Learning Materials

Learning Materials

Practical tools, guides and templates for rural social enterprises and third sector organisations. Some of these resources came out of our own work with communities across Scotland, and others we have gathered from partners here and across Europe. Everything is free to use, at your own pace. Start wherever is most useful to you.

Running your organisation

Community Leadership

Resources and tools to build personal and collective resilience for community leadership.

Involving Young People

Discover how to involve young people in your work, build their skills and plan for succession.

Inclusive Business Models

How inclusive models encourage transparency, fairness and collective decision making.

Practical Toolkits

Cyber Security Toolkit

Guides from Breeze Digital to spot common cyber risks and boost your online safety.

Tackling Energy Costs

Practical tips to cut energy costs, with support from Utility Aid and Business Energy Scotland.

Community Resilience

Step by step guidance, plan templates, community examples and a directory of support organisations.

Learning together

ViSEnet Learning Resources

Tools, guidance and good practice from the Erasmus+ project, with partners in Finland, Estonia and Romania.

Community Learning Exchanges

Visit other groups and communities to share ideas and learn from common solutions.

International

Past, present and future opportunities for knowledge exchange across countries.

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