SRA News

We submitted a response to the Scottish Government's Draft Energy Strategy and Just Transition plan, following comments from our membership, board directors and other partner organisations. The Scottish Government consultation documents can be found ...

Prof. Michael Dower, sadly passed away on Monday, November 7, 2022, just a week before his 89th birthday. In his lifetime, Michael was a force in European rural development. He also gave strong support to the development of SRA, the Scottish Rural ...

Full or part time: Part Time, negotiable between 3-4 days a week Salary: £30,000 pro rata Location: Working from home, occasional travel around Scotland and internationally Closing: Monday, 15th May 2023, with interviews by zoom w/c Monday, 29 May ...

We responded to the Highly Protected Marine Areas consultation from the Scottish Government, drawing from the Scottish Island Federation's response to do so. You can read it here.

Thank you to all members who attended our AGM in February 2023. Please find below the minutes.

We were delighted to join an in-person meeting with the Land Reform Futures Stakeholder Advisory Group in March. Artemis and Catriona, our National Coordinator and Campaigns and Communications Lead, joined this project last year to advise research ...

A delegation from Asturias, Spain, will be in the Highlands and Moray this week to find out more about how community projects are developing solutions to challenges facing rural and island areas. The 22 visitors are members of Local Action Groups ...

We want "more localised democracy and more appropriate policymaking in rural and island areas. It’s not only about getting funding. It’s about legislative changes so communities have more ownership over their local resources" - Our Comms Officer in ...

We are so delighted to welcome 4 new trustees to our board. Aimee (top eft), Ann (top right), Brendan (bottom left) and Sjoerd (bottom right) were appointed to our board at our AGM on Thursday the 16th of February. With skills across agriculture ...

We held an event for members and non-members on the 16th of February from 18.30 - 19.00, followed by our AGM, to showcase the work happening across rural and island Scotland with village halls and community spaces. Artemis and Catriona from SRA ...