This collection is part of the Social Enterprise Collection Scotland. The collection covers records 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. The records have been arranged into 8 files reflecting the establishment and development of the HIDB Community Co-operatives scheme, support for community enterprise and economic development in the Highlands and Islands, including:

• 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