Tags - Communities

Kildrummy and Glenkindie Estates lie on the edge of the Cairngorm National Park and consist of 15,000 acres of the most beautiful countryside in Aberdeenshire, straddling the banks of the River Don in...

The Friends of Leadburn Community Woodland Group and Tweed Forum have been working together over several years to improve the peatland habitat at Leadburn Community Woodland.

In 2020/21 Tweed Forum...

Rural communities are being urged to share success stories from their local area as the Helping it Happen Awards 2024 nominations are launched.

Estates, farms, rural businesses, individuals...

For the last couple of years, we have asked finalists of the Helping it Happen Awards to provide us with a short video summarising their project, initiative, estate or business to be used during the...

In this blog from Sarah Madden, our Policy Adviser (Rural Communities), find out what is next in store following the publication of research investigating the contribution of Estates to Scotland's...

After three years since our last in-person ceremony, the Helping it Happen Awards 2022, sponsored by NatureScot, were finally held at the Sheraton Grand Hotel & Spa, Edinburgh on 5 October 2022...

Rural businesses today welcomed The Glorious Twelfth  – the start of the grouse shooting season – and predicted a much-needed return of international visitors following the impact over two years of...

In this blog, James Morrison, Senior Asset Engineer, at Network Rail Scotland outlines the problem of Ash Dieback and what action is being undertaken to combat it.

Ash dieback is a destructive...

The Helping it Happen Awards 2022, run by Scottish Land & Estates, have announced the finalists within five of their nine categories today. Each of the categories focuses on an area in which rural...

In his latest blog, our Policy Advisor (Agriculture & Climate Change), Paul Richardson, looks at the Good Food Nation (Scotland) Bill, and what this looks like for Scotland.

First introduced to the...

In this blog, Anna Davies of Scene & Herd PR and Marketing looks at the ‘Be Your Best Self’ programme, an initiative designed to support women living or working in agriculture or rural business across...