Development Trusts Association Scotland

Development Trusts Association Scotland
Founded 2001
Type Charity
Location
  • Edinburgh
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:

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

  1. "About DTA Scotland". DTA Scotland. Retrieved 11 October 2011.
  2. "What is a Development Trust?". Retrieved 11 September 2011.
  3. DTA Wales Members Directory page 3.
  4. "Our movement extends beyond England and even beyond the United Kingdom.". Locality. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
  5. "Community Ownership Support Service". DTA Scotland. Retrieved 11 September 2011.

External links

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