Tags - Communities

Dalkeith Country Park

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In summer 2016, an exciting new redevelopment was unveiled at Dalkeith Country Park.

As part of Buccleuch’s long-term strategy of re-investing in core assets, this multi-million pound project – named...

Glenmuckloch Community Energy Park

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Teaching pupils to manage their finances is an increasingly important part of the curriculum. However students at a school in Dumfries and Galloway have an altogether tougher budgeting challenge...

Gosford Bothy Farm Shop

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Now in its 8th year, the award winning Gosford Bothy Farm Shop is an equal partnership between Wemyss and March Estate and Robert Webster, and has developed from a mutual desire to take more control...

The Castle and Gardens of Mey

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Having acquired the most northerly inhabited castle on the British mainland in 1952, Her Majesty The Queen Mother restored it and created the beautiful gardens which are present today at The Castle...

Green Highland Renewables

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Green Highland Renewables

Perth hydro developer Green Highland Renewables has commissioned an innovative hydro scheme which is now generating future income for a remote Highland community.

The hydro...

Farm Tourism in the Borders

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Muirhouse Farm, a Scottish Land & Estates member, has been offering farm visits and farm stays since the current owners, Iver and Wendy Salvesen, started living there in 2003.

They started with just...

Ruberslaw Wild Camping

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At the 2015 Chamber of Commerce Business Excellence Awards, Ruberslaw Wild Woods Camping were awarded the Scottish Borders Tourism Business of the Year 2015. This award is made for all round...

Action for Children

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Attadale is a 30,000 acre estate in the North West of Scotland. It stretches from the south shore of Loch Carron to Loch Monar, 15 miles away to the east. The Estate has four holiday cottages which...

Leckmelm Care Farming

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Lucy Beattie first engaged with Community Learning on her farm at Leckmelm Estate in 2007 when Ullapool High School approached her to engage in a partnership project to deliver a Rural Skills SVQ...

Investing in People

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“Arguably the most important ingredient of any good relationship is strong and clear communication based on mutual respect and shared ambition. Since 2004, Atholl Estates has been accredited under the...

Mount Stuart Masterplan

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Bute Estate

During the summer of 2014, the Mount Stuart Trust held an exhibition to showcase a major development project on the island that will transform historic and unused buildings and provide...

The Midlothian Estates Group

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Midlothian Estates Group is a selection of estates and landowners within Midlothian who collectively engage to work towards a more sustainable rural Midlothian. The group have interests in a great...