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EDITOR'S NOTES

One of the pleasures of this job is watching the steady growth of the Rural Gateway. For instance, the 2,600th registered member joined our community last week. Happily, the vast majority of members subscribe to this newswire - currently we email more than 2,350 of these bulletins within and well beyond Scotland's shores. Recent new members, Fiona Hanlin of the Tyne Esk LEADER+ group in East Lothian, and Mike Williams of Evie in Orkney, have posted their contact details etc in our popular Members directory. If you've got expertise to share, a service to promote or a need to network, please use the directory today! See: http://www.ruralgateway.org.uk/cgi-site/whoswho.cgi

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THANK YOU

To recent contributors Bridget Paterson, Paula Darnton-Smith, Ross Lindsay, Christine Kizzy, Flora McDowall, Bill Middlemiss, Shaheen Safdar, Donald Scott, Alex Walker, Douglas Gibson, Moira Aitken, Maxine Smith, Catherine Finlayson and Margaret Mackenzie. If you would like to share your expertise with the Gateway please email: mailto:editor@ruralgateway.org.uk

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LEADING STORIES

FUNDING LATEST

Read Sandra Hogg's latest news on funding, including new programmes, deadlines and events. This month Sandra spotlights the Alec Dickson Trust. See http://www.ruralgateway.org.uk/item/1242

RURAL ROUND UP

Featuring a community bid under the new National Forest Land Scheme; the Scottish Countryside Alliance annual conference; Scottish Food Fortnight and a new Gaelic spellchecker... See http://www.ruralgateway.org.uk/item/1229

SO YOU WANT TO RUN A COMMUNITY RADIO STATION?

Budding Alan Partridges can now register an interest in running a radio service for their community, in Ofcom's latest round. See http://www.ruralgateway.org.uk/item/1245

YOUR PROJECT

Shaheen Safdar gives the low-down on the Black Environment Network to the Rural Gateway... See http://www.ruralgateway.org.uk/item/1234

WHY ARE CHILDREN DOING BETTER IN RURAL SCHOOLS?

It is interesting to see read in the papers that rural pupils are outperforming their counterparts from the towns and cities... See http://www.ruralgateway.org.uk/item/1235

ENTERPRISING COMMUNITY REOPENS VILLAGE SHOP

Reversing the trend of declining rural services, an Argyll village once again has a village shop after the community took action... See http://www.ruralgateway.org.uk/item/1239

YOU SAID IT!

"We feel that a consultant could assist us to audit our community, prepare a SWOT analysis and look at development opportunities. This we hope would give us a Community Development Plan. Has anyone gone this route?" Can you help our correspondent? See http://www.ruralgateway.org.uk/item/1247

RURAL POLLS LATEST

A large majority (82%) think that Scottish Enterprise should expand its role to include community development. We have asked the agency to respond to this. Meanwhile, our new poll asks: "Was the Chancellor right to increase annual road tax for 4x4 vehicles to £210?". Please vote now: See http://www.ruralgateway.org.uk/poll/

CONTACT US

If you have any queries you can send an email message to us at: mailto:editor@ruralgateway.org.uk

I hope you continue to find the Rural Community Gateway Website to be of interest.

Kind Regards,
Bruce Wares,
Editor.
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