This collection is part of the Social Enterprise Collection Scotland. The collection covers papers kept by Chas Ball while working for the Highlands and Islands Development Board as a community co-operatives development officer from 1979 to 1983 and his continued interest in community development in the Highlands and Islands up to 1988. It consists of 8 files:

• Community co-operatives in Ireland (Gaeltacht) and Iceland related reports and articles, 1977-1982
• Early phases of the Highlands and Islands Development Board (HIDB) Community Co-operatives scheme guidance and papers, 1978-1983
• Community co-operatives in the Highlands and Islands related press cuttings, 1979-1988
• Establishment of a development support unit for community co-operatives in the Highlands and Islands related papers, 1980-1983
• Strategy and progress reports of the Community Co-operatives scheme following restructuring of HIDB support, 1982-1985
• Association of Community Enterprise in the Highlands and Islands (ACE-HI) documents 1987-88
• Land use in the Highlands and Islands related press cuttings and publications, 1987-1988
• Miscellaneous workshop notes and reports, 1987-1988

This collection is part of the Social Enterprise Collection Scotland. The collection contains reports and papers on community enterprise in Scotland kept by Dr John Watt whilst working in the Scottish economic and community development sector.
This collection contains 4 items:

• ‘Community enterprise in the Highlands and Islands’, final report to the Highlands and Islands Development Board (HIDB), by Andrew McArthur and Alan McGregor, Training and Employment Research Unit (TERU), University of Glasgow, February 1988 (SECS-JW/1)
• ‘A management review of the Association of Community Enterprises in the Highlands and Islands (ACE-HI)’, report by P-E International for HIDB, Issue 2, November 1990 (SECS-JW/2)
• ‘Scottish Community Development Centre, policy for practice’, papers presented for inaugural seminar series, 1994 (SECS-JW/3)
• ‘Community Trading Organisations, a review of community enterprise characteristics and practices’, draft paper prepared by Apt Partnership for Community Enterprise Training and Consultancy, undated (SECS-JW/4)

This sub-series consists of 9 files:

• ICOM, ICOF and SCDC operational papers, November 1976 to March 1977
• ICOM, ICOF and SCDC operational papers, March 1977 to October 1977
• ICOM, ICOF and SCDC operational papers, October 1977 to June 1978
• ICOM, ICOF and SCDC operational papers, May 1978 to September 1978
• ICOM, ICOF and SCDC operational papers, October 1978 to March 1979
• ICOM, ICOF and SCDC operational papers, April 1979 to October 1979
• ICOM, ICOF and SCDC operational papers, November 1979- November 1980
• ICOM, ICOF and SCDC operational papers, November 1980- December 1981
• ICOM, ICOF and SCDC operational papers, January 1982- May 1988

These papers include agendas and minutes, reports and correspondence relating to the operations of the Industrial Common Ownership Movement (ICOM), Industrial Common Ownership Finance (ICOF), and Scottish Co-operative Development Committee (SCDC).

Industrial Common Ownership Movement (ICOM)
Established in 1971, ICOM promoted co-operative working during a ‘new wave’ of producer co-ops in the 1970s. In 1976 ICOM published a set of Model Rules to enable enterprises to adopt a common ownership legal structure, quickly and inexpensively. There was an amendment of these rules in February 1977 when ICOM was given official recognition as a relevant body within the meaning of Section 1(5) of the ICO Act 1976, providing them with a grant of £20,000 per year for 5 years, to assist in providing advice about all aspects of the setting up of common ownership and co-operative enterprises. The ICOM model rules were simple enough for enterprises to follow without having to employ a lawyer to write a constitution or interpret legal jargon. It merged with the Co-operative Union in 2001 to form Co-operatives UK.

