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The Scottish Community Development Network (SCDN) is a member-led organisation, for community workers and community development workers, paid or unpaid, full or part time, from the community, voluntary or public sectors, who support the principles and practice of community development. SCDN is open to anyone with an interest in community development in Scotland.
SCDN National Conference and AGM 2023
Collective Action: A Sleeping Giant – empowering communities to say no and to refuse to engage in broken, exploitative systems. It is time to make a stand – how can we use our skills to challenge the injustices of our current social climate?
A big thanks to everyone who attended our conference and AGM on 26th October 2023 at the Pearce Institute, Glasgow. Here's some photos of the day.
Recording of SCDN National Conference 2021
Community Development: grassroots activism at the heart of democracy
Tuesday 30th November
Here's a recording of the first part of our conference on 30th November 2021 and the input from our key note speaker, Craig Dalzell, Head of Policy and Research at Common Weal. We have also included the feedback from each of our workshops as there is some really valuable information included.
You can watch it here
Here's a recording of our AGM including an inspiring input from Joe McConnell
Membership of SCDN remains FREE at this time. Membership benefits include:
Have a strong, collective, grassroots voice within Community Development across Scotland
Be part of a strong, dynamic forum to share experiences, exchange information and debate practice and policy issues
Receive up to date information on relevant policy developments
Discounted rates at SCDN events and conferences
Opportunities to link with like-minded people
Be first to find out about local and regional events to share practice issues