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Greater Govanhill founder Rhiannon Davies outside The Community Newsroom

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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MacMillan Community Hub. Courtesy of North Edinburgh Arts.

The art of ownership: how North Edinburgh Arts is building community wealth

Edinburgh is known as a global capital of culture. But three miles north of the ...

By Charlie Ellis Edited by Lucas Batt, Greater Community Media

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Tilley, the community owned wind turbine on Tiree

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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Sharon Hill, MAEDT

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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Glenfarg Community Bus

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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Wind turbine

Tiree: Powering Community Wealth Building with renewable energy

Approaching the wind-buffeted island of Tiree after a four-hour ferry journey, visitors and residents alike ...

By By Lucas Batt & Rhiannon Davies, Greater Community Media

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Solar panel company focussed on one thing to outlast challenges of renewable sector

A renewable energy company has soared to success by focussing on a core product that ...

By Marc Hindley, editor of Forres Local

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UOG Turbine tower build

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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Chris Bunyan & Eleanor Gear

How Shetland Turned Division into £72m of Community Benefit

Published in partnership with The Herald THE KEY to a successful community benefit fund from ...

By Hans J Marter, Shetland News

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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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Scottish Beacon Group Members

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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