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. …
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. …
Draft response to HPMA consultation
Following a call to members for opinions and evidence regarding the Scottish Government’s Highly Protected Marine Area consultation we have prepared a draft response to consultation questions. In publishing our …
Alcohol advertising and promotion consultation
Today we have responded to the Scottish Government consultation on alcohol advertising and promotion, highlighting the need for more careful consideration of the impact of the proposal in islands communities: …
Reporting disruptive events
As part of our support for the Scottish Islands Team we have been asked to help keep the Scottish Government informed of disruptive events which are happening, or likely to …
SIF Member Session – Island community resilience
In the next of our series of online member sessions we will disucss the impact of the cost of living crisis as well as consider how the lessons learned from …
SIF Winter 2023 Big Data Collection
A project developed by our Marine Litter Working Group, the Winter 2023 Big Data Collection, aims to gather data on island marine litter as well as test the methodology for …
Scottish Island Futures – 2050 and beyond
Four Workshops in 2023 Exploring the Future of the Scottish Islands With the Islands (Scotland) Act 2018 and the current £100 million Islands Growth Deal, Scottish society is becoming more …
Working Together on Island Marine Litter Solutions
A Scottish Islands Federation networking event bringing stakeholders together to address problems of removal, reduction and reuse of marine litter on Scottish islands. Marine litter, made up of household plastic …
SIF Member Session on Housing
In follow up to our last housing session we are delighted to welcome the Communities Housing Trust to share its new online resource to support community-led housing and to discuss …