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 collection is part of the Social Enterprise Collection Scotland. The collection contains papers kept by Robin Callander from 1975 when living in the rural community of Finzean, Aberdeenshire and reflect his involvement with Rural Forum Scotland and Birse Community Trust. It consists of 3 series:

• Rural development case studies, 1965-1995
• Rural Forum Scotland records, 1983-1999
• Birse Community Trust records, 1998-2017

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