Rural services

The Scottish government is launching a new ‘planning hub’ to help boost development and green energy opportunities across the country by providing specialist expertise.

Dr Jane Atterton, Senior Lecturer, Rural Economy Environment And Society, Rural Policy Centre and Senior Lecturer, Scotland's Rural College recently attended a webinar on rural proofing, organised by Horizon Europe funded projects working on the RUSTIK* and GRANULAR** projects.

Nearly 1 in 3 people in the UK find it difficult to use online services. Reasons for this include: poor internet access, not feeling confident using technology, having dyslexia, or low or no vision.

The newly refurbished Carloway Community Centre was officially opened last week (29th of August) by Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal, who joined Iain Macaulay, Lord-Lieutenant of the Western Isles, for a tour of the upgraded facilities on the Isle of Lewis.

An independent evaluation of a project based in Shetland that aims to tackle child poverty has been published.

The Scottish Government have published a ‘Factsheet’ which sets out the advantages for Scotland of a comprehensive veterinary and SPS agreement, the background, what will be required and how we can work together to achieve it. 

As the UK Government announces its intention to appoint a National Resilience Wildfire Adviser - it is of significance that leading lights from the world of wildfire have been announced as speakers at this year’s UK Wildfire Conference to be held in Aberdeen. 

Plunkett UK is offering a limited number of small development grants of up to £2,000 to community groups in rural Scotland looking to bring their pub/hotel into community ownership.