Marine Litter Development officer
About SIF SIF is a dynamic federation of island communities working together to have a stronger voice oncommon challenges and to share ideas to accelerate change. SIF is run by …
Carbon Neutral Islands Replicability Strategy- Online Series
Community Energy Scotland (CES) with the support of the Scottish Islands Federation (SIF) are excited to invite you to a series of online engagement events focused on knowledge sharing and …
AGM – 8th Feb 2024
Our SIF AGM is coming up on Thursday 8th February and this year we will be discussing housing, and we are delighted to welcome Rhoda Meek of Tiree Community Development …
SIF Marine Litter Summer Data Collection
Results available now You can still view the previous winter data collection results here
SIF Policy Input: Council tax on second & empty homes and non-domestic rates
Shortage of affordable housing is a major barrier to people remaining, returning, and moving to islands, and impacts greatly on the potential, sustainability and resilience of island communities. SIF therefore …
Island Childcare at SRIP – 1st Nov 2023
Scottish Rural & Islands Parliament 2023 was held at the Nevis Centre at Fort William, Recognising the unique challenges facing island and rural places, a childcare workshop at the Scottish …
Isle of Eigg at the Arctic Circle Assembly
On Friday 20 October, SIF chair Camille Dressler presented the case study of Eigg’s community energy at the Arctic Circle Assembly in Reykjavik. As Eigg is her home, she was especially …
Rural & Islands Housing Action Plan Published
“Equality, opportunity, and community are the three overarching defining missions of this Government, and the provision of affordable housing in our remote, rural and island communities is vital to that.” …
National Islands Plan Review – consultation events
Scotland’s first ever National Islands Plan was published in 2019 and it is now going through its first review. The review may lead to the publication of a new National …