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Rural update 102
27 August 2007
Catch up with the latest news from the Rural Community Gateway
http://www.ruralgateway.org.uk/
EDITOR'S NOTE
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Newsletters and select to receive the newswires in html format.
See https://secure.ruralgateway.org.uk/cgi-bin/register.cgi?page=33
CHARTER FOR RURAL COMMUNITIES REVIEWS
As part of a series of special articles for the Rural Gateway, Di
Jennings of Local People Leading, Geoff Fagan of CADISPA and Pip
Tabor of Southern Uplands Partnership have written reviews of A
Charter for Rural Communities: the final report of the Carnegie
Commission for Rural Community Development.
See http://www.ruralgateway.org.uk/item/1966
And http://www.ruralgateway.org.uk/item/1956
And http://www.ruralgateway.org.uk/item/1945
Pip Tabor found the report to be "A refreshingly clear and
stimulating read", while Geoff Fagan was left feeling a bit
disappointed. You can download the Charter from our documents
library. We'd like to know what you think about the Charter and our
reviews so far. Let us know by going to the bottom of the reviews and
adding your comment. We will feed all the comments back to the
Carnegie Commission for Rural Community Development.
YOUR PROJECT
Two community projects in rural Scotland have made it to the finals
of the National Lottery Awards 2007. Eoropie Dunes Park on the Isle
of Lewis is up for Best Environment Project, while TYKES, a project
for young carers in Sutherland, is up for the Sunday Mirror Award for
Best Charity/Voluntary Project.
See http://www.ruralgateway.org.uk/item/1954
I am delighted that both Eoropie Dunes Park and TYKES are taking part
in our regular feature, Your Project. The Eoropie Dunes Park article
is on the site now. Look out for the article on TYKES coming soon.
See http://www.ruralgateway.org.uk/item/1965
You can vote for your favourite projects until 31st August 2007. For
more information, and to vote, go the National Lottery Awards
website.
See http://www.lotterygoodcauses.org.uk/awards/
EVENTS
Recently added events include The Federation of City Farms and
Community Gardens Networking Event, an EDAS seminar on Arts and
Regeneration and a Planning Aid workshop.
See http://www.ruralgateway.org.uk/information/events.html
DOCUMENTS
Recently added documents include the Scottish Mountaineering
Incidents Report, a Review and Evaluation of Initiative at the Edge
and the latest edition of the St Cyrus community newspaper.
See http://www.ruralgateway.org.uk/information/documents.html
If you would like your community newspaper to feature on the Rural
Gateway, or if your organisation has published a document of interest
to rural Scotland, let us know by emailing mailto:editor@ruralgateway.org.uk.
PHOTO COMPETITION
We continue to be impressed with your submissions to our photo
competition - so keep them coming! We are looking for your photos on
the theme 'Living in rural Scotland'. The competition will run
throughout 2007, with each of our monthly winners going forward to an
online poll at the end of the year. To see the winners and best
submissions so far, go to the photo competition archive.
See http://www.ruralgateway.org.uk/item/1608
WEB OF MONTH
Don't forget to take a look at our current web of the month - the
Energy Savings Trust. Get information on how climate change could
affect the UK, how to save energy and how to cut your energy bills.
See http://www.energysavingtrust.org.uk/
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 Geoff Fagan, Di Jennings at Local People Leading, Gail
Cunningham, Myra at TYKES, Patrick Vickery, Daye Tucker, Jane Cotton,
Sue Cole, Sandra Hogg, Tez Watson, Charles Strang, Sue Beer, Lothian
and Borders Police, George Dodd and more for their recent
contributions and comments.
TOP STORIES
Sales, shows and markets to resume
See http://www.ruralgateway.org.uk/item/1967
Geoff Fagan reviews Charter for Rural Communities
See http://www.ruralgateway.org.uk/item/1966
Golden eagle poisoned in the Borders
See http://www.ruralgateway.org.uk/item/1964
Experience does not guarantee safety on Scotland's summits
See http://www.ruralgateway.org.uk/item/1963
Your project - Eoropie Dunes Park
See http://www.ruralgateway.org.uk/item/1965
Animal movement ban update
See http://www.ruralgateway.org.uk/item/1961
Funding latest 51
See http://www.ruralgateway.org.uk/item/1951
Local People Leading review Charter for Rural Communities
See http://www.ruralgateway.org.uk/item/1956
Rural projects make finals of lottery awards
See http://www.ruralgateway.org.uk/item/1954
Study into lower ferry fares announced
See http://www.ruralgateway.org.uk/item/1952
Rural rambling 6
See http://www.ruralgateway.org.uk/item/1947
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
- 27-Aug-2007
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- Newsletter Archive