Community Voices
Grasping the opportunity of Scotland’s renewable revolution
The Power Shift is a new project connecting independent media outlets to share knowledge and ...
By Mike Small, The Scottish Beacon
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Holyrood event announces launch of Scottish Public Interest Journalism Institute
A parliamentary reception held at Holyrood this week spotlighted the ongoing efforts to protect and ...
By Devon McCole, The Scottish Beacon
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Festival season in Argyll and Bute: Rhinns Lighthouse Festival and Book Festival this August
With festival season in full swing across the UK and Scotland, including popular music festivals ...
By The Illeach, Rhinns Lighthouse Festival Committee and Carolyn Ferguson
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Retreat From the Sea: a last resort or a very real vision of the future?
Aberdeenshire Council took its first steps towards understanding how our communities should adapt to increasing ...
By Jane Cruickshank, The Bellman
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Call for new wind farms to be community-owned
All new wind farm developments should be community-owned, a Scottish Parliament committee heard this week. ...
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Open letter to John Swinney calls for immediate moratorium on wind farm developments
Local campaign group Sustainable Shetland is one of the signatories of this open letter to ...
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Sri Lankan cuisine finds a home on Glasgow’s food map
Often mistaken, people think of Sri Lankan food as either “Indian or Pakistani food, but ...
By Jasmine Mohamed, Migrant Women Press
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A Nigerian heart in a Scottish home: exploring what it means to belong
I grew up as a third culture kid – a term that describes children who spend ...
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‘We need a stronger voice’: 52 Highland community councils unite to demand a say in Scotland’s energy future
Community councils from across the vast Highland Council area came together in Beauly on Saturday ...
By Vox Vallium
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Marine litter concern as tangled gannets found dead in Shetland
Ian Nicolson came across two gannets found fastened together when he was out on his ...
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PINF launches local news crisis campaign as part Indie News Week 2025
For Indie News Week 2025, The Public Interest News Foundation (PINF) created a campaign action ...
By The Scottish Beacon
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Introducing: The Power Shift – a collaborative investigation into impact of Scotland’s green energy boom
The Power Shift is a major new collaborative journalism project from the Scottish Beacon which ...
By Mike Small, The Scottish Beacon
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