Publications
These are the online and offline publications that we think will be of relevance to village halls and community buildings committees. Please tell Sandra Hogg about any others you think would be useful.
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A Practical Guide to Creating a Sustainable Community Building
This guide provides an overview for community groups that wish to incorporate sustainibility practice within their plans for new or rennovated community buildings.
ACRE publications and information sheets
A list of the useful village hall information sheets and publications from ACRE. Please note that some of the information refers to English legislation and will not be revelant for Scotland.
Angus Federation of Village and Community Halls Handbook
This handbook has drawn on the wealth of knowledge and experience of people who help run Village and Community Halls in Angus.
Borders Village Halls Handbook
This handbook has been prepared by staff from The Bridge, the Council for Voluntary Service which provides support to village and community halls throughout the Scottish Borders except in Berwickshire.
Charity and Voluntary Workers: A Guide to Health and Safety at Work
This book aims to provide basic health and safety advice and information to charity and voluntary organisations. Many organisations, particularly smaller ones, do not have access to professional health and safety advice and do not know how to work safely. This books aims to help them to find out and gives practical suggestions on how to work safely. It should also be of use to health and safety practitioners working in this specialised sector. The book covers the main aspects of health and safety that most charity and voluntary organisations will need to be aware of in order to meet their legal duties.
Community Buildings - A Platform for Community Involvement and Voluntary Activity in Scotland's Rura
A report on the research carried out by the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations into the provision and usage of community buildings in Scotland.
Demystifying Trusts - Guidance notes
A really useful document that sets out what is a trust and the key points to consider in relation to the various kinds. Vey useful information for halls where the property is held in a trust.
Don't Panic! - A guide for local arts promoters
A comprehensive guide providing information and confidence for those promoting arts events.
Energy-saving and access systems in community sports facilities
This report has been produced by sportscotland to evaluate the benefits of installing energy-saving and access systems to a community sports facility at Guildtown Community Hall, Perthshire.
Event Management:A practical guide
A step-by-step guide to help event managers throughout Scotland has been published by EventScotland. It offers user friendly advice on the planning process, together with sample checklists and adaptable templates
Halls for All campaign briefing
This document contains the supporting evidence for the petition to the Scottish Parliament calling for more support for village halls and community buildings.
Orkney Community Halls Handbook
Information and guidance for Orkney hall committees.
Report on the Village Halls Summit 2008
The report on the first ever Village Halls Summit, which took place in Aviemore on 22nd February. The report includes a transcript of the Cabinet Secretary Richard Lochhead's keynote speech, presentations and outputs from the round table discussions. (PDF 2.89 MB)
Rural Direct SRDP briefing - Getting a BRN
This is the first in a series of briefings from the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations about the new Scotland Rural Development Programme (SRDP). The SRDP is funding of £1.6 billion worth of measures to benefit rural communities over the next six years. For community groups there are two main opportunities: Rural Priorities and LEADER. This briefing paper is about Rural Priorities and is aimed at community groups and voluntary organisations who are not carrying out land management activities. This briefing helps you take the first step, which is to apply for a Business Reference Number.
Sport England: Design guidance note for village and community halls
This publication is a good guide to designing a multi use hall that combines sport and other community uses.
Tentpoles and pixels
This publication focuses on the local and independent cinema sectors and includes multi-use venues such as arts centres and community businesses. Certain sections may also be of interest to film societies, mobile cinema operators, and film festivals. The aim of this publication is to provide a general overview of the issues involved in developing and running a modern cinema.
Village Halls Summit 2008 presentation - A Brief History of Halls (pdf)
Village Halls Summit 2008 presentation - A Brief History of Halls (ppt)
Village Halls Summit 2008 presentation - Guildtown Community Association (pdf)
Village Halls Summit 2008 presentation - Guildtown Community Association (ppt)

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