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Welcome to our new service that gives you lots of free information to help you do a better job. Follow @RodLaird
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Research & evaluation
- Impact maps: A beginners guide (16 Aug 2019): 0 comments posted
- 13 reasons to use qualitative research in your community work (29 Jul 2019): 0 comments posted
- 6 common questionnaire errors (12 Jul 2019): 0 comments posted
- Freakonomics? Or lead? Something for you to think about (03 Jul 2019): 0 comments posted
- 20 things that can go wrong with your community meetings and focus groups (19 Jun 2019): 0 comments posted
Communications & marketing
- How community and residents’ groups can write a winning fundraising letter when there isn’t much spare cash around (01 Dec 2018): 0 comments posted
- 8 home truths to remember when you write to someone to give you money (18 Nov 2018): 0 comments posted
- These 10 top tips for proof-reading may be simple – but they will make a difference (10 Sep 2018): 0 comments posted
- If you ask questions, you get ideas (05 Jul 2018): 0 comments posted
- Writing that works - for blogs, websites, newsletters, leaflets and reports (08 May 2018): 0 comments posted
Resident involvement
- Project charters (15 Apr 2020): 0 comments posted
- 5 MORE ways to handle a tricky community meeting (13 Jul 2019): 0 comments posted
- How to use body language to defuse difficult situations in residents meetings (12 Jun 2019): 0 comments posted
- How community and residents’ groups can write a winning fundraising letter when there isn’t much spare cash around (01 Dec 2018): 0 comments posted
- Why a logic model approach can help you conduct an assessment of the impact of community involvement (20 Oct 2018): 0 comments posted
Equality & diversity
- 13 tricky situations an experienced trainer should know how to handle (06 Feb 2018): 0 comments posted
- When marketing to older people is a matter of life and death (24 Oct 2017): 0 comments posted
- 10 tips for selling care and support services to older people (17 Dec 2015): 0 comments posted
- How to sell care services to older people – what your colleagues think (03 Jun 2015): 0 comments posted
- How to grow the number of appointments booked on your website (01 Jun 2015): 0 comments posted
Community involvement
- Project charters (15 Apr 2020): 0 comments posted
- Impact maps: A beginners guide (16 Aug 2019): 0 comments posted
- How to use body language to defuse difficult situations in residents meetings (12 Jun 2019): 0 comments posted
- 8 home truths to remember when you write to someone to give you money (18 Nov 2018): 0 comments posted
- Measuring the impact of lots of small projects at the same time: one of your trickiest problems solved (22 Jul 2018): 0 comments posted
Community safety
- How to prevent boys and girls joining anti social gangs (01 Dec 2013): 0 comments posted
- 10 top tips you can use to deal with challenging children (01 Sep 2012): 0 comments posted
- How one online community is doing something to promote community safety amongst its ethnic minority groups (06 Jan 2011): 0 comments posted
- Neighbourhood agreements - A recipe for keeping the place clean and tidy (17 Oct 2009): 5 comments posted
- What research shows: How to prevent gang and weapon violence (25 Apr 2009): 0 comments posted
