About Us...
Assist Social Capital aims to bring together people who are trying to develop communities, using the 'social capital' concept. Our goals are to;- provide opportunities to share knowledge and experience of social capital development
- explore the relevance of the research carried out over the last few years and
- find ways of linking it to practical implementation.
- find examples of best practice and promote them
- develop an understanding of the elements of social capital beneficial to communities and
- provide a platform for this information to be replicated and extended.
Assist Social Capital began in 2002 and has grown steadily since then. In 2003, we received a grant from Awards for All to carry out a feasibility study into the value of setting up an organisation in Scotland to promote social capital. The response was overwhelmingly positive.
Also in 2003, Colin Campbell obtained an award from Scotland UnLtd to set up a social enterprise that will carry out fee earning social capital initiatives and invest surpluses in the organisations aims.
In August 2004, Assist Social Capital became a charitable company (No. SC035728) limited by guarantee.
In 2004/2005, Assist Social Capital carried out its first Action Research project. Using Scotland UnLtd as a case study, a new evaluation and management tool was developed. Interest is growing in the methodology and we hope to attract investment to trial the methodology