Rural Community Gateway

RURAL UPDATE: ISSUE 104
21 September 2007
Catch up with the latest news from the Rural Community Gateway
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EDITOR'S NOTE
I had a great time at the European Geoparks Conference in Ullapool
last week. Interesting presentations, fieldtrips and fellow delegates
made for a fun and informative two days. It was just a pity about the
sideways rain! My conference report will be on the site very soon, as
will Sandra Hogg's report from the Initiative at the Edge conference
in Barra. Sandra and I will be at the Scottish Borders Voluntary
Sector Conference next week and the CVS Conference in Erskine the
week after. It is always good to meet people who use the site in
person, so hopefully we will meet some more of you at these events.

The Rural Gateway user survey will close on Monday 24th September.
We've had a good response so far, with some really useful comments
and suggestions. The survey only takes a few minutes to complete and
a 15 pounds Amazon voucher will go to a randomly selected
participant.
To take the survey go to:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=j6rZL3UeKEekuj13x0VG3A_3d_3d

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PHOTO COMPETITION
Our August gallery is now on the site, featuring the best of that
month's submissions to our 'Living in rural Scotland' photo
competition. The gallery features flamenco dancing, gardening and an
unusual cattle entry at an agricultural show.
See http://www.ruralgateway.org.uk/item/1984

Our photo competition is running throughout the year, so remember to
submit your photos to mailto:editor@ruralgateway.org.uk.

CHARTER FOR RURAL COMMUNITIES REVIEWS
Frank Burns is our final reviewer of the Charter for Rural
Communities, the final report from the Carnegie Commission for Rural Development.
Frank is Director of the Association of Local Voluntary
Organisations in South Lanarkshire.
See http://www.ruralgateway.org.uk/item/2000

We hope you have enjoyed this series of reviews, you will find links
to all the articles at the bottom of Frank Burns' review. We'd like
to say a big thank you to everyone who took part: Pip Tabor, Di
Jennings, Geoff Fagan, Iain MacKinnon, Patrick Krause and Frank Burns.

We'd like to know what you think about the Charter and our reviews,
so please feel free to add a comment to any of the articles. We will
be feeding all your comments back to the Carnegie Commission for
Rural Development.

YOUR PROJECT
If you'd like to take part in our regular feature Your Project, email
me at mailto:editor@ruralgateway.org.uk. It's easy to participate,
all you have to do is answer a series of set questions on your community project.

EVENTS
Recently added events include ACVO's 'More than profit' conference in
Aberdeen and the Scottish Borders Voluntary Sector Conference. You
will also find details of the ruralnet UK 2007 conference to be held
in the West Midlands. This year's event will focus on climate change.
Bursaries, and travel bursaries, may be available to community groups
for this conference.
See http://www.ruralgateway.org.uk/information/events.html

DOCUMENTS
Recently added documents include Skills for Scotland: A Lifelong
Skills Strategy, the Scottish Rural Archaeology Bulletin 10 and
Persecution: A review of bird of prey persecution in Scotland 2006.
See http://www.ruralgateway.org.uk/information/documents.html

WEB OF MONTH
Don't forget to take a look at our web of the month for September -
the Rural Housing Service.
See http://www.ruralhousingscotland.org/index.htm
 
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
Colin Edward Erskine, Karl Pipes, Samantha Adams, Patrick Vickery,
Cree Valley Community Woodlands Trust, Council for Scottish
Archaeology, Daye Tucker, TYKES and more for their recent comments,
contributions and suggestions.

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TOP STORIES
Frank Burns reviews Charter for Rural Communities
See http://www.ruralgateway.org.uk/item/2000

Longer driver hours needed due to Foot and Mouth outbreak say Scottish Government
See http://www.ruralgateway.org.uk/item/1999

Announcement: insurance and financial service events for charities
See http://www.ruralgateway.org.uk/item/1997

Foot and Mouth text alerts available
See http://www.ruralgateway.org.uk/item/1996

Enjoy free archaeology events all month
See http://www.ruralgateway.org.uk/item/1993

Sports and leisure organisations wanted for research project
See http://www.ruralgateway.org.uk/item/1991

Rural rambling 7
See http://www.ruralgateway.org.uk/item/1989

New Foot and Mouth outbreak in Surrey
See http://www.ruralgateway.org.uk/item/1992

Rural round up 83
See http://www.ruralgateway.org.uk/item/1988

Apathy to action at ruralnet uk conference
See http://www.ruralgateway.org.uk/item/1987

August photo competition gallery
See http://www.ruralgateway.org.uk/item/1984

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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.

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