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Coldingham bid to keep youth hostel open
26th Mar 2008
Scottish Youth Hostel Association is restructuring and has identified seven hostels for closure. The hostel in Coldingham in the Scottish Borders is one of these, but the local community have decided that it has an important contribution to make to the local economy and want to keep it open...more |
Participatory Budgeting (PB)
26th Mar 2008
Participatory Budgeting (PB) is in its infancy in the UK, but in Brazil, it has been used for years to allocate huge public budgets. In England, the Communities Department has issued a draft national strategy on how to get communities involved...more |
Scottish delegates impressed with Swedish village rural parliament
26th Mar 2008
Every two years, community representatives from over 4000 village councils from across rural Sweden come together as one in the Swedish Rural Parliament. This massive event is attended by the country's leading politicians. They are there to listen and learn about the key issues in Sweden's rural communities. This is people power on a scale not seen in this country...more |
Scotland Rural Development Programme (SRDP)
26th Mar 2008
Scotland Rural Development Programme (SRDP) has now announced its first tranche of £57m to empower rural communities at a grassroots level. 16 Local Action Groups (LAGs) will administer the funds to locally driven projects with wide community benefit. See details of allocation...more |
Community on Mull aiming to establish island's first business resource centre
26th Mar 2008
Four years ago the development trust on Mull purchased a former post office building and some adjacent land. The Trust could see development potential in the site and set about putting a business plan in place that will help them move towards their aim of becoming financially self sufficient....more |
Glasgow City Council is selling off a package of primary schools
26th Mar 2008
Glasgow City Council is selling off a package of primary schools for private sector development. LPL campaigns for `community right to buy` legislation to be extended to urban areas so that these precious facilities can be retained by the communities they were built to serve...more |
Canal-side communities lend a hand
26th Mar 2008
The reopening of the Forth and Clyde Canal is intended to bring major regeneration benefits to the communities it passes through. The relationship between local people and their environment is often transformed as a result of folk becoming physically involved in making improvements to it. A new nature trail and sensory garden has been created...more |
Scotland's first Eco-Town could be Cardenden, Fife
26th Mar 2008
Scotland's first Eco-Town could be Cardenden in Fife if a visionary project gets the go-ahead from Government. Planners hope to regenerate 4 former mining villages with 5000 new wooden eco-homes and a range of renewable energy and recycling features over a 20 year period...more |
Sun is shining on Leith Festival
26th Mar 2008
This community led arts organisation has experienced dramatic growth in recent years and now attracts thousands from all over Edinburgh and beyond to its eclectic programme...more |
The review of Rural Policy in Scotland
26th Mar 2008
The review of Rural Policy in Scotland recently published by the International OECD, is an interesting take on Rural Scotland's economic strengths and weaknesses. Consultant Martin Hilland is enthusiastic about the report and sends his personal response on its local implications...more |
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