Community Voices
Community media sector highlights need for greater support at Holyrood event
Community media organisations from across Scotland have highlighted the need for stronger support for independent ...
By Rhiannon J Davies, The Scottish Beacon
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Reclaiming the narrative: building community wealth with community media
By Lucas Batt, in partnership with The Scottish Community Alliance The door to the shop ...
By Lucas Batt
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Invest in, don’t reinvent, Scotland’s community wealth building movement
At the end of last year the Scottish Parliament took a historic step by agreeing ...
By Jill Keegan, Partnerships Manager, Scottish Community Alliance
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The Power Shift: Lessons from communities already making renewables work for them
Co-published with The Herald On the windswept island of Tiree, a four-hour ferry ride from ...
By Rhiannon J Davies, The Scottish Beacon
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Growing community wealth with food and love in Midlothian
Sharon Hill is one of those people who just makes things happen. It’s no coincidence ...
By Lucas Batt & Rhiannon Davies, Greater Community Media
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How Glenfarg rebuilt its bus service – and its future
“You’re regularly told that ‘this bus has changed my life’.” Drew Smart is one of ...
By Lucas Batt & Rhiannon Davies, Greater Community Media
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Speculating on the Wind in the Hebrides
Published in partnership with The Herald As commercial windfarms are being lined up for development ...
By N. Sopata, Fios – The Newspaper for North Lewis
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Carsphairn Seeks Balance Between Renewable Development and Rural Life
Published in partnership with The Herald Tucked between the Rhinns of Kells and Cairnsmore of ...
By Sarah Ade, freelance journalist and editor of Glenkens Gazette
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The Scottish Beacon: A Collaborative Approach to Telling Scotland’s Local Stories
As someone who founded an independent, hyperlocal publication – Greater Govanhill magazine – I know ...
By Rhiannon J Davies, The Scottish Beacon
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The Power Shift: Renewables, Communities and the Question of Who Really Benefits from Scotland’s Green Energy Revolution
Published in partnership with The Herald As the world leaders gather in Brazil, to discuss ...
By Mike Small, The Scottish Beacon
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Protests held after Rockstar games accused of ‘union busting’
Edinburgh-based game developers, Rockstar Games, have been accused of ‘union busting’ after over 30 members ...
By Liam Eunson, Midlothian View
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Edinburgh charity launches Christmas Card Campaign to curb loneliness this winter
The Edinburgh-based charity, Vintage Vibes, is launching a campaign urging people in the capital to ...
By Phyllis Stephen, The Edinburgh Reporter
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