Community development

Sea-Changers, the marine conservation charity has launched a new fund, the Marine Conservation Social Fund.

The new Social Fund has a unique emphasis on supporting or enhancing participants’ health and well-being and / or delivering benefits for disadvantaged communities, through marine conservation activity.

Find out about some of the latest rural vacancies.

Isle of Canna Community Development Trust - Administrator

An exciting opportunity for an experienced, self motivated Administrator has come up with the Isle of Canna Community Development Trust.  They are looking for somone to support them in a variety of development projects and be responsible for the day to day administration on the Isle of Canna.

A multi-million pound package of support has been invested to help tourism and hospitality businesses recover from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

Delivered in the first 100 days of the new Scottish Government, the support is part of a wider £129 million investment in the sector which has been particularly hard hit by the pandemic. The package of support includes:

A consultation has been launched to seek the public’s views ahead of the creation of a National Care Service, which will ensure everyone who needs it can expect the same standards of care, wherever they live in Scotland.

Projects to help transform towns and neighbourhoods can apply to a new £10 million fund.

The Scotland Loves Local Fund aims to encourage people to think local first, and support businesses and enterprises in their community. The fund will provide match funding of between £5,000 and £25,000 for projects run by groups like town centre partnerships, chambers of commerce or community and charity trusts.

A consultation seeking the views of people from across Scotland on the proposed Islands Bond has been published.

The Islands Bond aims to tackle population decline across the Scottish islands and provide funding to help people stay on or move to the islands.