Rural services

Farmstrong Scotland have launched a survey to get a broader picture of the effects that the farming and crofting sectors are having on wellbeing, and the ways people deal with these.

They have partnered with Scotinform - a Scottish independent market researcher - to carry out this research.

Better Wellbeing, Better Business – Lothian

 

Hear from others within the industry about the positive business impacts they’ve seen after taking steps to improve their own welfare. Afterwards there will be discussion of a number of practical ways you can start making a change, as well as an introduction to different tools that are available to help you live well while farming and crofting.

Scottish Rural and Islands Transport Community (SRTIC) are excited to announce the release of our latest report, "Defining and Designing Rural Mobility as a Service (RMaaS)."

Co-authored by Jenny Milne, Artemis Pana, Matthew Kendrick, and Steve Cassidy, this comprehensive document explores the evolving demand for Rural Mobility as a Service across Scotland’s rural and island communities.

Farmers Choir Charity Concert

The Farmers’ Choir is set to make its north-east debut early next year when it performs to raise funds for RSABI at ANM Group’s Thainstone Centre, Inverurie on February 22nd, 2025.  Tickets for the event are priced at £25 each will all profits being donated to RSABI.

Projects to increase farming skills, tackle environmental impacts and enhance competitiveness in food production will share more than £300,000 in newly-announced grant support. 

Scottish Community Shops Network

For a number of years now, Plunkett UK has worked to provide an array of support to community-owned businesses in Scotland, specializing particularly in rural areas.

Transport Scotland are holding a public consultation to seek views on the road worker experience of using plans of underground apparatus to dig safely, with a view to set guidance later in the year on this topic. 

Closes 3 Oct 2024

Opened 11 Jul 2024

Details of how the Scottish Government will deliver their priorities over the lifetime of the National Islands Plan have been published in a route map.

It identifies the methods to monitor progress towards fulfilling the many commitments in the Plan and sets out timescales for delivery of our work.

Community-led Housing Management & Maintenance

Join the Scottish Islands Federation Island Housing Group as they discuss Community-led Housing Management & Maintenance.

Once the development and build phase of a community-led housing project is underway there are lots of things to consider around local lettings policy, long-term management, and on-going maintenance, and this will be the focus for our next Island Housing Group meeting where we will learn from and discuss some working models.

Royal Highland Education Trust (RHET) Perth & Kinross has announce a new sponsorship deal by Scottish law firm, Gillespie Macandrew through the support of its Early Years Farm Resource Box initiative.

The partnership aims to enrich early agricultural education for young people across Scotland.

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