We would like to invite you to our upcoming series of virtual community learning exchanges, funded by the Scottish Community Alliance. The sessions will focus on themes identified by Rural SEN members as important to their future plans, and will be hosted by social enterprises from Uist, Tiree, and Dumfries. See the links below to Read more…
Community Land Scotland’s Manifesto for a Sustainable Scotland
In 2020, Community Land Scotland published their Manifesto for a Sustainable Scotland, titled ‘Land for the Common Good’. The manifesto calls for a “renewed focus on land reform”, and presents bold new proposals that place communities’ relationship with land at the heart of Scotland’s journey towards resilience and sustainability. The manifesto focuses on the following themes: Read more…
Community Wealth Building 2020
This latest report from CLES provides a picture of community wealth building in 2020 and examines the conditions needed for it to flourish. It argues that inclusive economies – those that focus on social goals, environmental sustainability and economic prosperity for all rather than those that focus solely on growth will be key to Read more…
New Community-led Housing Report
Community Land Scotland have, this week, published a Report on Community Led Housing. Written by David Ross, Home Delivery reports on the communities and social enterprises across Scotland who are leading on developing their own affordable housing to address local need. The report presents a number of case studies and calls for the principal funder Read more…
18th August 20, Rural SEN Notes
18/8/20 notes – Scotland’s Rural SEN met earlier in August, with 34 people attending from across Scotland. The group included social and community-owned enterprises, representatives from support agencies, and supporters of and those interested in rural social enterprise. We welcomed fellow social entrepreneurs from Estonia, connected via the Erasmus+ ViSEnet project, who joined the meeting Read more…
Zero Carbon Communities Tool launched
Zero Carbon Communities Tool launched on 16 July! A Dumfries and Galloway College staff member has played an important role in the development and launch of a new tool that will help lower carbon emissions across the United Kingdom. Assistant Web Developer, Rebecca Rumble, worked closely with other industry experts at SP Energy Networks to Read more…
Recommended Read: Isolation, Lockdown, Belonging
This short essay by Jen Stout explores the social aspects of lockdown, and how it has allowed the frantic pace of life to slow, and pockets of community to flourish in urban areas. She explores the contrast between the often-anonymous existence of people in cities, and the intimate nature of life in rural and isolated Read more…