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ACVO Insights

ACVO Insights

By: ACVO TSI
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 ACVO Insights is a podcast from ACVO TSI, spotlighting the people, projects, and ideas shaping Aberdeen’s third sector. Each episode shares insight and conversation on the challenges, opportunities, and lived experience across the sector, highlighting the work of charities, community groups, social enterprises, and changemakers making a difference across the city.ACVO TSI
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  • Alasdair Ross: What Does 'Community Empowerment' Really Mean?

    Alasdair Ross: What Does 'Community Empowerment' Really Mean?
    Apr 28 2026

    What does ‘community empowerment’ really mean in practice?

    Alasdair Ross, Policy and Consultations Officer at ACVO TSI and Aberdeenshire Voluntary Action, joins fellow ACVO colleague and Communications Officer Andrew Davidson to unpack the term and explore how it’s used across the sector.

    Alasdair discusses how ‘community empowerment’ can be misused to justify funding cuts and to shift responsibility onto communities, the growing pressure on charities to deliver essential services, and the widening gaps the third sector is being asked to fill across Aberdeen.

    Find out more about the work of ACVO TSI and how it supports and represents the local third sector at acvo.org.uk
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    13 mins
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