Sites we like

Connect: communities of practice provides a welcoming space for you to share your practice and link up with others who share your interests. You can join groups, establish your own and participate in lively discussions on all aspects of community learning and development work! Connect is supported by the Education Scotland Communities Team.

Visit Connect: communities of practice

Information, resources and guidance from the new national education agency for community learning and development practitioners. We particularly like the new video content which shows vividly what it is we do, who we do it with, why we do it and what the impact of CLD is!

Visit Education Scotland: Community Learning and Development pages

Established and supported by Carnegie Trust UK, Fiery Spirits is a vibrant community of practice for rural activists and practitioners where challenging and provocative resources, debates and people are to be found.

Visit Fiery Spirits Community of Practice

The Centre for Confidence and Well-being was launched at the beginning of December 2004 at an event in Glasgow called ‘Scotland’s Tipping Point’. Their approach is creative and entrepreneurial; positive and optimistic; rigorous, values led and committed.

Their website features regular blog posts from Carol Craig, Chief Executive of the Centre and the author of The Tears that made the Clyde: Wellbeing in Glasgow and Creating Confidence: A handbook for professionals working with young people. You can also find information on events, new resources and much more.

Visit Centre for Confidence and Wellbeing

The youtube channel from the Scottish Community Development Centre features a series of fascinating films highlighting the excellent work of Community Health projects across Scotland which have been supported by CHEX. The work described and shown in the films highlights what can be achieved through partnership working.

Visit SCDCteam's Channel (Youtube)

An excellent resource available on the SCQF website: an interactive version of the Framework so you can quickly and easily compare qualifications, and learn more about them. On the main site you can use the database tool to search for learning programmes that have been credit rated, and you can also navigate information by your role, be it learner, employer or learning provider.

Visit Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework

YouthLink Scotland’s home on the internet is, as you would expect, the one stop shop for anyone in Scotland working with young people. A cavalcade of resources, publications, signposts to funding, news, events and much more. A real must visit.

Visit Youth Link Scotland

We CTV is a YouTube channel sharing the work from the Scottish Youth Parliament’s We CTV project. Dozens of creative, engaging and downright brilliant short films from young people across Scotland. We particularly enjoyed Mr Bob!

Visit We CTV

Glasgow Council for the Voluntary Sector’s website is a great portal for discussion and information sharing for colleagues; the noticeboard section lists events, consultations and fundraisers and the training programme section offers a comprehensive list of opportunities. Our favourite feature is the banner across the top of the site which runs striking statistics about the contribution the voluntary sector is making in Scotland’s biggest city.

Visit Glasgow Council for the Voluntary Sector

With two easy methods of navigation, this well written and beautifully presented toolkit is not to be missed. You can use the self-assessment questions as you progress through the stages and there are frequent signposts to further information and guidance.

Visit Glasgow's Learning... About Equalities: Online Toolkit