SRDS focuses particularly on the Third Sector of Civil Society (ie on community based and voluntary organisations) and on the means whereby partnerships might be formed with private and public sector organisations. Recent work has focussed on devising means of providing community-led groups with information, training and support to integrate their self identified economic, social and environmental development requirements into feasible and popular programmes and projects. Services provided include: Programme and project design, monitoring and evaluation Training needs assessment, design of delivery systems, and impact evaluation Design and training in the maintenance of informational web sites