A survey of young people in Scotland provided a baseline for monitoring young people s participation in youth work and other activities.
Source: MORI Scotland, Being Young in Scotland 2005: Young people's participation in youth work, arts, culture and sport, Scottish Executive, (web publication only)
Links: Report
Date: 2005-Sep
A report said that civil society groups in Scotland had grown in strength since devolution.
Source: Scotland's Civil Society Diamond, Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (0131 556 3882)
Links: SCVO press release
Date: 2005-Sep
Research found that Scottish local authorities spent 509 million or 100 per person on culture in 2003-04; and this was expected to increase by 2.6 per cent in 2004-05.
Source: Cultural Statistics in Scotland 2004, Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (020 7543 5602)
Links: CIPFA press release
Date: 2005-Aug
An independent Commission published its final report on cultural provision in Scotland.
Source: "Our Next Major Enterprise..": Cultural Commission final report, Scottish Executive, available from Blackwell's Bookshop (0131 622 8283)
Links: Report (pdf) | SE press release
Date: 2005-Jun
The Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Bill was approved by the Scottish Parliament. It created a single framework for charity registration and regulation in Scotland, and modernized fundraising activities undertaken in Scotland.
Source: Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Bill, Scottish Executive, available from Blackwell's Bookshop (0131 622 8283)
Links: Text of Bill (pdf) | Explanatory notes (pdf) | Policy memorandum (pdf) | SE press release
Date: 2005-Jun
A report presented the baseline results of the monitoring and evaluation of the 'Scottish Compact' (a protocol designed to enable the Scottish Executive, and its agencies and linked bodies, to work in partnership with the voluntary sector).
Source: Keith Hayton, Loraine Gray and Karen Stirling, Monitoring and Evaluation of the Scottish Compact: Baseline results 2004, Scottish Executive, available from Blackwell's Bookshop (0131 622 8283)
Links: Report
Date: 2005-Apr
A new book discussed ways in which a capacity to imagine the future could be developed in Scotland, countering the fatalism of its official and traditional collective culture.
Source: Gerry Hassan and Eddie Gibb (eds.), Scotland 2020: Hopeful stories for a northern nation, Demos and Scottish Book Trust, available from Central Books (020 8986 5488)
Links: Demos press release | Introduction (pdf)
Date: 2005-Mar
A report by a committee of MSPs called for a 'step-change' in participation in, and exposure to, the arts in Scotland.
Source: Report on Arts in the Community, 1st Report 2005, SP Paper 302, Scottish Parliament Enterprise and Culture Committee, available from Blackwell's Bookshop (0131 622 8283)
Links: Report | SP press release
Date: 2005-Mar
A report explored the characteristics of religious groups in Scotland, using information collected from the 2001 Census in Scotland.
Source: Analysis of Religion in the 2001 Census, Office of the Chief Statistician/Scottish Executive, available from Blackwell's Bookshop (0131 622 8283)
Links: Report | SE press release
Date: 2005-Feb
