The vision of Scotlandâs Young Peopleâs Forest (SYPF) â a project developed in partnership with YouthLink Scotland, Young Scot, Â the Woodland Trust, and Green Action Trust â is to create the first forest in Scotland that will be governed, led, and co-designed by young people. The mission of its Youth Leadership panel, a group of…
Abriachan is a scattered rural community of about 150 people set high above the shores of Loch Ness in the Highlands of Scotland. In 1998 the community purchased 540 hectares of forest and open hill ground from Forest Enterprise. Since then, as a social enterprise, the Abriachan Forest Trust has managed this land to create local…
Inverness Creative Academy, which opened its doors in February 2022, brought a disused school building back to life as the Highlandsâ first creative hub. The project, which took four years, revived the redundant former Inverness Royal Academy buildings on Midmills Road in the heart of the city, sensitively restoring the Grade B listed Victorian…
Congratulations Kemnay Academy! Â Young filmmakers from @KemnayAcademy, the winners of our âMy Land, My Storyâ youth film competition, will be premiering their short film project on Thursday 1 December at the National Gallery of Modern Art in Edinburgh at 4:45pm. Come along to watch! Schools from across Scotland were invited to tell a the story…
The Inverclyde Shed was established in 2019, and in 2020 a few members expressed an interest in starting a community garden with the aim of offering different activities, growing their own food and being outdoors more. Shed members met with local councillors and the local authority representative, who helped them identify a space just off…
As part of our My Land, My Story series were are taking a look at some of Scotlandâs transformations, uncovering the history of land and what it has become. To start, we are headed to Glasgow, and potentially the location of Eurovision 2023! In 1877 the Queenâs Dock yard opened on what is now the…
Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival was founded in 2004 after estate owner Joe Gibbs fought to buy back 1,150 acres of land that his family used to own to use as a vehicle for positive environmental and community change. Belladrum Festival welcomes around 21,000 people on average every year and has become one of Scotlandâs leading…
An âActive Travel Hubâ has been set up by the Vale of Leven Trust in West Dunbartonshire to help locals travel more actively. The long-term home for the Hub will be the âFormer Police Boxâ which the Trust acquired following an asset transfer in October 2020. Currently a feasibility and building options appraisal is underway…
A new woodland area has been planted in East Linton near Dunbar thanks to a collaboration between a local business, a climate action group and landowners. The project was originated by Caledonia Horticulture, which, under its One Planet Pledge, plants a tree for every bag of firewood they sell. Caledonian Horticulture approached CAEL (Climate…
It started with a âFor Saleâ sign spotted in a deserted field in an industrial estate, just before the coronavirus pandemic hit in 2020. The Place, a youth project in Ross-shire, had previously been based in a hall nearby and was looking for a more permanent home for the services and activities it provides for…
