Briefing paper for MSPs Response to the Advisory Group on Economic Recovery’s call for views A bold ‘Rural New Deal’ embracing further land reform, should be one of the foundations on which to rebuild Scotland’s economy and prepare a greener future, MSPs have been told. The way community bodies have responded to the threat of… Read more »

A film highlighting the effects of climate change on the Scottish islands has picked up the Film Dùthchais (Community) award at this year’s prestigious Gaelic Short Film Competition (FilmG) ceremony in Glasgow. AN DRÀSTA! (RIGHT NOW!), made by Urras Oighreachd Ghabhsainn (Galson Estate Trust) on the Isle of Lewis, features young people from across the… Read more »

As Scotland marks the Centenary of the Land Settlement Act, the Scottish Land Commission has said that more reform to land ownership and land use is needed, to make the most of Scotland’s land for the benefit of all. This month, December 2019, marks 100 years since the Land Settlement Act in Scotland. The Act… Read more »

The Isle of Gigha Heritage Trust have announced they are launching a Community Fund to benefit the residents of Gigha and help support a thriving and healthy community on the island. The Fund will provide grants to individuals and community organisations on the island up to £1000. The Fund is being supported through the renewable… Read more »

  In October 2019, Community Land Scotland took part in the 2019 meeting of the International Land Coalition (ILC) Europe, Middle East and North Africa (EMENA) region. 18 organisations from nine countries – Morocco, Spain, Albania, Jordan, Italy, Moldova, Kosovo, Palestine and Scotland gathered in Southern Italy to discuss common themes such as depopulation of… Read more »

Community Land Scotland has welcomed the opportunity for communities to express their views on the sale of Langholm Moor. The consultation process, which is looking at the future of the 25,000 acre landholding, opened at the end of May and closes today (28th June). Langholm Moor is ecologically and economically significant for the South of… Read more »

There is a pressing need to accelerate the pace of Scotland’s land reform journey to unlock the potential of communities to take control of their own destinies and help stem the depopulation crisis faced by many rural areas, delegates will hear at Community Land Scotland’s Annual Conference this weekend. The Conference, titled “Making Community Landownership… Read more »

Information about this year’s Community Land Week’s events can be found here. This year’s Community Land Week – Scotland’s national celebration of community landowners – will be bigger and better than ever with three times as many events as in 2018. From the 10th to the 18th August, almost 50 communities, from Orkney and John… Read more »

Community Land Week, the celebration of all things community ownership will return this year from the 10th to the 18th August. Any geographic community that owns land or another asset, from an estate to a woodland to a community centre, can apply to run an event as part of the week. Community Land Week, the… Read more »

It is an affront to Scotland in the 21st century that the owners of large estates can still have their tenants living in fear of eviction or other forms of retribution, according to the national umbrella body for communitybuyouts. Community Land Scotland (CLS) is calling on MSPs to act following the publication today of a… Read more »