Community development
Funding is available to help develop and grow community-based youth work provision in rural areas of Scotland.
After a successful first year, the Youth Scotland Rural Action Fund is back for a second year, with support again from The Robertson Trust and joined this year by the Gannochy Trust.
- Read more about Funding available for rural youth groups
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The Queen’s Nursing Institute Scotland (QNIS) in partnership with The National Lottery Community Fund, has recently announced that applications are now open for the Catalysts for Change programme for 2019/20.
- Read more about New Grants for Community Nurses in Scotland
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On 14 August 2019, we attended the Pairc Trust's house warming event at Gravir, on the Isle of Lewis.
New tenants were welcomed to the Pairc Trust's community-owned houses in Gravir, Isle of Lewis earlier this week at a special house warming event, held as part of the Community Land Week celebrations.
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Community groups across Scotland are holding events from 10 to 18 August to celebrate Community Land Week.
Forty-five projects are taking part in the week-long celebration of all things community ownership this year -- three times as many as in 2018!
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Green Villages
The aim of the project is to build pro-ecological attitudes towards the inhabitants of rural areas. It is directed to residents of areas covered by the LEADER programme, especially for people living in single-family houses, people with farms.
A proposed community and regeneration project in Banff is looking for a partner organisation to help change local people's lives.
The project aims to restore the Vinery building at Duff House, as part of Aberdeenshire Council's wider regeneration efforts. A community consultation has been carried out to identify possible uses for the Grade B listed Glass House in Airlie Gardens, which is currently in a poor state of repair.
Fergus Ewing MSP offered his services locally last week as he opened an event vying for the continuation of EU funds. The Tyne Esk LEADER Past, Present and Future event showcased the work done by the fund across rural Midlothian and East Lothian, and called for elected officials to endorse it in post-Brexit discussions.
- Read more about Fergus Ewing opens Tyne Esk LEADER event
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