The Seven Lochs Heritage Project will protect, enhance and increase involvement in, and enjoyment of, the natural, built and landscape heritage of the Gartloch/Gartcosh area, focusing on heritage within the boundary of the Seven Lochs Wetland Park - a new, 20 sq km park of national significance which spans the Glasgow City/North Lanarkshire council boundary.
Forth Environment Link is recruiting for an Executive Director to effectively lead, manage and develop the organisation.
Scotland's Finest Woods Awards 2014 are organised by Scottish Finest Woods to highlight good wood management practices and to showcase how woods and forests contribute to the health and wellbeing of Scotland’s people.
Since the Central Scotland Green Network (CSGN) was first set up, a priority of this initiative has been to make sure there are better opportunities to walk, or cycle, between and around communities and to enjoy local parks and greenspaces. The Ramblers Scotland Medal Routes project helps to support this priority, as it is all about making sure everyone can find short walks close to home.
Although there are tentative signs that the Scottish labour market is starting to recover, youth unemployment remains a key concern. Unemployed young people represent a costly and underused resource. The Prince’s Trust estimated that in 2010, youth unemployment was costing the UK economy more than £155 million per week in benefits payments and lost productivity, the costs of youth crime were put at another £23 million per week.
The Scottish Awards for Quality in Planning are one of the Scottish Government's most prestigious events and celebrate achievements in planning, from strategic visions to development on the ground.
SNH is drawing together a funding bid to deliver a programme of Green Infrastructure (GI) development. This would form part of Scotland’s programme for European and Structural Investment Funds 2014-2020. The proposal will support a number of strategic projects with a total value of approximately £40 million over the seven year programme.