Skills Advice & Guidance
Please find a collection of advice and guidance documents and publications relating to the development of your workforce. Please contact website administrator if you have any you would wish to contribute or suggest for inclusion.
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Creating a Learning Landscape: a skills framework for community regeneration
The Skills Framework for Community Regeneration has been developed to support everyone currently working within regeneration.
Firm Foundations
The Governments Framework for Community Capacity Building (Size of PDF 712KB)
Funding Advice - Funding for Training from the Scottish Social Services
The Scottish Social Services Council have compiled this document to look at the funding streams available for the education and training of the social services workforce in Scotland (Size of PDF 185KB)
Funding Advice - Helping You Meet The Cost Of Learning
Your guide to funding 2005 - 2006 by the Scottich Executive.
Funding Advice - Womens Fund for Scotland
Grants up to £5,000 are available to voluntary organisations that seek to support women in Scotland, in particular, groups that help contribute to the regeneration or development of the local community.
Futureskills Scotland - Voluntary Sector Profile 2005
Futureskills Scotland have just produced, jointly with SCVO, this Voluntary Sector Profile. More information about this survey, and a report containing the full results, can be found in 'Skills in Scotland 2004', which is available on the Futureskills Scotland Website - www.futureskillsscotland.org.uk. Futureskills Scotland is part of Scottish Enterprise and Highlands & Islands Enterprise. They aim to: - analyse the Scottish labour market to inform policy making - improve the availability, quality and consistency of labour market - information and intelligence across Scotland - work closely with Careers Scotland to provide the organisation and its clients with labour market information Their work is directed at a wide range of users from beginners to experts. Analysis is always presented in a user-friendly, clear and accessible manner using robust and reliable information.
Highlands & Islands Enterprise - Smart, Successful Scotland
Strategic direction to the Enterprise Networks and an enterprise strategy for Scotland (Size of PDF 1.3MB)
HISEZ - The Zone
Catch up with all the latest news from HISEZ.
Improving our Skills - A skills strategy for the voluntary and community skills sector
A skills strategy for the voluntary and community skills sector (Size of PDF 409KB)
Investors in People Case Studies
Turning Point Scotland / Yorkhill Housing Association (1988) Ltd / Lewis Citizen Advice Bureau / Nithsdale Council of Voluntary Service / West Fife Community Drugs Team (Size of PDF 181KB)
Investors in People Case Study
Alness Credit Union (Size of PDF 413KB)
Juggling - The distinctiveness of Small Voluntary Agencies
The distinctiveness of Small Voluntary Agencies (Size of PDF 70.9KB)
learndirect scotland - How many more people could you help if you had the right training?
Getting the right training for the Voluntary Sector (Size of PDF 112KB)
Promoting Excellence in Scotland's Communities
A guide to performance improvement techniques in community regeneration (Size of PDF 890KB)
Putting People in the Picture
Identifying and meeting learning needs in voluntary organisations (Size of PDF 934KB)
SCVO Research Publication
A Snapshop of the Scottish Voluntary Sector (Size of PDF 1.17MB)
SCVO Workforce Strategy Publication
A strategy for developing skills in the Voluntary Sector in Scotland.
Sector Skills Council - Asset Skills
Skills for Business. Property services, housing, cleaning services and facilities management.
Sector Skills Council - Creative and Cultural Skills
Sector Skills Council for the Arts, museums and galleries, heritage, crafts and design.
Sector Skills Council - Lantra
Sector Skills Council for the Environmental and land-based industries.
Sector Skills Council - Lifelong Learning UK
Sector Skills Council for Employers who deliver and / or support the delivery of lifelong learning.
Sector Skills Council - People 1st
Sector Skills Council for hospitality, leisure, travel and tourism.
Sector Skills Council - Skills for Care and Development
Sector Skills Council for Social care including children, families and young children.
Sector Skills Council - Skills for Health
Sector Skills Council for the Health sector across the UK.
Sector Skills Council - Skills for Justice
Sector Skills Council for Custodial care, community justice and police.
Sector Skills Council - SkillsActive
The Strategic Development of the Voluntary and Community Workforce. April 2005 - Project Information Bulletin 1 - Phase 2
Something to Believe In
A report on recruitment problems and opportunities in the Scottish Voluntary Sector (Size of PDF 558KB)
The booth.co.uk
A new and simple online ticketing service, for the North of Scotland and beyond (Size of PDF 211KB)
The latest statistics on the Scottish voluntary sector
Please note the new statistics on our sector, and update these sector statistics in all your publications, briefings and publicity materials, particularly those you are using for the Gathering.
To have and to hold: The DTA guide to asset development for community and social enterprises
This Guide provides a broad range of information, resources and contacts that you can use to develop a land or building project that is an asset for your organisation and local community. The Guide can get you started, give you helpful pointers while you are planning, suggest ways that you can attract investment or other support, enable you to be more informed when dealing with professionals (lawyers, planners, funders and other consultants) and provide a reference tool with contacts and other sources of information to help you argue your case, plan your project, secure support for it and make it happen.
Voluntary Sector Social Services Workforce Unit
Demystifying the Qualifications Maze: A Guide for Voluntary Sector Social Service Organisations
Voluntary Sector Social Services Workforce Unit
Navigating the Funding Streams: A guide to acquiring funding for learning and development in Voluntary Sector Social Services.
Volunteering Compact
Volunteering Compact of Good Practice - A revised Code of Good Practice on Volunteering has been published, setting out "undertakings to enable more people to become involved in varied forms of voluntary activity and offer them the necessary support as well as undertakings aimed at influencing behaviour to tackle barriers to volunteering".

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