by Aisling Phillips, Highlands and Islands Climate Hub Good news - our Climate Festival Funding Deadline has been extended to 26th June, 2026! £150 is available to assist festival events. Details here. Our theme for this year continues with...
Under the Good Food Nation (Scotland) Act 2022 all councils and health boards in Scotland must now create a Good Food Nation Plan. This means Highland Council and NHS Highland will review how their work affects people's food, and identify actions to...
Community organisations can apply to the Highlands and Islands Climate Hub for £150 to help put on events during the Climate Festival from 1st - 30th September 2026. The theme for this year is "Everything Local - Eat, Walk, Cycle, Repair, Reuse, Grow, Be Local", with...
NHS Highland is creating a Good Food Nation Plan. This is required by the Good Food Nation (Scotland) Act 2022. NHS Highland says: We want to understand what it is like to get, prepare and share food in your area — especially in island and remote rural...
Highland Councillors have agreed a new, place-based approach to tackling impacts of climate change and building community resilience. This will bring together work to cut greenhouse gas emissions and support the transition to renewable energy; prepare for climate...
This grant scheme supports community projects that reduce waste, promote reuse and repair, and help build a circular economy.You can apply for funding between £2,000 and £50,000. Closing date: midday on Friday 6 March 2026. Info on how to apply is here.
By Anne MacLennan As the impacts of climate change become increasingly apparent, global greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise. Carbon dioxide equivalents reached an all-time high last year, 50% higher than pre-industrial levels and breaking the 1.5°C barrier, with...
Organised by GrassRoots to Global, Just Walk brings folks from around and beyond Scotland on a walking assembly for Land Justice "to bring alive and respond to the history of communities having been cleared from their lands by an empire that tried to break peoples...
2nd Community Councils Convention on the Impact of Major Energy Infrastructure Projects Some 60 Community Councils from the HIghland region, representing about 80,000 people gathered for the 2nd Convention, held on 12th August in Inverness. Sleat Community Council was...
Highland Council’s Climate Change Committee will recommend approval of a Climate Change Adaptation Strategy setting out how the Council will work with communities, businesses and partners to build resilience and secure a sustainable future for the region. The Strategy...