Community https://indylibrary.scot/ en Sorted. A handbook for a better Scotland https://indylibrary.scot/sorted-a-handbook-for-a-better-scotland-0 <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Sorted. A handbook for a better Scotland</span> <div class="field field--name-field-author-or-creator field--type-string field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Primary Author or Creator:</div> <div class="field__item">Commonweal</div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span lang="" about="/user/20" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Vicky Fairley</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden">Thu, 30/03/2023 - 13:27</span> <div class="field field--name-field-publisher field--type-string field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Publisher: </div> <div class="field__item">CommonPrint</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-alternative-published-date field--type-string field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Alternative Published Date</div> <div class="field__item">2022</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-category field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Category: </div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/143" hreflang="en">Independence</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/category/campaigning" hreflang="en">Campaigning</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/category/community" hreflang="en">Community</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-type field--type-string field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Type of Resource: </div> <div class="field__item">book</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-length field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Length (Pages, words, minutes etc...)</div> <div class="field__item">291pages</div> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="flag.link_builder:build" arguments="0=node&amp;1=1086&amp;2=like_content" token="iOlSFW74hBGYQKAUCTQOMypXvkV8Rwts-6Ek3VEwPPM"></drupal-render-placeholder> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Fast Facts</div> <div class="field__item"><p>'Sorted' is a vision for a shared future in an independent Scotland.  A future which puts all of us first. It looks at what's possible and describes how we can make independence and Scotland successful.</p></div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-precis field--type-text-long field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">More details</div> <div class="field__item"><p>'Sorted" imagines we are at the start of the first ten years of Scotland being an independent country. It describes what kind of society we can now build and explains the guiding principles of how to go about building it. Then it takes every part of life in Scotland and puts forward a case for change covering equality; democracy; public finance; tax and money; industry; living standards; resources; learning; care; health; recreation; justice; security; information; and the world.</p> <p>It explains how to build our industrial base, tackle poverty, combat the climate crisis, raise wages, improve our quality of life and stay safe in an uncertain world - and much more besides.</p> <p>It is based on a decade of work by Common Weal and organisations and authors close to it.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-resource-url field--type-link field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Full Document (link)</div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item"><a href="https://commonweal.scot/shop/publications/sorted-a-handbook-for-a-better-scotland/" target="_blank">https://commonweal.scot/shop/publications/sorted-a-handbook-for-a-better-scotla…</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-keywords field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Keywords</div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/404" hreflang="en">Equality</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/516" hreflang="en">Democracy</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/594" hreflang="en">Public finance</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/922" hreflang="en">Income tax</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/495" hreflang="en">Money</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/280" hreflang="en">Industry</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/204" hreflang="en">Energy resources</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/489" hreflang="en">Education</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/738" hreflang="en">Care services</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/216" hreflang="en">Health</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/546" hreflang="en">security</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-related-questions field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Related Questions</div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item"><a href="/questions/what-will-the-economic-policy-of-an-independent-scotland-be" hreflang="en">What will the economic policy of an independent Scotland be?</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/questions/does-scotland-have-enough-energy-resources" hreflang="en">Does Scotland have enough energy resources?</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/9" hreflang="en">Can Scotland have an independent banking system?</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/questions/what-will-tax-be-like-in-an-independent-scotland" hreflang="en">What will tax be like in an independent Scotland?</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/questions/how-will-communities-develop-in-scotland" hreflang="en">How will communities develop in Scotland?</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/questions/what-will-human-rights-be-in-scotland" hreflang="en">What will human rights be in Scotland?