Local communities should get priority when Church buildings put up for sale
Multiple communities have reported to us that they are unhappy as Church of Scotland ‘often prioritises the highest bidder.’ Read the press release about their experiences.
Multiple communities have reported to us that they are unhappy as Church of Scotland ‘often prioritises the highest bidder.’ Read the press release about their experiences.
In a new strategy document, Community Land Scotland calls on politicians to establish a Right for young people to live in the community where they grew up.
A joint opinion piece from Ailsa Raeburn, Community Land Scotland and Kevin Cumming, the Scottish Rewilding Alliance.
The first of a blog series sharing learning from our urban action research project Community Ownership Hub: Glasgow and Clyde Valley.
An opinion piece written by our Policy Manager, Dr Josh Doble and published in The Scotsman on 14th December 2023.
Read our latest blog by Kate Wimpress. She writes about her experience of community landownership at North Edinburgh Arts in Edinburgh.
This paper proposes a transformational system of new community partnership agreements to ensure community priorities are included from the earliest stage of new economic developments.
This research and analysis critiques the ‘green finance gap’. Written by Jon Hollingdale, an independent forestry and land use consultant and researcher, who has worked in Scottish community forestry since 1999.
Community Land Scotland has published research by Professor Mike Danson on the impact of community land ownership in locations which were previously under monopoly ownership.
Today we publish ‘Essential truths in land reform’, an opinion piece written by Peter Peacock, a former Leader of Highland Council, an MSP and Cabinet Secretary.
The paper, by Alastair McIntosh, gives a fascinating perspective on natural and private capital.
The community of Cardowan in North Lanarkshire is celebrating this week, after stopping a public auction of their play park.