The vision of Scotland’s Young People’s Forest (SYPF) – a project developed in partnership with YouthLink Scotland, Young Scot,  the Woodland Trust, and Green Action Trust – 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…
Concrete Garden is an urban community food growing, play and wellbeing project providing growing space, activities, events and volunteering opportunities for the people of Possilpark and the wider North Glasgow area. How did the idea of using land for the community first come about? Our flagship garden at St Matthew’s Centre in Possilpark came about…
