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The Scottish Rural Network blog articles cover a range of topics on rural development, useful information, ideas and good practice. If you have any questions about any of the issues raised or want further information, please make use of the form on the Contact us page.

International Youth Day 2026: Meet the young volunteers making a difference in Scotland’s rural communities

International Youth Day takes place on Wednesday, 12 August 2026. The official United Nations theme for 2026 is “Different Contexts,...
11 August 2026
Women and girl’s safety in rural and island Scotland

Women and girls living in Scotland’s rural and island communities can face unique barriers when seeking support, safety and protection....
31 July 2026
Giving Back to the Mountains: How Volunteers Are Helping Shape Scotland’s Future

In this blog article Ewan Watson who is the Outdoor Access Project Manager for Outdoor Access Trust for Scotland (OATS)...
9 July 2026
Reflections from Scotland’s Community Showcase to Scotland House

In June of this year, a follow up event to the European Rural Parliament (ERP) was held in Scotland House...
29 June 2026
A call to Arms!

Michael Wolverson is Communications Officer with Plunkett UK. In this blog article he reflects on his visit to the award-winning...
19 February 2026
Moving from vision to action!

Dinah Jackson is a Principal Consultant at Urban Foresight. She is involved in supporting the development of Scotland’s new community-led...
18 December 2025
Women’s Health Champion update

It is a while since I posted my last blog post. School holidays and parliamentary recess over the summer months...
10 December 2025
Capturing the outputs!

In this blog article Shu Yang Lin of CrownShy explains how they utilised their Comhairle platform to support the analysis...
26 November 2025
European Rural Parliament 2025 — Redefining Rurality

On October 20-23, over 400 rural delegates from over 40 European countries gathered in Inverurie in the north-east of Scotland...
17 November 2025

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