National Islands Plan – Implementation Route Map 2023
Details of how the commitments in the National Islands Plan will be delivered over the coming year. Read it here.
Cross Party Group on Islands 3: Focus on Ferries Session 2
The third meeting of the Cross Party Group on Islands met on 28 June 2023 for the second session focusing on ferries. A presentation from Robbie Drummond, CEO of Calmac …
SIF Policy Input: Local Living & 20 Minute Neighbourhoods
SIF welcomes the concept of the Place Principle and in particular, the commitment to local people being at the forefront of the decisions made about a place. We also welcome …
Island Housing Group Session 3: Communities Housing Trust
SIF Island Housing Group In our third member session looking at community-led housing, we heard from Ronnie MacRae, CEO of the Communities Housing Trust on its new Route Map for …
Draft Energy Strategy & Just Transition Plan
The consultation on the Draft Energy Strategy & Just Transition Plan has recently closed and you can read the full response from SIF here. This outlines the ambition and concern …
Cross Party Group on Islands 2: Focus on Ferries Session 1
The second meeting of the Cross Party Group on Islands took place on 19 April 2023 and was the first of two sessions focusing on ferries. Presentations were heard from …
The Green Match Fund
The Highlands & Islands Environment Foundation (HIEF) is taking part in the Green Match donation campaign going on right now. Our challenge is to raise £10,000 in donations before noon on Thursday 27th April (ie only …
SIF Winter Data Collection – 2023 results
Over January and February volunteers from across the islands took part in our marine litter data collection project with the key aim of providing better data on island marine litter. …
National Islands Plan Annual Report – 2022
The Islands (Scotland) Act 2018 requires that a report is presented to Parliament each year setting out the progress made towards delivery of the National Islands Plan. This report sets …
SIF Big Data Collection – Spring 2023
After our successful trial beach data collection in the winter, we have around 20 beach groups ready to do another round of data collection for our Spring Clean in April. …