A report which details ‘Reflections from the SEWF ’22 Rural Gathering’ was published on the 22nd of December 2022. Produced by ACRE, the report provides an overview of the Rural Gathering programmatic approach. It also includes a synthesis of approaches and insights generated during ‘deep dive’ discussions focused on these core themes: Impact investments rural Read more…

(Originally posted in ‘Comment by Community Enterprise’ 09/12/22) Creating a Strong and Inclusive Board Andrew Rogers Community Enterprise, Development Officer     How can we make our board more representative of our community? It’s an important question and one which we’ve been looking at with several clients over the last few months.   In each Read more…

(Originally published at http://codel.scot/best-rsa-blogpost-2022-awarded-to-codel on 08/12/22)   CoDeL have received an award from the Regional Studies Association for their best blogpost in 2022: view the video here. They say they are delighted that this global research network recognises the insight held by many so-called remote rural and island communities as they confront global crises, and Read more…

Mike Staples and Ronnie MacRae reveal how community-led housing helps address repopulation challenges in Scottish communities. Between 2009 and 2013, 40 people left the small Gaelic-speaking crofting community of Staffin in the north of Skye. This was a 6.6% population drop in four years. The James Hutton Institute forecasts a quarter of the population of the North Read more…

Social Enterprise Scotland (SES) have been carrying out extensive consultation with their members on the impact the Cost-of-Living Crisis is having on social enterprise – through members’ network meetings, a recent survey to gather intelligence, a Cross-Party Group for Social Enterprise and additional conversations with members. They have listened to what has been shared and Read more…

Community Enterprise have created an online tool to help navigate the social enterprise support landscape with ease. The Scottish Government has committed to a 10-year social enterprise strategy with a significant support infrastructure. Each year Community Enterprise work with social entrepreneurs and a common trait they all have is a passion to do good and Read more…

On the 27th to 29th of October 2022, the Argyll Leadership Training course was held at Barmolloch Farm, Mid-Argyll. The purpose of the training was to gather a community of practitioners who share values, personal and collective practices and ideas to take forward the advantages of good leadership and collaborative learning across all sectors in Read more…

The University of Aberdeen have begun planning placements for Masters students within Applied Health Sciences in 2023.   Course Overview As a reminder, the overview for the courses is: This work-based placement elective offers a professional placement with a civic, government, industrial, public, research or voluntary health and/or development sector organisation. Students will undertake a Read more…

University of Dundee Business School Placements The internships are for a Second-Year course run by Interface’s Careers Services team and look to facilitate some real-life work experience as well as give students an opportunity to develop their employability skills. Students on this module come from all disciplines and therefore they are keen to engage with Read more…

Interface have a number of new student project opportunities available. Please see below:   University of the Highlands and Islands – Visual Communication and Design UHI is looking for organisations with visual communication postpositions. The focus is broad, but projects should align with design for social or strategic purposes. They will also look at briefs Read more…

  Rural Community groups can now apply for funding to deliver community led solutions in their area, through a newly announced £3m funding pot delivered in partnership with the Scottish Government and Inspiring Scotland. This will form the second tranche of an £11.6m funding package confirmed in this year’s Scottish budget, to continue to refine Read more…

As part of the University of Edinburgh Strategic Marketing course, a major theme focuses on the challenges of marketing products and services. The Marketing Challenge brings students together with companies and organisations and tasks the students with developing recommendations for their clients.   If you feel you have a project in mind, please feel free Read more…

The School of Business, Law and Social Sciences at Abertay are looking for employers to participate in a placement initiative aimed at providing 3rd year Students on the following BA (Hons) programmes: Business & Management; Business and Human Resource Management; Marketing & Business and Accounting and Finance with real life work experience. In return it Read more…

The School of Design and Informatics at Abertay are looking for employers to participate in their Professional Project module aimed at 3rd year under graduates. The project team, typically of around 8 students, will be from a mix of discipline such as Programming, Art, Audio, Design and Production. The project will run from January 30th Read more…

On the 15th of June 2022, the European Network for Rural Development (ENRD) ran a session at the #RuralPact Conference which put focus on rural revitalisation. During the session, ENRD disseminated the results of their thematic group on rural revitalisation. ENRD Contact Point Team Leader, David Lamb outlined the most important outcomes of the thematic Read more…

  Outside the Box have put out a request to Health and Rural Social Enterprise Networks for support in a new project. Outside the Box (OTB) are an independent charitable social enterprise who provide development support to groups and people across Scotland who are looking to make a difference in their communities. They are currently Read more…