Scottish Borders Council

Throughout the day, there will be a diverse range of engaging sessions lined up as well as plenty time for networking. There will be the opportunity to attend informative workshops, participate in interactive discussions, and gain valuable insights from others.

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: 

Step into a realm of innovation and transformation as CGI and Scottish Borders Council partner to pioneer the evolution of rural living. With CGI as the primary provider of end-to-end managed IT services until 2040, this collaboration marks an opportunity to be part of change that allows you to make a real impact.

Please join us in a community workshop and help us shape and inform our approach to the Land Use and Agriculture Just Transition. This in-person event will be held on Monday, 24th July, 2023 at Hawick Rugby Club, Mansfield Road, Hawick, TD9 8AW.

The Monitor Farm Scotland initiative is funded by the Scottish Government and managed by Quality Meat Scotland and AHDB Cereals and Oilseeds.

The aim of this event is to gather initial views on the Scottish Government’s proposals outlined in the consultation, “Delivering our Vision for Scottish Agriculture, Proposals for a new Agriculture Bill”.

The Crowdfund Scotland team are running a workshop on Thursday 17th October in association with their partners at LEADER.

This will be an introductory session suitable for anyone who wants to find out more about this method of fundraising and the potential uses for local projects.

Topics to be covered:

• What is crowdfunding?

• Introducing Crowdfund Scotland

• What are the benefits of crowdfunding?

• What makes a good crowdfunding project?

• Three steps to success

Wading birds are in steep decline. If we don’t act now, iconic species like lapwings and curlews may vanish from our farms. Come and find out what you can do on your farm to help.