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Social Justice is an overall
term used in Scotland, and the start point for Scottish government initiatives
is the Scottish Executive
web site. Two primary documents linked there are Digital
Scotland Task Group Report May 2000, which is available as a PDF download;
and the report Social
Inclusion - Opening the door to a better Scotland, also at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/library/documents-w7/sist-00.htm.
Social Justice: Publications
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/socialjustice/publications/index.htm
This page provides links to the following relevant documents
- Unlocking the Potential
- an action plan for the credit union movement in Scotland
- Social Justice Annual
Report Scotland 2000 published in November 2000. Or download a PDF version.
· Social Justice Annual Report Scotland 2000 - Summary. Or download a PDF version.
- Social Justice Annual
Report Scotland 2000 - Technical Companion.
- Social Justice Action
Note: Achieving the targets, published in August 2000. Or download a PDF version.
- Social Justice Action
Note Empowering Communities published in June 2000. Or download a PDF version.
- Social Justice...a Scotland
where everyone matters (November 1999)
- An accompanying document
set out the Milestone Sources and Definitions (November 1999).
- Action Team Report on
Inclusive Communities (November 1999) (Extensive and wide ranging report covering
background research and recommendations to counter social exclusion. Libraries
get a mention in the Summary Table of Recommendations)
- Action Team Report on
Making it Happen (November 1999) No mention of libraries
- Action Team Report on
Excluded Young People (November 1999)
- Action Team Report on
Local Action to Tackle Poverty (November 1999)
- The Social Inclusion
Strategy: published by the Scottish Office, 1999
- Social Inclusion: Opening
the Door to a Better Scotland: published by the Scottish Office, 1999
- Social Inclusion: Opening
the Door to a Better Scotland - Summary: published by the Scottish Office, 1999
- Social Exclusion in Scotland:
Consultation Paper: published by the Scottish Office, 1998
- Social Exclusion in Scotland:
Consultation Paper: Summary of Responses: Produced 1998
- Experiences of Social
Inclusion in Scotland: Research Programme Research Findings No73, 1999.
- Unlocking the Potential
- An Action Plan for the Credit Union Movement in Scotland (March 2001)
Digital Scotland
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/digitalscotland/
is a Scottish Executive initiative which aims to ensure that Scotland obtains
and retains maximum economic and social advantage from information and communication
technologies.
Scottish Social Inclusion
Network (SSIN) http://www.scotland.gov.uk/socialjustice/ssin/index.htm
"The Network comprises Executive officials, representatives of key external organisations,
and individuals with direct experience of social exclusion." (includes a list
of members).
The outcome of the work
of the Scottish Social Inclusion Network is contained in the document Social
justice: a Scotland Where Everyone Matters, and in its associated Milestone
sources and definitions. The most recent Annual
report 2000 brings the story up to date (the full report is downloadable
in PDF). Details of meetings are summarised below (as of 25.04.01):
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/socialjustice/ssin/ssin.htm
All documentation is available in PDF format unless otherwise stated.
13th
Meeting 21st March 2001 (SSIN 13)
Agenda
Youth Crime Review
Annex Excluded Young People
Widening Access to Higher Education
12th
Meeting 6th December 2000 (SSIN12)
Agenda
Social Justice Annual Report
European Structural Funds and Social Inclusion Partnerships
Equality and Social Justice Action Note
SSIN Participative Approaches to Measuring Poverty Evaluation Action
Team Meeting: Report
Minutes (Word .doc)
11th
Meeting 11th September 2000 SSIN (11)
Agenda
Rural poverty and inclusion working group
Women's issues in local partnership working
Working Together Social Justice - Action Note 3 - September 2000
Empowering communities seminars, 16th and 17th August 2000, Thistle Hotels, Glasgow
and Edinburgh
Challenging financial exclusion in Wester Hailes
Minutes of 11th meeting
10th
Meeting 5th June 2000 SSIN (10)
Agenda
Community First
Further Report from the Inclusive Communities Action Team in Response to the
Request from SSIN
Minutes of 10th meeting
9th
Meeting 5th April 2000 SSIN (9)
Agenda
Social Justice Action Plan
SSIN Programme and role
Minutes of 9th meeting
8th
Meeting 6th December 1999 SSIN (8)
Agenda
Evaluation framework action team- supplementary report
Future role of SSIN
Minutes of the 8th Meeting
7th
Meeting 4th October 1999 SSIN (7)
Agenda Hard copy available on request
Opportunity for all - Hard copy available on request
Social Inclusion Action Plan - Hard copy available on request
Minutes of the 7th Meeting- Hard copy available on request
6th
Meeting 29th June 1999 SSIN (6) 1
Excerpt from "Partnership for Scotland" - Hard copy available on request
Ministerial Press release 27 May - Hard copy available on request
Evaluation
Framework Progress report
Towards an inclusion
plan - Hard copy available on request
Teenage pregnancy in England and Scotland - Hard copy available on request
Minutes of the 6th Meeting - Hard copy available on request
Fifth
