Community development

Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) will lead a review of three core elements of the Scottish Government’s existing funding and policy support for rural and island communities: Community Led Local Development (CLLD), Scottish Rural Action (SRA) and the Scottish Rural Network (SRN).  

Learning Exchange: Community Wealth Building in Tarbert and Gigha

Organised in Partnership between Social Enterprise Scotland and the Rural Social Enterprise Hub - we are please to offer this community learning exchange to Tarbert Harbour Authority (THA) and Isle of Gigha Heritage Trust (IGHT), two rural organisations with extensive experience in community wealth building.
 

Young people from Stranraer have marked construction beginning on a landmark £6.7m Water Sports Hub overlooking Loch Ryan. 

Scotland's New National Islands Plan Online Consultation

The Scottish Government's Islands Team is inviting islanders, community groups and stakeholders to join the conversation on Scotland's new National Islands Plan, which will be published later this year.

Scotland's New National Islands Plan Online Consultation

The Scottish Government's Islands Team is inviting islanders, community groups and stakeholders to join the conversation on Scotland's new National Islands Plan, which will be published later this year.

Webinar: Community benefits from renewable energy developments

Community benefits are additional benefits that renewable energy developers provide to communities to enable them to share in the benefits of renewable energy projects. Community benefits schemes are well established and saw over £30 million offered by renewables developers in community benefits in the last 12 months.

Scottish Rural Action (SRA) have announce that Scotland will be hosting the sixth European Rural Parliament (ERP), bringing a 40-country delegation to Aberdeenshire, Moray and the Cairngorms National Park area in the Autumn of 2025.

Food for Thought: Conversations Across Argyll & Bute

Be part of the conversation about food, community, and sustainability at Food for Thought: conversations across Argyll & Bute, a series of events hosted by Argyll and Bute Climate Action Network (ABCAN) and the Argyll & Bute Sustainable Food Partnership.

The Royal Countryside Trust has launched a new UK-wide Supporting Rural Communities grant programme which is now open for expressions of interest.

Communities across the country will benefit from £9 million Scottish Government funding for measures to help cut energy costs and support the development of locally-owned renewable energy projects.

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