Applications are now open for volunteers who would like to participate in a project capturing the oral history of community land buyouts in Harris and Lewis. Community Land Scotland has received support from the Heritage Lottery Fund to capture people’s personal experiences of the buyouts on North Harris, Scalpay, West Harris and the Galson Estate…. Read more »
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Galson Estate community plans bright future
The Galson Estate community is aiming high with an ambitious new vision. A bold strategic plan for the area was launched at the Urras Oighreachd Ghabhsainn 2016 Annual General Meeting last Friday. The Plan seeks to exploit some £8m of wind energy income across the community over the next 20 years. Feedback from the community… Read more »
Scotland’s largest land buyout potentially on cards
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 Fort William. The estate which includes the Lochaber smelter, associated hydro assets and around 125,000 acres of land has been under review by Rio Tinto Alcan. The Trust isn’t aiming… Read more »
Cabinet Secretary welcomes launch of protocol for negotiated sales
Roseanna Cunningham, Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform gave the opening address at the Community Land Scotland Conference in Stornoway today. During her speech she welcomed the launch of the new Protocol for Negotiated Sales which will provide a road map for facilitating negotiated sales of land from willing private landowners to… Read more »
New Global Call to Action film about Eigg
As part of the Global Call to Action, a campaign to double the global area of land legally recognised as owned or controlled by indigenous peoples and communities by 2020, an inspiring new short film about the community buyout on the Isle of Eigg has been released. The film covers the story of Sarah Boden,… Read more »
Congratulations to Keose Glebe – new community landowners in Lewis
Congratulations and best wishes are due to our members Keose Glebe Steering Group who on Friday (25th March 2016)announced it’s completion of the purchase of the c.1,200 acre estate on the Isle of Lewis. The estate will now be operated on behalf of the community by Keose Glebe Estate Ltd – a not for profit company, which is seeking charitable… Read more »
Consultation: community right to buy abandoned / neglected / detrimental land
The Scottish Government’s Community Land Team is holding a consultation on proposals for secondary legislation for the community right to buy abandoned, neglected or detrimental land. Community Land Scotland will be making a response to this and will be consulting its members in due course. A copy of the consultation can be accessed here. The consultation seeks… Read more »
*Job opportunities* Kyle & Lochalsh Development Officer / Kyle of Sutherland Graduate Officer
Kyle & Lochalsh Community Trust is seeking to appoint a Development Officer Applications are invited from energetic and self-motivated individuals who can act as a catalyst for innovative and sustainable community development in Lochalsh. See here for full details and how to apply (deadline for applications is noon on Monday 11th April) Kyle of Sutherland… Read more »
Another £10million for community buy-outs
The Scottish Government have announced that the Scottish Land Fund will continue until 2020 and support will be trebled to £10 million a year to help communities buy their own land. The previous Land Fund awarded £9 million over three years to 52 communities throughout Scotland. Of the 500,000 acres of land already in community ownership, over 90,000… Read more »
Latest Stage of Land Reform Welcomed
Community Land Scotland is today (16.03.16) welcoming the passage of the latest Land Reform Bill. A spokesman said, “Today’s passage of the Land Reform Bill represents important progress in taking Scotland further down the road toward more enlightened land laws and in extending the rights of communities to own land. The Bill that is completing… Read more »
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