Development Trusts Association Scotland
| Founded | 2001 |
|---|---|
| Type | Charity |
| Location |
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Area served | Scotland |
Key people | Director: Ian Cooke. Chairman: Alex Walker |
| Website | www.dtascot.org.uk/ |
Development Trusts Association Scotland often referred to as DTAS is a charitable organisation that represents the interests of development trusts. Founded in 2003 and based in Edinburgh, by 2011 the membership was over 170. [1]
Development trusts
Development trusts are organisations that are:
- owned and managed by the local community
- involved in the sustainable regeneration of a community
- independent and not for private profit, but seek to work in partnership with other private, voluntary and public sector organisations
- aim to reduce dependency on grant support by generating income through enterprise and the ownership of assets.[2]
The development trust movement began in England in the 1990s[3] where the activities are run by "Locality" and DTAS has the other sister organisations of DTA Wales and DTA Northern Ireland.[4]
Activities
DTAS runs a Community Ownership Support Service that seeks to "advance effective transfer of local authority assets to community ownership" and operates a consultancy service called "The Pool"[5] and is represented on the Rural Development Council.
DTAS is part of the Scottish Community Alliance.
References
- ↑ "About DTA Scotland". DTA Scotland. Retrieved 11 October 2011.
- ↑ "What is a Development Trust?". Retrieved 11 September 2011.
- ↑ DTA Wales Members Directory page 3.
- ↑ "Our movement extends beyond England and even beyond the United Kingdom.". Locality. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
- ↑ "Community Ownership Support Service". DTA Scotland. Retrieved 11 September 2011.