Health and wellbeing

The Field Community Garden Tour

This event is part of the Open Gate festival - the Open Gate festival is a collection of local events, from August 23 to September . Local growers and producers have the chance to show us where our food comes from, the events include workshops, speaker events and a community feast.

Keep Scotland Beautiful's National Conversations: heritage and place

Join Keep Scotland Beautiful (KSB) at this one-hour online event to hear from inspiring individuals and organisations taking action to improve places and restore our heritage.

The event will take place via MS Teams and we will have a panel of speakers representing communities and organisations working hard to keep Scotland beautiful.

The event will be chaired bytheir Chief Executive Barry Fisher.

Over £55,000 has been awarded to create opportunities to increase motorhome provisions in Angus.

Funded by Scottish Government’s Rural Community-Led Local Development (CLLD) Fund 2023/24, part of the Scottish Rural Development Programme (SRDP), enhanced motorhome holiday opportunities are being enabled across the region.

NatureScot has published an evaluation of the Improving Public Access (IPA) scheme.

The aim of the scheme was to improve links and connectivity, path conditions and barrier-free access in rural Scotland, alongside the Agri-Environment Climate Scheme (AECS) and as part of Scotland’s Rural Development Programme (SRDP). 

Vets who provide disease control surveillance in farm animals on behalf of the Scottish Ministers have started to receive higher pay rates as of this month (1 August).

A fund to help businesses, charities and other organisations adopt fair work practices has opened for applications.

Grants are available to implement changes such as the delivery of workplace training and processes that support flexible working and help to create and sustain a more diverse workforce.

The charity FEL Scotland has launched a second round of Climate Action Hub seed grants, funded by the Scottish Government in a bid to help Scotland reach net zero.

Emily Harvey, Development Manager at FEL Scotland said: “Following the remarkable success of the first round of grants, which awarded £70,000 to 56 organisations across the Forth Valley and National Park areas, we’re now inviting applications for the next round of funding.

RSABI, the organisation supporting people in Scottish agriculture, has announced the appointment of two new trainee trustees to its board.

The charity, which provides emotional, financial and practical support, introduced the trainee positions to encourage more younger people to get involved with the charity at board level.

Cluny Farm Walk & Talk

Join Farmstrong for a series of Walk & Talks, on Farms and Crofts across Scotland, supported by The NFU Mutual Charitable Trust. 

Last week saw the start of the official one-year countdown to the highly anticipated Orkney 2025 International Island Games.

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