Community InfoSource is a group of individuals from very different backgrounds working together for a more inclusive Scotland. We are: Michael Collins, Sheila Arthur, Ghazi Hussein, Alison Davis, Sorour Kazemi,  Isabel Scott and Ama Frempong.

We use our range of experiences and expertise to support individuals, communities, and organisations to develop skills, systems, and services.

Administrative support for your group or idea:
You have an excellent idea or a strong community group, but perhaps you have not yet got all of the skills you need to set up a new organisation or meet the demands of running a business. We can take over the set-up, administration, and book-keeping of your community group, business, or not-for-profit organisation, for the long term or for short periods of time when you have specific difficulties. We can take over or carry out mail shots, publicity campaigns, and the staffing of publicity or sales stalls.

Organisational development:
We can help you to draw up a budget, decide on a constitution, memorandum and articles, or to register to become a community interest company. We can support your development of policies, a business plan, a marketing strategy, a grant application or a fundraising strategy.

Organisational training:
We can give your organisation a health check, conduct training needs analysis of your staff, your volunteers, your management committee or Board of Directors, and match skills gaps to appropriate training and learning activities. We can develop and deliver targeted training on: roles and responsibilities, marketing, fundraising, business planning, and improving your systems.

Skills development:
Are you getting it right? Our training sessions and learning activities are devised, developed, and delivered by the people most affected. Current partnerships include:

We work with Human Rights Scotland to raise awareness of human rights legislation in general, and also how you can improve your service delivery to survivors of abuse, violence, and torture; We work with media co-op to produce multi media training materials for refugee and migrant community organisations, tenants groups and for housing service providers.

Housing support:
We can provide support to housing organisations or housing service providers at various levels. We can give your organisation a health check or come in and resolve particular issues. We can provide: support to housing sections under pressure; wider action project development; specialist input in relation to refugee or migrant strategies or services, including training for frontline staff, and much more.

Through one of our partners AMA Consultants 2000, we can also provide development services in relation to new building housing or tenement rehabilitation projects.

Research:
We conduct research into a wide range of issues that affect people’s access to services, rights, or opportunities.

Arts:
We deliver poetry, short-story, and calligraphy workshops. We hold poetry performances and develop community plays. We are involved with publishing small books of poetry and co-ordinating their sales at particular events.