaping: A toolkit for urban community land trusts
Sets out how Community Land Trusts (CLTs) have the potential to play a major role in managing urban change. Explains the policy framework, gives examples of working projects, and sets out some of the techniques that can turn a bright idea and the determination of local people into a practical success. Published by Community Finance Solutions, University of Salford
Community engagement and empowerment
How to guide: Community engagement
Developed by the Scottish Centre for Regeneration to help people who are involved in community engagement. Aims to help everyone understand what community engagement is, how it works, and the impact it can have.
A guide to engaging Muslim communities
Published by the Chartered Institute of Housing, the emphasis is on engaging with poorer communities that are likely to be socially excluded and may be directly affected by housing or regeneration programmes.
Community engagement in housing-led regeneration: A good practice guide
[not available as a download]
The guide addresses the question 'why engage with communities' and then looks in detail at what engagement means at strategic level, at neighbourhood level, and in decision-making on individual streets and houses. Considers methods of engagement in detail, including those needed to involve 'hard-to-reach' groups including young people, older people and newcomers to communities. Published by Chartered Institute of Housing
A guide to actively involving young people in research: for researchers, research commissioners, and managers
Published by INVOLVE and PK Research Consultancy Ltd. Outlines why and how to actively involve young people (aged 12 to 21 years) as researchers within health and social care research.
Community signature
Visually striking and easy to use tool designed to enable communities to build a picture of their capacity, which can be used to inform strategic decision making and ongoing community development. Developed by BusinessLab, an Aberdeen based research company, and has been deployed across the UK to support community capacity building, development and regeneration.
Scottish Centre for Regeneration
How to guide: Joined up working
Guide published by the Scottish Centre for Regeneration. Includes up to date information about joined up working both in Scotland, and elsewhere. The first place to look for information about joined up working.
How to guide: Community engagement
Developed by the Scottish Centre for Regeneration for people involved in community engagement. Aims to help everyone to understand what community engagement is, how it works, and the impact that it can have.
If you have any resources which you think may help people in regeneration please contact the SCR.