• In this section you'll find a range of resources relating to the competences.

    • An online resource which takes you through each of the competences.

    • This guide brings together frameworks, tools and other resources that may be useful for community learning and development practitioners taking forward their role building community capacity.

    • Infed article asking 'What is competence? How has it been reduced to competency? What is the impact on education and training?'
    • ARC was developed by the Scottish Community Development Centre (SCDC) to help community and voluntary groups carry out research in and with their communities.
    • Ideas, resources and guidance for youth ministry.
    • The Resources Bank is a searchable bank of information, resources and training used by the voluntary youth work sector.
    • The National Youth Work Strategy "Moving Forward - a strategy for improving young people's chances through youth work" was launch in March 2007. The strategy set up long and short term actions to achieve its vision for youth work in Scotland.
    • Curriculum for Excellence aims to achieve a transformation in education in Scotland by providing a coherent, more flexible and enriched curriculum from 3 to 18.
    • The latest information from Education Scotland's teams
    • Community engagement takes place at both grass-roots and strategic policy levels. This pack, developed by Argyll and Bute Community Planning Partnership, offers Community Engagement’ techniques and resources to help ensure practitioners can support people and communities, whatever their skills and abilities, to have their voices heard and to influence decision-making.

      This resource pack is also full of ideas for evaluation with interactive and innovative exercises.