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COMMUNITY LANDOWNERSHIP HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CREATE BETTER TOWNS AND CITIES Community landownership will create places that people want to make their home in the… Read More »Community landownership has the potential to create better towns and cities
12th February 2018 This is a welcome Statement from Scottish Government on future forest management arrangements which largely meets Community Land Scotland objectives set out… Read More »Forestry in Scotland: Statement
See our full press release here Our submission on the Planning (Scotland) Bill can be seen here
News release 9th January 2018 New Policy Director for Community Land Scotland Some changes will be taking place at Community Land Scotland this month. Following… Read More »Changes at Community Land Scotland
Have you always worked in the third sector? Not third sector, but mainly public sector for various organisations in Glasgow and Edinburgh before returning… Read More »Helen MacDonald, Local Development Officer, Mull and Iona Community Trust
The community of Ulva and Mull have launched a fundraising appeal to help raise the much needed funds towards the community buyout of the Isle… Read More »Ulva Buyout Fundraiser
What makes a working day great? Getting to the end of the day with everything done that needed done. This rarely happens, of course,… Read More »Nick Walker, Board Convenor – Wigtown & Bladnoch Community Initiative
A HISTORIC decision on whether a north Skye community organisation gets the green light to purchase land at one of the island’s most popular landmarks,… Read More »Skye community organisation awaits imminent decision on historic Old Man of Storr bid
On the 27th July Community Land Scotland had the first full board meeting with our new Chair. Ian A. Hepburn who is a director… Read More »Community Land Scotland has a new Chair
This month sees the 10th anniversary of the buyout of the Galson Estate on Lewis by the Galson Estate Trust (Urras Oighreachd Ghabhsainn). At 56,000… Read More »10th anniversary of Galson Estate buyout
A bold strategic plan for the area was launched at the Urras Oighreachd Ghabhsainn 2016 Annual General Meeting which seeks to exploit some £8m of wind energy income across the community over the next 20 years.
A new organisation, East Lochaber and Laggan Community Trust (ELLCT), has been set up with the aim of buying the Rio Tinto Alcan estate near… Read More »Scotland’s largest land buyout potentially on cards
