SRA News

We recently submitted a response to the Scottish Government's 20% Reduction in Car Kilometres Route Map. To do this, we held two workshops to hear from members and non-members and collaborated with the Scottish Rural Island Transport Community. One ...

Scottish Rural Action has submitted our members' reponse to the Scottish Government consultation on the draft National Planning Framework 4. We agree with the assessment of the Scottish Parliament Rural Affairs, Islands and Natural Environment that ...

We at SRA wish to offer our solidarity with the people of Ukraine and stand alongside the rural civil society movement in Europe in offering this statement of support.

We wish to extend a very warm welcome to Kate, who joined SRA in February 2022 and is our Community Network Builder. She grew up in Scotland’s “Wee County” (Clackmannanshire), surrounded by beautiful views including the Ochil Hills and Gartmorn Dam ...

We want to say a welcome to our new member of staff, Catriona! Catriona started with us in mid-January. Working part-time, she will be taking forward our campaigning and communications work. Catriona grew up on the shores of the Cromarty Firth. After ...

We wish to welcome two new directors to SRA's board: Alistair Prior and Derek Logie. Alistair was born and raised in rural Angus and has first-hand experience of the issues faced by rural communities. He studied for a degree in Environmental ...

We are delighted to invite applications from individuals who are interested in joining Scottish Rural Action's Board of Trustees. There are five places to fill and we are looking for people who: are committed to and share our vision believe that ...

The 2021 Scottish Rural Parliament has come to an end and we would like to thank the over 500 of you all who attended to share your story, learn and influence change. Each one of the 16 sessions was curated by an organisation with expertise in the ...

The Scottish Rural Action Covid-19 Local Reference Group was established to add a local and personal dimension to some of the themes around resilience and recovery that had emerged from the surveys. Through a series of consultation with people across ...

During this period of change and growth for Scottish Rural Action, there have also been some exciting developments within our board. Firstly, after seven years as a founding Director and nearly a year as Acting Chair of SRA, Vanessa Halhead has ...