Learning and skills

Building resilience through working with nature and technology

This meeting focuses on how agroecology and research can be used to increase resource efficiency and stabilise yields, whilst promoting biodiversity and helping farmers meet NetZero. It will explore:

• The role that novel diets have in reducing greenhouse gas emissions with Professor John Newbold.

Outdoor Dementia Resource Centre Open Days

Outdoor Dementia Resource Centre at Badaguish, near Aviemore in the Cairngorms National Park are delighted to announce a series of opens days in the coming months.

The Road Ahead for Scottish Organics

The Road Ahead for Scottish Organics is a one-day national conference where delegates will hear from expert speakers that have a vast range of knowledge in Organic food and farming, soil, cropping, meat and milk production, plus wider views on future developments and policy frameworks.

We will hear from business owners, industry experts, and people working at the front of industry and government organisations.

Mental Wealth in Moray Roadshow: Online Session

This May everyone is welcomed to share ideas and learn more about what is going on around mental health and wellbeing. 

Moray Wellbeing Hub and the Digital Health and Care Innovation Centre need your voice to understand what is working well and what needs to change in mental health and wellbeing in Moray. All ages and life experiences are welcomed.

A flock of woolly warriors were introduced by the Scottish Invasive Species Initiative into woodland alongside the River Deveron to munch their way through invasive giant hogweed plants. The Initiative is led by NatureScot and funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, NatureScot and by in-kind support from project partners and volunteers.

Projects designed to stimulate economic activity, boost tourism and improve community assets on Scotland’s islands will share £4.1 million in the latest round of funding from the Islands Programme.

Visitor management facilities
Name of organisation/business: 
Scottish Canoe Association
Funding: 
Rural Communities Into Action fund (2021/22) - £48375.84

The Noss ferry has resumed service this season and NatureScot staff are looking forward to welcoming visitors back to the spectacular island, which is home to thousands of seabirds each summer.

Last summer both of NatureScot’s island reserves, Noss and the Isle of May, were closed to help protect seabirds from a devastating outbreak of avian flu.

The Open University in Scotland is currently offering some fully-funded places on their accredited Microcredential courses.

More EU citizens will be supported to remain in Scotland, thanks to renewed funding for the Stay in Scotland campaign.

In partnership with the Citizens’ Rights Project, COSLA and Settled - an independent charity helping EU citizens to stay in the UK – over £200,000 will help vulnerable people apply to the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS).

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