Islands fighting back through the passion of their communities always impressive. Hats off to ⁦SCOTOnetwork⁩ member Canna. ⁦BGTW⁩ ⁦Café Canna⁩ ⁦William Tunnell⁩ thenational.scot/news/24242722.…

Delighted to publish a report into how the renewable energy sector could be delivering so much more for our communities and Scotland in general: communitylandscotland.org.uk/resources/a-fa…

Written with Community Energy Scotland Development Trusts Association Scotland Scottish Community Alliance and Scottish Communities Finance

Plugged-In Communities has invested nearly £4m in new electric cars, minibuses & buses for #CommunityTransport across Scotland since 2021 🚗🚐🚌

We've joined forces with 10 champions of communities, volunteers & sustainable transport to call on Fiona Hyslop Jim Fairlie MSP SNP to…

The recent launch of the Community Transport Association Manifesto outlines #CommunitySolutions to our national challenges which could be further embedded by the expansion of the Plugged- in Communities Grant Fund. Read the Manifesto here 👇ctauk.org/manifesto2024/

Final plug for my Focus piece on the Scottish Government’s Land Reform Bill for this week’s West Highland Free Press ⁦WHFP⁩

Bookings now open for Development Trusts Association Scotland Conference!!
#DTAS24
It's going to be a great one!

The last in the present series of webinars with Planning Democracy and your last chance to sign up 👇

Find out how to collaborate with local authorities & incorporate community and environmental concerns into the Local Development Plans.

aprs.scot/webinars

An inspiring visit to Lauriston Agroecology Farm yesterday to hear about the local response in North West Edinburgh to the growing challenges of climate change, biodiversity collapse & lack of access for all to healthy, fresh, affordable food. Edinburgh Agroecology Coop Local People Leading

NEW BLOG: Take heart – around the world, people want to see action on climate change.

Liz Murray, Global Justice Now Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 and SCCS board member, reflects on the latest research showing the high levels of public support for climate action:

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thank you to Ariane Burgess Maree Todd Maurice Golden Monica Lennon MSP Elena Whitham MSP Maggie Chapman MSP Fulton MacGregor MSP Audrey Nicoll MSP Brian Whittle OLY Craig Hoy MSP and Ivan McKee MSP for coming to our NPF4 Is it working for People and Planet? event planningdemocracy.org.uk/2024/we-launch…

Probably no better example of policy capture in Scotland than the NFUS. Officials seconded into Govt, co-chairing policy development, and now securing for the gravy train for another decade. This is PUBLIC MONEY. Hope Parliament challenges this decision. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotla…

(Woodland) Crofting Breakthrough by SWMID, via Local People Leading
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Scottish Community Alliance seek a full-time Director. Closing date: 1st February. Find out more: tinyurl.com/4ftkz69c
#localpeoplelead Local People Leading

EXCLUSIVE: Billionaire lairds, sporting estates and Conservative Party donors in receipt of millions of pounds of public grants are among the owners of businesses which broke the rules around rural subsidies, The Ferret can reveal. bit.ly/3Htplh0

Evocative neonstash & Lesley Mckenna film of Scottish snowboarder
Lauren MacCallum, elected to the board of Cairngorm National Park.

On climate change: “Nobody is coming to save us. We’re going to have to roll up our sleeves and do it out goddamned selves.”
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Can we solve this country's silo mentality. Past advice from John Swinney and the usual mix of community stuff
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We're so pleased to launch our 2024 Pockets and Prospects Fund!

This is a £6,500 micro-fund from Local People Leading, to help our members deliver a more circular economy to support communities with current cost-of-living pressures.

Learn more & apply: tinyurl.com/278594mh 💸

We need land reform legislation that helps us build on Scotland's proud tradition of community landownership x.com/weallscotland/…

Here's a job I'd like to get. Oh....

Director Local People Leading You’ll need to be an excellent communicator, have a broad understanding of the community sector’s policy agenda, be politically astute and a creative problem solver tinyurl.com/4ftkz69c £49,000 – £53,000 FT Edinburgh #charityjob