Tags - Education and skills

The Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust are the leading UK charity conducting conservation science to enhance the British countryside for public benefit. For over 80 years we have been researching...

Lerwick Port Authority scaled up its annual tree planting efforts to compensate for the Covid-19 pandemic forcing the suspension of the initiative last year. Around 70 trees and shrubs donated by the...

With our Helping It Happen Awards Dinner & Ceremony just around the corner, we’re taking a look at each of our finalist here on our blog. Our Awards tell the story of those rural business who are...

Ridelines was started in 2011 by Andy Weir. It was dreamt up as more of a lifestyle business to facilitate his love of mountain biking and to make a modest living for his family. Starting the business...

Charlesfield Farms near St Boswells in the Scottish Borders has been innovative in their approach to promoting work-based learning in the rural sector, providing vital work experience to enable the...

An integral part of the Alladale Wilderness Reserve vision is our HOWL (Highland Outdoor and Wilderness Learning) programme, which offers a specially designed and expert-led, environmental journey for...

ALIenergy deliver educational sessions in local schools and within the wider community to promote STEM education and careers opportunities in Mid Argyll and Kintyre. The delivery takes a joined-up...

GrowBiz is a Perthshire-based charity, founded to provide community-based enterprise support by a group of local people in 2007. It has developed a unique model of relational support for rural...

ALIenergy is a regional energy agency and interface between communities, national organisations, government and European partners for Argyll and Bute. Working across the whole region, ALIenergy has...

The St. Mary’s School, Melrose motto “behalde to ye hende” means “look to your future” in old Scots.

In the school’s entire 125 year history, this motto has never been more appropriate. The...

The Princes Foundation - The Education Team at Dumfries House, Ayrshire.

Bringing rural learning to life

Dumfries House estate was saved for the nation by The Prince of Wales in 2007 and is now...

Ayrshire Food Hub started when the rural community lost its last remaining facility/school, which was used by the community for social activities.  Local farmers/families were unsuccessful in saving...