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The guidance and resources below are here to help you further develop your project. In this section, you'll find information on services that you can contact to request support for developing your project. You'll also find a variety of other self-help resources, such as guidance on finding evidence for your project and tips on writing a detailed project budget. Finally, you'll find support and key considerations for projects involving land and buildings.

This video guide also covers the next steps your group may wish to take after uploading a project proposal.

 

Argyll and Bute Council Community Development Team

 

 

 

 

The Community Development Team offers a range of services to support local community groups and voluntary organisations. They help these groups overcome challenges such as developing new projects, securing funding, and exploring new ways of working. You can also download this resource to find out more.

They offer:

  • Conferences, workshops, and training
  • Advice on community consultations and engagement
  • A Community-led Action Planning toolkit
  • A regular Community Development Bulletin
  • Advice on the development of Local Place Plans
  • The Council’s Supporting Communities Fund
  • A Monthly Funding Bulletin called Funding Alert

You can find a range of self- help resources on the Community Development Webpage that could help you to develop your project.

You can also contact the Community Development Team at communitydevelopment@argyll-bute.gov.uk.

 

Argyll and Bute Third Sector Interface 

 

 

 

 

 

Argyll and Bute Third Sector Interface support voluntary and community organisations in Argyll and Bute. Offering capacity building, funding advice, training and networking opportunities. 

Here you can find out about the range of support services offered by the Argyll and Bute Third Sector Interface, and download a Toolkit with information and resources to help your organisation achieve its goals.

 

Other support resources

  • The Social Enterprise Support Map is for community groups, third sector organisations, social enterprises and social entrepreneurs. It can help you find organisations and initiatives that support you with development, finance, learning, networking, policy, and information. The Social Enterprise Support Map allows anyone to navigate this landscape easily and efficiently – giving organisations and individuals the resources to become stronger and more sustainable.

 

 

  • Support to find evidence of need for your project. There are various ways to demonstrate the need for your project. You might consult your community, draw on existing data, or align your project with current local or national priorities and policies. We've gathered some links that could help you show why your project is important to your community. Feel free to use them as needed but don't worry - we don't expect you to include all this information in your project proposal.
  • Support for creating a detailed budget for your project. When you fill out a project proposal form on Aspiring Places, you can enter an estimate or ballpark figure to tell us the total cost of your project. If you want to create a more detailed budget for your project, we have gathered some links that could help you do this. Once again, we do not expect you to include this information in your project proposal.

 

 

 

Support for projects involving land and building 

 

Does your community group or organisation own the land where your project will be located? 

These resources could help you understand who owns the land and if there are restrictions on the land:

 

Are you looking to acquire an asset for your community?

These resources will help you understand more about asset transfers, community buy-outs and how to develop your project to give it the best chance of success:

 

Do you have planning permission for your project?  

You’ll probably need planning permission if you want to:

  • build something new
  • make a major change to your building, such as building an extension
  • change the use of your building

Check out the councils planning guidance pages for advice:

 

Have you considered accessibility issues for your community building?

You must take all reasonable steps to make your community building accessible. This factsheet on accessibility has been produced by Community Places to provide an introduction to accessibility issues for the management committees of community buildings:

 

Have you considered the following transport and utility connections?

These resources could help you find information about connections for your project:

 

Are there any known environmental issues? 

These resources could help you understand if there are any known environmental issues:

 

 

If your project intends to develop housing, please contact: housingservices@argyll-bute.gov.uk 

 

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