Community Facilities in Rural Scotland:

...A Study of Their Use, Provision and Condition

Extract from the begining and end of the research :

"Rural community facilities ( RCFs) are local assets which serve as central points or "hubs", and as venues for service provision, from within and outwith the community, sometimes providing for the co-location of multiple services. The main aims of this commissioned research were to gather and analyse data on the current provision and condition of rural community facilities and to assess the levels and nature of their use."

"This research illustrates the central role that community facilities - and the dedicated volunteers who manage them - play in the lives of many of rural Scottish communities, as hubs for local activity and service-provision and in the sustenance and development of social and human capital. There is a vast diversity of buildings and management models, of uses and users, of facilities and needs. Just as varied are the difficulties and challenges to their survival faced by individual facilities, but the research has also captured the opportunities for sharing lessons, expertise and skills between facilities across the country which will help them adapt to a changing funding landscape and the demands placed upon them."

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