Meeting 14 April 1999
Minutes of the fifth meeting
Fourth
Meeting 15 January 1999
Draft Strategy Paper
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/socialjustice/ssin/htmpapers/ssin12.htm
Minutes of the fourth meeting
Third
Meeting 13 November 1998
Draft Strategy Paper
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/socialjustice/ssin/htmpapers/ssin10.htm
Draft Full Summary of Responses to the Consultation Paper, "Social Exclusion
in Scotland"
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/socialjustice/ssin/htmpapers/ssin11.htm
Minutes of the third meeting
Second
meeting 15 September 1998
Social Inclusion Strategy: Next Steps
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/socialjustice/ssin/htmpapers/ssin05.htm
Social Inclusion Strategy: Promoting Inclusion Among Children and Young People
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/socialjustice/ssin/htmpapers/ssin06.htm
Strengthening Communities http://www.scotland.gov.uk/socialjustice/ssin/htmpapers/ssin07.htm
Scottish Enterprise 1998 Strategy Review Consultation Document (no file)
Social Exclusion in Scotland: Equal Opportunities Commission
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/socialjustice/ssin/htmpapers/ssin09.htm
Minutes of the second meeting http://www.scotland.gov.uk/socialjustice/ssin/htmpapers/ssin-min02.htm
First
meeting of The Scottish Social Inclusion Network 22 June 1998
Role
and Purpose of The Scottish Social Inclusion Network
Consultation
on Social Exclusion: Summary of Responses on Strategic Issues
Towards
a Social Inclusion Strategy
Options for a Social Inclusion Conference
Minutes of the first meeting
The Social Inclusion Strategy
(Scottish Office 1999) http://www.scotland.gov.uk/library/documents-w7/sist-00.htm
(Rather airy-fairy strategy document with few specifics)
Social Exclusion in Scotland:
Consultation Paper (Scottish Office 1998) http://www.scotland.gov.uk/library/documents1/socexcl.htm
(Lays out the main areas of concern. Responses were due in by March 1998)
Towards an Equality Strategy:
Consultation on the Development of the Strategy http://www.scotland.gov.uk/library2/doc10/taes-00.asp
Consultation paper from a new Equality Unit in the Scottish Executive.
Rural Scotland: A New Approach
May 2000 http://www.scotland.gov.uk/library2/doc15/rsna-00.asp
announced The Rural Poverty and Inclusion Working Group due to report to Ministers
by the end of February 2001 with its recommendations.
Social Justice: GOSSIP
Social Inclusion Network Newsletter http://www.scotland.gov.uk/socialjustice/gossip/index.htm
Back copies: Winter 2000; Summer 2000; Spring 2000; June 1999; Winter 1999; Autumn
1999
Social Inclusion Partnerships
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/socialjustice/sips/index.htm
There are 48 across Scotland - links to individual sites at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/socialjustice/sips/links.htm
Social Justice: SIP Guidance
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/socialjustice/sipguidance/index.htm
(Links to the following documents)
- Guidance for Social Inclusion
Partnerships on Evaluation: December 2000 (Word .doc file)
- SIP Monitoring Framework
Volume 1: Compulsory Requirements: December 1999 (Word .doc file)
- SIP Monitoring Framework
Volume 2: Best Practice Guidance and Reference Information: December 1999 (Word
.doc file)
- The People's Panels in
Scotland's Social Inclusion Partnerships: Guidance for SIPs
- Using People's Juries
in Social Inclusion Partnerships: Guidance for SIPs
- Guidance note on the
interaction between Social Inclusion Partnerships (SIPs) and the European Structural
Funds
- Social Inclusion Area
Strategies: The role of European Structural Funds
Social Justice: SIP Financial
Guidance and Forms http://www.scotland.gov.uk/socialjustice/sipguidance/finance.htm
(Links to the following:)
- Financial Guidance and
Training Outline: February 2000 (Word .doc file)
- Standard Terms and Conditions
of Grant (Word .doc file)
- Final Grant Claim Form
2000-2001(Excel .xls file)
- In-Year Claim Form Quarter
1 (Excel .xls file)
- In-Year Claim Form Quarter
2 (Excel .xls file)
- In-Year Claim Form Quarter
3 (Excel .xls file)
- In-Year Claim Form Quarter
4 (Excel .xls file)
Social Inclusion Area Strategies:
Role of European Structural Funds
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/library2/doc14/sias-00.asp
(Indicates that European funding can be used as match for social exclusion projects)
Guidance note on interaction
between Social Inclusion Partnerships (SIPs) and the European Structural Funds
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/esf/sips-00.asp
(Provides guidance on the use of European Funding for SIPs - it coincides with
some of the European objectives and can be used)
Social Justice Research
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/socialjustice/research/index.htm
Documents produced by the Scottish Executive's Central Research Unit (CRU)
(http://www.scotland.gov.uk/cru/)
(Links to the following documents
- Social Inclusion Research
Bulletin No 5
- Social Inclusion Research
Bulletin No 4
- Social Inclusion Research
Bulletin No 3
- Social Inclusion Research
Bulletin No 2
- Social Inclusion: Research
Bulletin No 1
- Experiences of Social
Inclusion in Scotland: Research Programme Research Findings No. 73, 1999.
Last
updated: Tuesday, 28 August, 2001
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