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Engage Training

We ran a series of Training Sessions in December 2009/ January 2010 on how to utilise the Engage website and its functions, the sessions were attended by individuals who work for or with Community and Voluntary groups in Glasgow. 

It was extremely successful and helped those who attended to understand and use the Engage website better.  Those who attended found it a useful and accessible tool and will use it in the future. 

For the Training Session we created a manual that has simple tasks to be completed - it essentially allows you to understand the different fields of information that is gathered on Engage and how to search more specifically for different types of organisations to certain specifications.

Download the Training Manual

Further training session will be organised during 2011 and 2012 - please check back here regularly for updates.

Engage Annual Report 2010/ 2011

Engage Glasgow has released its second Annual Report. The report highlights the uses of the Engage database over the past year, and provides a summary of some of the key characteristics of the community and voluntary sector in Glasgow, as highlighted through Engage.

Listing over 1600 organisations, with and without paid staff, it is clear from the report that the sheer scope of the dataset makes Engage a powerful tool:

·     It helps to promote community engagement by providing a very efficient means for community planning partners, and community and voluntary organisations themselves, to find out about and get in touch with relevant organisations in Glasgow.  

·     It provides a profile of the voluntary and community sector in Glasgow giving details, for example, on activities, target groups, volunteers and financial details.

Nearly 430 registered users are currently benefiting from the information they can extract from Engage.

Engage will continue to grow and develop as new records are added, providing an evermore comprehensive directory of the organisations so important to our communities.

Download the full report  

Engage Annual Report 2009 - Access here the 2009 Annual Report.

Reshaping Care for Older People

GCVS is currently involved in the Reshaping Care for Older People initiative and will co-ordinate a major data-collecting, mapping exercise within communities across the city, to better scope out the current reach of current third sector / civil society support services available.  It will also help to identify the capacity and potential that exists within the city to shift the balance of care and grow more localised, community-based services.

If your organisation is involved with older people, or if you know of any that would like to be included in our mapping project please contact our Infobase and Engage team on 0141 332 2444 or at engage@gcvs.org.uk.

Inter- Faith Data Collection

We previously worked with Faith Organisations to explore ways of developing Engage to include a comprehensive listing of Faith or Belief-based Organisations across the city.  

The data was collected in 2009 - 2010 on over 200 faith organisations/ groups.  Engage has been updated with the information and new search functions have been created to allow easier access to the information that was gathered.  Further analysis of the data can be found in the Engage Annual Report 2010 available above.