A&DS supports communities, providing advice and support and we promote the benefits of community engagement and share examples of good work.
SERVICE: Making Places – Community Placemaking
Making Places: We are currently undertaking a pilot project to provide support for community placemaking projects across Scotland.
Making Places: An Introduction to Engaging with Confidence!
Making Places project, this is part of the Introduction courses we are running in community empowerment workshops
Making Places: An Introduction to Organisation and Governance
Making Places project, this is part of the Introduction courses we are running in community empowerment workshops
Making Places
Making Places: This project is about community empowerment and capacity building through community events and workshops.
Pier Project: Vibrant Waterfront in Fort William
A more vibrant waterfront for Fort William: read about how a local group created safe access to Loch Linnhe and economic benefit for the community.
Heritage Works – the story of Hallside Heritage Park
A project is underway to to bring Hallside Heritage Park back into use as a greenspace, providing community benefit.
Creating a Craft Town – the next steps
In a blog about how a community can activate a place Kay Hall about the next steps for Craft Town Scotland.
Seeding Success: Learning from Stalled Spaces Scotland – Video
A short video from the event Seeding Success, held in Paisley on 10 May 2017.
Seeding Success: how communities transform town centres
Delegates at a one-day event heard how 50 projects across the country have used vacant and derelict spaces to bring life back into town centres.