Development Trusts Association Scotland
| Founded | 2001 |
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| Type | Charity |
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Area served
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Scotland |
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Key people
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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.
Development trusts are organisations that are:
The development trust movement began in England in the 1990s where the activities are run by "Locality" and DTAS has the other sister organisations of DTA Wales and DTA Northern Ireland.
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" and is represented on the Rural Development Council.
DTAS is part of the Scottish Community Alliance.
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