Demonstrating the links

Action research on greenspaces

Demonstrating the links was a two-year programme of community-led action research which investigated the impacts of greenspaces on community quality of life.

Eight community groups across Scotland were supported to design and deliver local research projects that explored the impact of their own community greenspaces. The programme showed the contribution that greenspace makes to health and wellbeing, safer and stronger communities, community regeneration and capacity building, connecting communities with biodiversity and climate change issues.

Find out more   and read the action research reports on the greenspace scotland website.

Unlike many research programmes where communities are the subject of research, this programme provided community groups the means to do the research for themselves. 

Demonstrating the links was carried out by greenspace scotland and Scottish Community Development Centre, with funding from Communities Scotland and Scottish Natural Heritage, and support from NHS Health Scotland.

Learn more about community-led action research   on the Scottish Community Development Centre website.