March Island of the Month- Yell
Kate Lonsdale, North Yell Development Council. For the month of March, we selected Yell, Shetland as our Island of the Month. We had the pleasure of interviewing Yell Resident Kate …
News
Spring Clean Scotland 2024
Environmental charity Keep Scotland Beautiful has declared a litter emergency and we’re aiming to help by supporting their 2024 Spring Clean. By taking small actions such as organising or participating …
Adopt a Beach!
The Scottish Islands Federation (SIF) is looking for local volunteers to help record a sample of data about the items they find when carrying out a beach clean. This data …
Marine Litter Data Collection Methodology
The SIF Marine Litter Data Collection Methodology allows for data samples of 10 meters or more and there are simplified forms which can be completed. These forms have been modified …
Marine Litter Working Group – Data Collections
One of the issues identified by the SIF MLWG was the lack of data to demonstrate the scale of the problem. With this support they have developed a Marine Litter …
Introduction to our Marine Litter Working Group
In 2019 the Scottish Islands Federation (SIF) identified that there was no group from the Scottish Islands that looked at the problem of Marine Litter which was coming ashore. SIF …
Cross Party Group on Islands 5: Focus on the National Islands Plan Review Session 1
The 5th CPG Islands meeting took place on 28th February 2024 and focused on the review of the National Islands Plan (NIP). Adele Lidderdale of the Institute of Northern Studies …
Meet our New Directors (1 of 2) Janet Marshall
Having lived on the Isle of Lewis for nearly 40 years, Janet has had many roles: Wildlife Illustrator, Research Assistant, Web Designer, Theatre tour Manager, PA to the Chief Executive …
Cross Party Group on Islands 4 – AGM
The AGM of the Cross Party Group on Islands took place on 5 February 2024. Jamie Halcro Johnston MSP was appointed Convenor, Beatrice Wishart MSP and Alastair Allan MSP were …
Tiree’s Rhoda Meek on her work on addressing housing in the islands.
On 8 Feb, as part of our 2024 #SIFAGM we had Rhoda Meek, Chair of Tiree Development Trust and Managing Director of Isle Develop along to present her recent Tiree …