This webinar drew from the recent What Works Scotland research report on community-led, holistic community organisations – in particular as community development trusts and community-controlled housing associations.

 In the presentation the researchers:

 1.      introduce the community anchor ‘model’ and provide some illustrations from the research
2.      make links between the role of community anchors and the Christie Commission’s aspirations for public service reform in Scotland
3.      highlight themes of social change – relevant to both community anchors and public service reform – of local democracy, community resilience for sustainable development and inequalities.

The webinar was led by James Henderson and Oliver Escobar (What Works Scotland) and Philip Revell (Sustaining Dunbar).

See the What Works Scotland webpage for links to more community anchor resources http://whatworksscotland.ac.uk/events/webinar-transforming-communities-exploring-the-roles-of-community-anchor-organisations/