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Children

Adults and Disability

Professional Organisations

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Government and Communities

Scottish Government
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Home

Scotland Office
http://www.scotlandoffice.gov.uk/

Confederation of Scottish Local Authorities (CoSLA)
http://www.cosla.gov.uk/

Community Development Foundation (CDF) Scotland
http://www.cdf.org.uk

The Improvement Service (IS)
http://www.ageconcernscotland.org.uk/section/info.asp?p=32&s=7

Association of Scottish Community Councils
http://www.ascc.org.uk/Home.aspx

Scottish Community Development Centre (SCDC)
http://www.scdc.org.uk/

Scotland’s Community Planning
http://www.improvementservice.org.uk/community-planning/

Parole Board for Scotland
http://www.scottishparoleboard.gov.uk/

 

Audit and Inspection

Audit Scotland
http://www.audit-scotland.gov.uk/

Social Work Inspection Agency (SWIA)
http://www.swia.gov.uk/swia/CCC_FirstPage.jsp

Her Majesty’s Inspector of Education
http://www.hmie.gov.uk/

CIPFA in Scotland
http://www.cipfa.org.uk/scotland/

Care Commission
http://www.carecommission.com/

 

Health and Community Health

Scotland’s health on the Web (SHOW)
http://www.show.scot.nhs.uk/

Community Health Partnerships
http://www.sehd.scot.nhs.uk/chp/

Scotland health Improvement Agency
http://www.healthscotland.com/

Scotland Public Health Observatory
http://www.scotpho.org.uk/

NHS Education for Scotland
http://www.nes.scot.nhs.uk/

 

Social Work and Social Work Research and Information

Social Work Scotland
http://www.socialworkscotland.org.uk/

Scottish Social Services Council
http://www.sssc.uk.com/Homepage.htm

Scottish Centre for Social Research
http://www.natcen.ac.uk/scotland/index.html

Research Web – supporting Social Work excellence for Scotland
http://www.researchweb.org.uk/

Social Work Statistical Liaison Group
http://www.swslg.org.uk/remit.htm

Institute for Research and Innovation in Social Services (IRISS; formerly SIESWE)
http://www.iriss.ac.uk/

Social Sciences University of the West of Scotland
http://www.paisley.ac.uk/schoolsdepts/socialsciences/index.asp

Department of Applied Social Sciences University of Stirling
http://www.dass.stir.ac.uk/sections/showsection.php?id=3

Glasgow School of Social Work
http://www.strath.ac.uk/gssw/

 

Children

Children in Scotland
http://www.childreninscotland.org.uk/html/rec_r_st.htm

Scottish Institute for Residential Child Care University of Strathclyde
http://www.sircc.strath.ac.uk/

Scottish Throughcare and Aftercare Forum
http://www.scottishthroughcare.org.uk/

 

Adults and Disability

Age Concern Scotland
http://www.ageconcernscotland.org.uk/section/info.asp?p=32&s=7

Scottish Consortium for Learning Disability
http://www.scld.org.uk/

Carers Scotland
http://www.carerscotland.org/Information

Linking Education and Disability (LINK) Scotland
http://www.lead.org.uk/

Infusion Co-operative (User – involvement)
http://www.infusioncoop.org.uk/services_user_involvement.asp

Forth Sector (Social Enterprise) – Mental Health
http://www.forthsector.org.uk/index.htm

 

Professional Organisations

Association of Directors of Social Work (ADSW)
http://www.adsw.org.uk/

Society of Local Authority Chief Executives (SoLACE)
http://www.solacescotland.org.uk/

Scottish Educational Research Association
http://www.sera.ac.uk/

British Educational Research Association (BERA)
http://www.bera.ac.uk/index.php

British Association of Social Work (BASW) Scotland
http://www.basw.co.uk/Default.aspx?tabid=70

 

Media

Community Care
http://www.communitycare.co.uk//home/default.aspx

Newspapers in Scotland
http://www.wrx.zen.co.uk/scotland.htm

BBC Scotland
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/default.stm

BBC Radio Scotland
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/mainframe.shtml?http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/scotland.shtml

BBC Radio Nan Gaidheal
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/mainframe.shtml?http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/nangaidheal.shtml