Community Ownership Electric Roadshow

From 26 – 29 February 2024, we hosted a series of information sessions across the Northeast of Scotland and Tayside to share inspiring stories of community ownership. In partnership with the Scottish Land Fund, we hosted events in Kirriemuir, Stirling, Dundee and Aberdeeen. On 19 March, we hosted a further event in Cumbernauld.

The page holds a variety of resources for attendees of those events, including the slide presentations from Community Land Scotland and the Scottish Land Fund, and the presentations of our guests who gave the stories of their own community land journeys.

In addition to presentations from the events, we are using this page to compile a list of resources that were requested during the Q&A sessions each night.

Overview of community buyout: Guide-8steps-to-buyout.pdf (communitylandscotland.org.uk)

Compliant governance documents for community organisations: The Community Land Team has templates for SCIO’s and Companies Limited by Guarantee that you can download here under “How to Form a Community Body”. If you were interested in Community Benefit Societies, and the best information for that is available from Community Shares Scotland.

Development Trusts Association Scotland (DTAS) resources

The Community Ownership Support Service Team | DTAS Community Ownership Support Service – for support with Community Asset Transfers

Your church, your community | DTAS Community Ownership Support Service – specific guidance for communities around churches and accompanying land

Involving Your Community 2020 (dtascommunityownership.org.uk) – a guide to the benefits and techniques for involving and consulting local communities in community asset based projects

Visiting other communities: The Scottish Communities Alliances has funding available through the Community Learning exchange that provides small pots of money to build levels of mutual support across the Community Sector through peer to peer learning. Community Learning Exchange – Scottish Community Alliance

If you are interested in Becoming a Member of Community Land Scotland, you can find information on that here: Become a Member – Community Land Scotland.