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Rural update 100
RURAL UPDATE: ISSUE 100
27 July 2007
Catch up with the latest news from the Rural Community Gateway
http://www.ruralgateway.org.uk/
EDITOR'S NOTE
Welcome to our 100th Rural Update. It's a landmark for the Rural
Gateway, and to celebrate we asked you to send us your nominations
for a 100 Best things in rural Scotland list. We received over 200
nominations, from music festivals to a long drop toilet! Thanks to
everyone who shared their favourite things with us.
The 100 Best things in rural Scotland list is now on the Gateway
homepage. I'm sure you'll agree that the list is a wonderful
celebration of rural Scotland.
To go to the list see http://www.ruralgateway.org.uk/item/1907
Today is the last day to sign the Halls for All campaign e-petition. If you
wish to sign the e-petition after it has been closed to signatures online
you can contact the Public Petition Committee by email and request that
your name be added. Email petitions@scottish.parliament.uk. SCVO will continue
to accept paper copies for the next couple of weeks.
See http://epetitions.scottish.parliament.uk/view_petition.asp?PetitionID=168
NEWSWIRE FORMAT
If you have not received this newsletter in our new format, go to My
Newsletters and select to receive the newswires in html format.
See https://secure.ruralgateway.org.uk/cgi-bin/register.cgi?page=33
PHOTO COMPETITION
Don't forget to send your summer snaps to our 'Living in rural
Scotland' photo competition. We are looking for photos that represent
living and working in Scotland's rural communities. Take a look at
our photo competition archive to see our previous winners and best
submissions. And look out for the July winner being announced next
week.
See http://www.ruralgateway.org.uk/item/1608
REGULAR FEATURES
We are currently looking for people to take part in our regular
features Getting to Know You and Your Project. Getting to Know You is
the part of the site where people tell us a bit about themselves and
their area. Your Project is a great opportunity to let rural Scotland
know about the work you do on your community project. It's easy to
take part in both of these features. If you would be interested
please email mailto:editor@ruralgateway.org.uk.
NOTES FROM THE FARM
Michael Johnston has filed his second Notes from the Farm report,
which is a very topical article called Farming in the rain. We have
added a Notes from the Farm archive on the right hand side of the
home page, so you can find all of the articles in one place.
See http://www.ruralgateway.org.uk/item/1900
EVENTS
Events in our calendar include the Living Food at Cawdor Castle event
and the National Centre for Migration Studies conference. If you have
an event you would like to feature on the Rural Gateway please email
me at mailto:editor@ruralgateway.org.uk.
See http://www.ruralgateway.org.uk/information/events.html
WEB OF MONTH
Don't forget to take a look at our June website of the month - What's
on your plate?
See http://www.whatsonyourplate.co.uk/wycd.html
DOCUMENTS
Recently added documents include the State of the Countryside Report
2007 from the Commission for Rural Communities, Can't afford to
leave, can't afford to stay from the Scottish Council Foundation, the
Evaluation of the Rural Voices Action Research Competition and the
Gaelic version of the rural policy document, Rural Scotland: Better
Still, Naturally.
See http://www.ruralgateway.org.uk/information/documents.html
FUNDING NEWSWIRE
If you need to know about funding, sign up for our very popular
Funding latest newswire, produced by Sandra Hogg, our resident
funding expert. Remember to select to receive them in html format.
See https://secure.ruralgateway.org.uk/cgi-bin/profile.cgi?page=1
THANK YOU
Thanks to John Bingham, Gillian Swan, John Davidson, Michael
Johnston, Anna MacConnell and more for their recent comments and
contributions. Thanks also to all those who submitted their
nominations for 100 Best things in rural Scotland.
TOP STORIES
100 Best things in rural Scotland
See http://www.ruralgateway.org.uk/item/1907
Ministers embark on rural tour
See http://www.ruralgateway.org.uk/item/1899
Swinney signs Halls for All petition
See http://www.ruralgateway.org.uk/item/1894
Can't afford to leave, can't afford to stay
See http://www.ruralgateway.org.uk/item/1892
Highland clearance memorial unveiled
See http://www.ruralgateway.org.uk/item/1903
Notes from the farm: Farming in the rain
See http://www.ruralgateway.org.uk/item/1900
Great BBC office resource give away
See http://www.ruralgateway.org.uk/item/1896
European Geoparks Network - call for papers
See http://www.ruralgateway.org.uk/item/1890
Major rural policy document now in Gaelic
See http://www.ruralgateway.org.uk/item/1887
Set aside land can be used
See http://www.ruralgateway.org.uk/item/1884
CONTACT US
We are always happy to hear from Rural Gateway users, so please feel
free to email editor@ruralgateway.org.uk with any comments or
suggestions.
Best wishes
Norette Ferns
Copyright 2007 Rural Community Gateway. The Rural Community Gateway
is a Scottish Executive initiative, designed and developed by online
community specialists Sift with content and editorial services
provided by the Rural Communities Team of the Scottish Council for
Voluntary Organisations.
- Source
- Rural Gateway
- Date
- 29-Jul-2007
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- Newsletter Archive