Rural Community Gateway

In our latest Rural Round Up you can get the link to a new online shop for spruce products, find out about the Caledonian Canal Ceilidh Trail, discover why young countryside rangers from across Europe are coming to Aberdeenshire, find out how to make nominations for the Scottish Green Energy Awards and learn how neuro-linguistic programming is helping young people in the North East to set goals.

The Highland Council are currently seeking a new Highland Youth Convenor to help ensure that the voice of young people is heard on issues and developments that affect them.

In this Rural Round Up, we bring you news of Historic Scotland funding for the voluntary sector, Cabinet Secretary Richard Lochhead's 'eat Scottish' week, a new shop hoping to spruce up Scotland's food and drink, how to apply for Young Rural Enterpreuner of the Year and where to find documents from Children in Scotland's Growing up in rural Scotland project.

A major online survey has been launched to find out why young people choose to stay, return or move to the Highlands and Islands. Young people aged 15 to 30 are being asked for their views on jobs, education, quality of life and communication in the area.

This leaflet gives details of a major one day conference organised by Children in Scotland's Growing up in rural Scotland programme. The conference theme is 'The Rural Family Matters'. The event will
Author: Growing up in rural Scotland

The 'Young people - stakeholders in Europe' project enables seven rural reas, all participating in the Leader+ initiative, to get young people involved in their projects. It also offers young people i
Author: Young people stakeholders in Europe project

How is the Dialogue Youth Programme - a project involving young people, Young Scot (the national youth information agency) and devolved and local
Author: Scottish Executive

Financial Assistance, Young Enterprise, Community Enterprise and Business Support are covered in this brochure. Highland Opportunity Limited are the Enterprise Trust for the Highland area.
Author: Highland Opportunity Limited