Environment

Lothian WiA: 2025 Changes to Subsidy Conditions

Join the Lothians women in agriculture group and your local consultant Mary-Jane Lawrie, at Carfrae Farm Shop to hear about the proposed changes to farm subsidies, and what you will have to do in order claim your Basic Payment Scheme from next year.

Scottish businesses have been awarded grants to help grow their innovative energy-saving projects in a new round of Scottish Government funding totalling £7.2 million.

The Scottish Industrial Energy Transformation Fund (SIETF) supports projects that aim to reduce carbon emissions that are created during energy-intensive manufacturing processes.

Grants of up to £1,000 are now available to support small scale native tree planting schemes across Dumfries and Galloway.

The clean heat market is a rapidly expanding sector and Scottish Enterprise are making support available to help companies take advantage of the opportunities it presents. 

Scottish Land Commission public meeting

The Scottish Land Commission is hosting a public meeting in Thurso, designed to encourage local residents to have their say on issues affecting land ownership and use in the area. Taking place on Monday 2 September at 7.00pm at the Pentland Hotel, the free event is open to anyone with an interest in the way land is owned and used across the community.

Keep Scotland Beautiful's National Conversations: heritage and place

Join Keep Scotland Beautiful (KSB) at this one-hour online event to hear from inspiring individuals and organisations taking action to improve places and restore our heritage.

The event will take place via MS Teams and we will have a panel of speakers representing communities and organisations working hard to keep Scotland beautiful.

The event will be chaired bytheir Chief Executive Barry Fisher.

NatureScot has published an evaluation of the Improving Public Access (IPA) scheme.

The aim of the scheme was to improve links and connectivity, path conditions and barrier-free access in rural Scotland, alongside the Agri-Environment Climate Scheme (AECS) and as part of Scotland’s Rural Development Programme (SRDP). 

The charity FEL Scotland has launched a second round of Climate Action Hub seed grants, funded by the Scottish Government in a bid to help Scotland reach net zero.

Emily Harvey, Development Manager at FEL Scotland said: “Following the remarkable success of the first round of grants, which awarded £70,000 to 56 organisations across the Forth Valley and National Park areas, we’re now inviting applications for the next round of funding.

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