Innovation

The Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe) would like to hear from academics working in natural capital finance to support future work in the Scottish Parliament. 

They are interested in:  

March 2024 Scottish Community Pubs Network Zoom

Plunkett is delighted to invite you to our next online networking event for Scottish community pub groups. This evening’s free get-together is open to all community groups involved in a community-owned pub project in Scotland, whether you are at the ideas stage or are already open and trading.

Delivering capital projects from Scottish islands

DTAS regularly hears from their members in Scottish islands about the challenges they face with capital projects – whether that’s building a new facility or renovating an existing one, there are unique challenges for island communities that make delivering these projects more complex, challenging and expensive than on the mainland.

Moray CAN - Climate Action Network Meeting

Moray's new Climate Action Network, Moray CAN, is dedicated to helping local communities mobilise their efforts to take climate action.

Community Ownership Electric Roadshow

This winter, as Community Land Scotland celebrate 100 Years of Community Ownership, they will be packing up their campervan, stocking up on cakes and coffee, and visiting communities across the Northeast of Scotland and Tayside to share inspiring stories of community ownership. Over the course of one week in February, they will meet with groups in Angus, Stirling, Dundee, and Aberdeen.

SCOTO COMMUNITY TOURISM GATHERING 2024

The SCOTO COMMUNITY TOURISM GATHERING 2024!

Following the success of last year's inaugural Gathering in Kingussie, SCOTO look forward to welcoming you to their next national gathering on Thursday 29 February, at the Cairndale Hotel and Leisure Club and on Friday 1 March, for learning exchanges in and around Dumfries. Get ready for two days filled with inspiration, networking, and learning opportunities, all focused on 'pressing pause' and recalibrating tourism in Scotland to deliver for our communities and environment first.

As the energy agency for Argyll and Bute, ALIenergy works across multiple project areas to promote the sustainable use of energy.

Lanarkshire Community Led Local Development (CLLD) are taking a new approach to support rural communities by working in partnership with the Rebel Business School to support those looking to start a new business. 

In the words of Rebal Base School:

What is the Rebel Business School?

A first-of-its-kind system in the UK is being trialled in Edinburgh to see if waste heat from a large computing facility can be stored in disused mine workings and used to warm homes.

Agroforestry and farm woodlands: Managing your trees

Treeline is a family-run forestry business based on a Pentland hill farm near West Linton in the Scottish Borders, who provide woodland management and contracting services as well as supplying high quality woodfuel and forestry machinery.     

Join them or a farm walk (followed by hot soup) to hear from farmer-foresters Gavin and Nick Marshall on topics including: 

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