Community Ownership Roadshow

This page brings together the slides and all resources referenced during the Community Ownership Roadshows in Lairg and Wick, including the slide presentations from Community Land Scotland and the Scottish Land Fund, as well as our community landowner case studies.

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.

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.

Information about compliant community bodies and Community Right to Buy

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.

Register of Community Interests in Land – Community Bodies (RCIL-CB): This provides links to the Community Right to Buy applications, and includes registered, pending, activated and deleted entries.

Learning from other communities:

Meet the Pioneers videos: this webinar series features community landowners talking about their projects and journeys. The webinars are thematic, and cover a wide range of topics, from owning historic assets to managing greenspace to working with young people.

Community Land Scotland case studies: we have created a number of case studies of community owners that are linked in our Resources section of this site.

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

Funding Sources:

SSE Highland Sustainable Development Fund – As highlighted during the Community Ownership Roadshows, the SSE Highland Sustainable Development Fund is now open for applications, closing 20 January. This round focuses on two priorities: early-stage community housing projects (particularly in highly rural or island areas) and capacity-building work that strengthens the skills and long-term sustainability of community organisations.

Funding Scotland – a great resource to look for available grants. This allows you to filter your search by geographical area, type of cost, type of funding, activities funded and more.

Quaker Housing Trust – provides advice, support, loans and grants to small charities to help them provide affordable homes

DTAS Green Shoots & Strengthening Communities Programmes – open to DTAS Members, these funds can support groups facing unexpected costs or to develop core capacity.