Industrial Common Ownership Finance (ICOF)
ICOF was established by ICOM in 1973 to be a revolving loan fund. It was formed as a company limited by guarantee and without shares; it was administered by Trustees who were appointed by the Members. Members were people who expressed an interest in the financing of common ownership enterprise and had been accepted by the Council of ICOM and by the ICOF Trustees. From 1976 people from the Co-operative movement and the Trade Union movement were invited to join the Trustees. In January 1977 ICOF was formally recognised by the Secretary of State for Industry as a ‘relevant body’ with access to the loan fund of £250,000 provided under section 1(2) of the Industrial Common Ownership Act 1976 to encourage the creation and development of common ownership enterprise and industrial co-operatives. This source of funding lasted until 1981; no further funds were made available from national Government. Successful common ownership enterprises and sympathetic individuals also provided funds to ICOF. From 1981 the bank of England informed ICOF that it was illegal for them to receive deposits for on-lending as they were not licenced as a deposit-taking institution. Seeking alternative means of generating funds they began to work with local authorities (West Midlands County Council, Grater London Council). Since 2005 ICOF has traded as Co-operative and Community Finance.

Scottish Co-operative Development Committee (SCDC)
SCDC was formed in February 1977. In June 1977 it was recognised by Government as an official advisory agency for co-operatives under the Industrial Common Ownership Act 1976. It received funds from Industrial Common Ownership Finance, the ‘designated body’ under the Act. The SCDC was set up to encourage the growth of workers’ co-operatives in Scotland and to promote the growth of a co-operative sector in the economy. Its objectives were to foster the growth of workers’ co-operative enterprises in Scotland in the belief that for workers to own, to control and to shape the organisations in which they work is:
a) a means by which they can more certainly exert an influence over their economic situation, replacing exploitation and conflict by co-operation
b) an extension of the democratic process, by making industry accountable to its workers and sensitive to the wider community
c) a means by which workers can grow as persons, developing their own abilities for the common good.
The organisation now operates as the Co-operative Development Agency

This sub-series consists of 2 files:

• Industrial co-operatives related articles, reports and publications, 1973-1979
• Scottish Co-operative Development Committee (SCDC) course articles, c1994

An industrial co-operative is an enterprise owned and controlled by the people who work in it. The members of the co-operative decide between themselves in a democratic way what to do and how to organise the work.

This file contains 4 bundles of newspaper cuttings regarding:

• Unemployment/work
• Economic theory/new economics
• Community enterprise/community initiatives
• Worker and other co-operatives

This collection is part of the Social Enterprise Collection Scotland. The collection covers papers kept by Roy Pedersen while working for the Highlands and Islands Development Board and its successor Highlands and Islands Enterprise from 1971 to 2001. It consists of 5 series:

• Highlands and Islands Development Board (HIDB) publications, reports and information sheets relating to the Community Co-operatives Scheme, 1969-1987
• Conference and workshop papers, speaker notes and articles relating to social development and community co-operatives, 1979-2020
• Community enterprises in the Highlands and Islands reports, publications, photographs and miscellaneous material, 1980-2003
• Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) reports on social economy, community development, land ownership and HIE management structures, 1992-2003
• Miscellaneous reports and leaflets, c1980s

This collection is part of the Social Enterprise Collection Scotland. The collection includes published and unpublished material including books, pamphlets, reports, periodicals and other literature. The material relates to social enterprise (1970-2012), co-operatives (1981-2012), social accounting and audit (1993-2015) and was accumulated by Tor Justad whilst working as an adviser in these three areas. Some of the material focuses on the geographic areas in which Justad worked, particularly the Scottish highlands and islands and central belt, Ireland, Sweden and wider European networks. Other materials cover subject-specific areas Justad was involved in including community employment, retailing, energy, and related social sectors such as housing, rural development, credit unions and social investment. There are training packs and guides, reflecting one strand of work conducted by Tor Justad Associates from 1994 onwards. There are also programmes and reports for many of the conferences and seminars Justad attended over the course of his career from 1985-2012.

Some of the material is in Swedish or Norwegian. The language of material that is not in English has been indicated at file level.

The collection has been arranged into 5 series:

• Social enterprise reports, publications, events and training materials, 1970-2013
• Social enterprise related activities and organisations reports, 1981-2012
• Co-operatives reports, publications, training and events, 1981-2012
• Social accounting and audit reports, guides and training, 1993-2015
• Miscellaneous reports on voluntary work, church, fairtrade, sustainable buildings and public services, 1994-2008