This case study shows how, with the support of Knowledge is Power, Dunterlie Foodshare successfully completed community-led action research during the Covid-19 pandemic, exploring the benefits, and challenges, of involvement in the Foodshare for local people, services and volunteers.
Read MoreWith the support of Knowledge is Power, Crossroads Youth and Community Association (CYCA) carried out community-led action research within their community of Gorbals in the Southside of Glasgow. The report from the research is now available.
Read MoreThis Knowledge is Power case study of Shetland Community Connections shows how, with the right support, a determined and spirited community group can produce research that has made service providers and businesses take notice of what they need to change to make social events more inclusive.
Read MoreThis Knowledge is Power case study describes how Dundee-based Taking up Sophie’s Fight were able to come up with important findings about people struggling to find much-needed mental health support during the pandemic, as well as people’s priorities for what services they would like to see.
Read MoreThrough Knowledge is Power, Dundee group, Taking Up Sophie’s Fight have conducted a digital as well as printed survey to gain further understanding and information about accessing mental health services. The research is proving to be useful at informing the group’s wider work going forward, develping a Mental Wealth Academy and working with local agencies to improve how mental wellbeing is supported in the community.
Read MoreShetland Community Connections show how online communication and vital support costs have been used to get a research project started despite challenging circumstances, a project with the potential to have a real impact on disabled people’s lives.
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