Below is a small selection of the resources available online. It is in no way a comprehensive list and new resources are being produced all the time. You may find other resources that are equally or more helpful (if so, please let us know so we can update this section with your recommendations). Some of these are specific to the heritage sector and others are drawing from comparable experiences in other charitable or social sectors.
CRediT (Contributor Roles Taxonomy) describes 14 potential roles that contributors may fulfil in participatory or collaborative research. The aim is to improve visibility of the range of contributors to published research, but it is also a useful prompt in considering when and how community members might contribute to social value assessments and how that contribution is recognised in records, publications and other outputs. See https://casrai.org/credit/.
Degen, M and Swenson, A. 2018. Sensory Cities THiNK-KiT: http://sensorythinktank.com/. Based on an interdisciplinary and cross-professional investigation of multi-sensory approaches to urban spaces, it offers a range of practical approaches and suggestions. Content can be explored by profession, theme, or through three case studies.
Evaluation Support Scotland (ESS) have collated a wide range of tools, templates, methods, and case studies for use in evaluation of public services, but which could also be used in social values assessments or other community engagements: https://www.evaluationsupportscotland.org.uk/resources/ess-resources/ess-evaluation-methods-and-tools/. ESS also produced a paper together with Inclusion Scotland, Evidencing genuine co-production in the third sector (2017), which looks at the requirements and barriers to co-production, drawing practical lessons and good practice examples from submitted projects.
Foster, S., Forsyth, K., Buckham, S., and Jeffrey, S. 2016. Future Thinking on Carved Stones in Scotland: A Research Framework. See in particular the section on Values: https://scarf.scot/thematic/future-thinking-on-carved-stones-in-scotland/4-understanding-value/.
McLeod, R. and Noble, J. 2016. Listen and learn: How charities can use qualitative research: https://www.thinknpc.org/resource-hub/listen-and-learn-how-charities-can-use-qualitative-research/. This report (30 pages) looks at how qualitative research can be conducted and used. It includes as annexes a list of major qualitative research methods (strengths and limitations) and further resources.
The National Co-ordinating Centre for Public Engagement (NCCPE): https://www.publicengagement.ac.uk/do-engagement. Orientated towards universities but providing lots of guidance on community based participatory research (CBPR), including consideration of social and ethical issues. The site includes links to publications produced as part of the AHRC Connected Communities programme, including: Community-based participatory research: A guide to ethical principles and practice (2012); and the associated Ethics in community based participatory research: Case studies, case examples and commentaries (2012).
The Place Standard Tool: This simple 14 question framework covers the physical and social aspects of a place. It can be applied at various scales, to existing and planned sites. It can be used to structure initial conversations (principally with communities of place) about the historic environment and how/if it contributes to their wider lived experiences: https://placestandard.scot/.
Plural Heritages of Istanbul: This collaborative project has produced a series of six toolkits for practitioners that cover working with communities, recognising multiple heritages, and how the past is valorised and can be presented in the present. Toolkit number 3 is on Creating Memory Maps and number 6, on Community Co-production, includes sections on film, photography and audio methods: https://pluralheritages.ncl.ac.uk/#/research.
Scottish Community Development Centre. 2016. National Standards for Community Engagement: https://www.scdc.org.uk/what/national-standards/. The National Standards are good-practice principles designed to improve and guide the process of community engagement. Developed to help in putting the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 into practice, they provide detailed performance statements for best practice in participation, engagement and community empowerment in Scotland (with indicators and examples).