Tags - Communities

The East Neuk Estates Group was established in 2008 and comprises a group of six estates in the rural East Neuk of Fife.

Amongst the Group’s initiatives to date is the ‘East Neuk Community Action...

Hopetoun Estate is providing young students with the opportunity to put learning into practice as part of the Estate’s outreach programme that aims to support ‘hands on’ learning in outdoor spaces.

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Despite their proximity to Edinburgh, some sparsely populated areas of the Scottish Borders have for years suffered the economic and social disadvantages associated with the lack of viable high-speed...

Farming today faces multiple challenges. Lower gate prices and changing subsidy regimes means famers must be increasingly innovative and agile if they are to make a decent return from their farms. At...

Fetternear Estate

In May 2009 Fetternear Estate applied for approval to create a new parking facility for use by the local community in Kemnay and the numerous groups who come to walk through the...

Ballogie Estate and Finzean Estate

A fishing hut washed away during the terrible floods after Storm Frank at the beginning of 2016 has been replaced, bringing much needed shelter for fishermen and...

When a development of 29 wind turbines became operational on the slopes of Carn Ghiublais and Carn Kitty on Altyre Estate in May 2014, it began to produce enough clean electricity every year to power...

Scotland’s largest solar farm came on line in March, producing enough electricity to power 3,500 homes from 55,000 solar panels sited on land at the Errol Estate in Perthshire.

The 13MW scheme, which...

Since autumn 2011, Dunecht Estates have been actively involved with the Forest School Initiative, a programme to help children and young people develop confidence and self-esteem through hands on...

Providing opportunities to ensure important rural skills can be passed on to the next generation lies at the heart of operations at the MacRobert Trust. One of the principle aims of the Trust is to...

In December 2015 and January 2016, a series of storms and severe weather swept across Scotland resulting in a number of rivers reaching record levels, including the River Dee which overflowed causing...

The Upper Deeside moorland community came together to pack 'goodie' bags for vulnerable people during the cold winter months.

The bags included pheasants and venison from estates including nearby...