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 …
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 …
Webinar: Understanding Islands – habitability and typology
Join us on the 24th May 2023 to hear about the concept of island habitability and a typology of islands designed to aid research & policy making in relation to …
Highly Protected Marine Areas
Draft response to HPMA consultation Following a call to members for opinions and evidence regarding the Scottish Government’s Highly Protected Marine Area consultation SIF prepared a draft response to consultation questions …
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. …
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 …