SCDC

What We Do

 

POLICY INFLUENCE AND ENGAGEMENT

  • Contribution to  implementation of the recommendations from the Community-Led Task Group; in particular, work on 'Healthy Communities: Meeting the Shared Challenge' community-led national capacity building programme and Health Scotland's initiative on economic evidence for community-led health
  • Participation in Scottish Government's policies related to community-led health 
  • Assistance to Community Health Organisations to take part in consultations and engage with policy-makers

PRACTICE DEVELOPMENT

  • Practice development seminars
  • Development of new models/tools
  • 'Health Issues in the Community' training course – development and delivery
  • Support to Healthy Living Centres Alliance

NETWORKS AND NETWORKING 

  • Promoting networking for community health organisations
  • Support to existing community health organistion networks
  • Formation of and participation in training networks

INFORMATION

  • Production of CHEXpoint
  • Production of CHEXpoint Snippets
  • Database development and management
  • Website development and maintenance
  • Information enquiries

 

(last updated 16 September 2009)