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The Scottish Beacon seeks investigative journalist and podcast producer for green energy reporting project

The Scottish Beacon is excited to announce The Power Shift – a major new collaborative journalism ...
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From left to right: ETA co-founders Mark Glasgow and Andrew Lamond with Barry Sharp of Renewable Heat. Source: The Midlothian View

ETA launch landmark course to help plug renewables skills gap

The Energy Training Academy (ETA) is stepping up its bid to close the renewables skills ...

By Luke Jackson, The Midlothian View

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A white ferry by Arefin Shamsul

Chance for young people to get on board with CalMac

CalMac is a recognised leader of seagoing apprenticeships, named by the Merchant Navy Training Board ...

By Inverclyde Now

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Attendees at the Community Power Event by hosted by Community Energy Scotland, courtesy of CES

Repowering: Communities at the heart of Scotland’s renewable future

Trying to keep up with the constantly evolving government policies aimed at mitigating climate change ...

By Devon McCole, Greater Govanhill

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Illustration by giacinta frisillo

Plant Grow Share: Don’t let it go to waste

It is an event, each weekend in the long days of summer, to see two ...

By James McAleer

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Photo: Stephanie Wallace and Sue Farish, owners of K's Coffee shop Source: Forres local

Kind-hearted cafe owners offer free fare on Christmas day

A Forres café is extending its community support this Christmas by offering free meals on ...
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Photo: Inside retrofitted tenement on Daisy St Source: Angus Brodnax

How can tenement owners retrofit their homes?

Unlike many European countries, Scotland lacks mandatory owners’ associations, leaving tenants and flat owners to ...
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Photo of Lee Anne Woods taken by Lesley Martin

Inverkip nurse receives prestigious award

A nurse from Inverkip is among a group of 21 community nurses to have been ...
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Photo: Volunteers posing for a group photo. Source: The Lochside Press

Volunteers made a difference at Loch Lomond

Volunteers joined in a session organised by the Friends of Loch Lomond and The Trossachs, ...
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Photo: Govanhill Litterpick Group Credit: All photos by Iiain McLellan

How to build a community litter picking group in your community

This isn’t an article about the council, nor is it entirely about rubbish. This is ...

By Aoife Hutton, Greater Govanhill

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Photo: Volunteers mount kIngarth Lane gate Credit: All photos by Laura Vroomen

How a community group in the Southside of Glasgow transformed Kingarth Lane using the Lane Improvement Fund

If you had told me a year ago that one day I would be sat ...

By Katie Macmillan

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Photo: Govanhill solidarity signage. Credit: by Iain McLellan

Govanhill charities back calls for Scottish government to adopt more sustainable multi-year public funding models

Community organisations are doing impactful work to support the Govanhill neighbourhood in Glasgow, but short-term ...
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