</a></div> </div> </div> <div id="field-language-display"> <fieldset class="js-form-item js-form-type-item form-type-item js-form-item- form-item- form-group"> <label>Language</label> English </fieldset> </div> Thu, 30 Mar 2023 12:27:22 +0000 Vicky Fairley 1086 at https://indylibrary.scot Aberdeen - Scotland’s First Urban Community Hydro https://indylibrary.scot/aberdeen-scotlands-first-urban-community-hydro <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Aberdeen - Scotland’s First Urban Community Hydro</span> <div class="field field--name-field-author-or-creator field--type-string field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Primary Author or Creator:</div> <div class="field__item">Community Land Scotland</div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span lang="" about="/user/18" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Stephen Richard</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden">Sat, 25/02/2023 - 19:43</span> <div class="field field--name-field-publisher field--type-string field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Publisher: </div> <div class="field__item">Community Land Scotland</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-alternative-published-date field--type-string field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Alternative Published Date</div> <div class="field__item">2022</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-category field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Category: </div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item"><a href="/category/community" hreflang="en">Community</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-type field--type-string field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Type of Resource: </div> <div class="field__item">Report</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-length field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Length (Pages, words, minutes etc...)</div> <div class="field__item">6pp</div> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="flag.link_builder:build" arguments="0=node&amp;1=1056&amp;2=like_content" token="pwgWsL8kKKvZUknRRPskplZUwN37YneJrsVBFGpk5GQ"></drupal-render-placeholder> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Fast Facts</div> <div class="field__item"><p>Donside Village Community SCIO now owns and manages the land which is home to Scotland’s first urban community hydro scheme. </p></div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-precis field--type-text-long field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">More details</div> <div class="field__item"><p>The Donside Village Community is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (SCIO) run by local people. Donside Village is a relatively new housing development of about 350 homes on the site of the former Donside Papermill. The group’s community ownership journey began in 2014 at a residents’ meeting with a proposal to revive plans for a hydro scheme at the edge of the housing development. Donside Village Community SCIO now owns and manages the land which is home to Scotland’s first urban community hydro scheme. This case study looks at their journey, their challenges and successes and their plans for the future.</p></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-resource-url field--type-link field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Full Document (link)</div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item"><a href="https://www.communitylandscotland.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Case-Study-2022-Aberdeen-Scotland_s-First-Urban-Community-Hydro_compressed.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.communitylandscotland.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Case-Study-…</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-keywords field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Keywords</div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1087" hreflang="en">Aberdeen</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1088" hreflang="en">Water power</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/834" hreflang="en">Community Land</a></div> </div> </div> <div id="field-language-display"> <fieldset class="js-form-item js-form-type-item form-type-item js-form-item- form-item- form-group"> <label>Language</label> English </fieldset> </div> Sat, 25 Feb 2023 19:43:44 +0000 Stephen Richard 1056 at https://indylibrary.scot Care In Your Community https://indylibrary.scot/care-in-your-community <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Care In Your Community</span> <div class="field field--name-field-author-or-creator field--type-string field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Primary Author or Creator:</div> <div class="field__item">Colin Turbett</div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span lang="" about="/user/18" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Stephen Richard</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden">Sun, 12/09/2021 - 22:08</span> <div class="field field--name-field-publisher field--type-string field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Publisher: </div> <div class="field__item">Common Weal</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-date-published field--type-datetime field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Date Published: </div> <div class="field__item"><time datetime="2021-06-21T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">21/06/21</time> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-category field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Category: </div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item"><a href="/category/community" hreflang="en">Community</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-type field--type-string field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Type of Resource: </div> <div class="field__item">Policy Paper</div> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="flag.link_builder:build" arguments="0=node&amp;1=324&amp;2=like_content" token="zr0PJBzXhYA1hhBEhZ-sHzxiq3cgvaXyzvgST9OM1uw"></drupal-render-placeholder> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Fast Facts</div> <div class="field__item"><p>Putting Community Hubs at the heart of a National Care Service.</p></div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-precis field--type-text-long field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">More details</div> <div class="field__item"><p>― The notion of resilient communities coping with the pandemic has revived the notion of community hubs as significant centres for public service delivery and voluntary activity.</p> <p>― Community development as a component of the shaping and delivery of services has a long history, but suffered through the years of politically-contrived public expenditure cuts and austerity.</p> <p>― Notions of community empowerment already enshrined in law ought to be compatible with the decentralisation of public services and bottom-up community partnership and control.</p> <p>― Community hubs could offer a physical base for a model of public service based on relationships at local level, local networks and partnerships, and local democracy.</p> <p>― The National Care Service that Scotland needs could be managed and delivered at local level through community hubs.</p> <p>― Just as the 1939-1945 World War crisis led to visions of a different kind of world in the peace to follow, so should we be similarly ambitious in our vision of our country post-pandemic.