The funding should seek to continue addressing the same challenges, making our region and especially the islands more competitive, fostering economic growth and creating new jobs, ensuring the right infrastructure …
By using renewable energy near to where it is generated, its financial value can be retained in the local economy, with reduced wastage associated with long distance transmission inefficiencies. Potentially, …
On 27 December 2019, Scotland’s first ever National Islands Plan (NIP) was launched. Replacing the proposed plan which was published in October, the NIP provides a framework for action and …
Recognition of the importance of waste minimisation as integral to challenges of managing island refuse more sustainably, but also some questions about how the scheme will work for island shops …
Accurate data is a key tool to enable decision-making, measuring success, advocating and monitoring change, understanding differing circumstances and identifying things that work and yet there is a real gap …
SIF recognises the exciting potential for the proposed transient visitor levy to generate a new income stream to support the inclusive wellbeing, resilience and sustainability of island communities into the …
SIF would welcome a stronger commitment to recognition of communities as potential stakeholders in coastal developments, beyond roles as beneficiaries of a share of generated revenues. This may depend on …
LISMORE STORES and POST OFFICE, on the delightful Inner Hebridean Island of Lismore, Argyll, needs a new proprietor! Offering a completely different kind of retail experience, this opportunity would be …
Led by CoDeL and supported by SIF and the Irish Islands Federation, Smart Islands in Scotland & Ireland brought island communities together to share experiences and develop ways to make …
The Scottish Government’s Local Energy Policy Statement consultation is now live and you can read more about it here. As part of the process, a series of workshops are being …
