Scotland: National Rural Network
Connecting Rural Scotland - Promoting Rural Growth

Paths for All, in partnership with FEVA (Forum for Environmental Volunteering Activity), Forestry Commission Scotland and Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) are proud to announce a new event for 2010.

The event will be held at SNH's Battleby Conference Centre on Wednesday 24th March, and will provide an opportunity for community groups and agencies that are developing, managing or promoting paths to meet, share experiences and ideas and plan ahead. The event will consist of workshops, presentations and networking opportunities on fundraising, planning and project management, promotion, innovative approaches to improving access and working in partnership.

In addition, Local People: Local Paths will introduce:

• The 2 National Path Demonstration Sites (at Battleby and Oatridge College), which show a wide variety of path construction and management techniques
• The Path Benefits Toolkit (for evaluating the impacts of local paths)
• The launch of a year long programme of technical training aimed at community groups (including path design, construction and maintenance).

Places are limited. The deadline for bookings is Monday 1st March 2010. All cancellations after the 14th March 2010 will be charged at the rate of £20.