</p></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-resource-url field--type-link field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Full Document (link)</div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item"><a href="https://commonweal.scot/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Community-Hubs.pdf" target="_blank">https://commonweal.scot/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Community-Hubs.pdf</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-keywords field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Keywords</div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/569" hreflang="en">Community hubs</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/336" hreflang="en">Community empowerment</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/666" hreflang="en">National Care Service</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-related-questions field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Related Questions</div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item"><a href="/questions/how-will-communities-develop-in-scotland" hreflang="en">How will communities develop in Scotland?</a></div> </div> </div> <div id="field-language-display"> <fieldset class="js-form-item js-form-type-item form-type-item js-form-item- form-item- form-group"> <label>Language</label> English </fieldset> </div> Sun, 12 Sep 2021 21:08:48 +0000 Stephen Richard 324 at https://indylibrary.scot Town Centre Action Plan Review https://indylibrary.scot/town-centre-action-plan-review <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Town Centre Action Plan Review</span> <div class="field field--name-field-author-or-creator field--type-string field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Primary Author or Creator:</div> <div class="field__item">Craig Dalzell</div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span lang="" about="/user/18" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Stephen Richard</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden">Sat, 04/09/2021 - 09:47</span> <div class="field field--name-field-additional-author-s-creato field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Additional Author(s) / Creators</div> <div class="field__item">Common Weal</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-publisher field--type-string field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Publisher: </div> <div class="field__item">Common Weal</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-date-published field--type-datetime field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Date Published: </div> <div class="field__item"><time datetime="2020-08-20T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">20/08/20</time> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-category field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Category: </div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item"><a href="/category/community" hreflang="en">Community</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-type field--type-string field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Type of Resource: </div> <div class="field__item">consultation response</div> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="flag.link_builder:build" arguments="0=node&amp;1=381&amp;2=like_content" token="46F_AKICTvyUBoi8xTXDy9HiEyF54KnguSddkQfHccs"></drupal-render-placeholder> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Fast Facts</div> <div class="field__item"><p>Town centre regeneration has been demonstrated through the Covid pandemic how vital local community is in times of crisis. This reinforces the need to plan for the development of town centres.</p></div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-precis field--type-text-long field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">More details</div> <div class="field__item"><p>Town centre regeneration has been a topic subject to dichotomies in Scottish political thinking. For every person who believes that “something should be done” to reverse the long term decay of our towns, there are others who simply accept that the decline is either inevitable or even hold it to be a positive thing. Common Weal rejects this latter view especially as the pandemic and lockdown has demonstrated just how vital local community is in times of crisis.</p> <p>― The Covid Pandemic has radically changed many of our work and life patterns. Cities in particular have been affected by a reduction in footfall.</p> <p>― Town and Community Centres must place themselves ready to become a locus of community cohesion and participation.</p> <p>― Towns and cities will have to reckon with the overvaluation of commercial properties such as offices no longer required due to home working.</p> <p>― They should institute a “Use it or Lose it” policy whereby owners of these buildings must put it into productive use or face a Compulsory Sales/Purchase Order that would allow communities to take over stranded assets and put them to the best social use.</p> <p>― The challenge of retrofitting houses to Green New Deal standards is likely to dominate much of the construction sector in the coming years but less has been said about commercial properties. Town centre planning strategies must address this gap especially as commercial properties often require much more heating per square metre of floor space than a typical house.</p> <p> </p></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-resource-url field--type-link field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Full Document (link)</div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item"><a href="https://commonweal.scot/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/TCAP-Response.pdf" target="_blank">https://commonweal.scot/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/TCAP-Response.pdf</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-keywords field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Keywords</div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/239" hreflang="en">Town planning</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/665" hreflang="en">commercial property</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/340" hreflang="en">Homeworking</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/299" hreflang="en">Building regulations</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-related-questions field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Related Questions</div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item"><a href="/questions/how-will-communities-develop-in-scotland" hreflang="en">How will communities develop in Scotland?</a></div> </div> </div> <div id="field-language-display"> <fieldset class="js-form-item js-form-type-item form-type-item js-form-item- form-item- form-group"> <label>Language</label> English </fieldset> </div> Sat, 04 Sep 2021 08:47:11 +0000 Stephen Richard 381 at https://indylibrary.scot