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Islands Bond Consultation
August 05th, 2021
The Scottish Government has made a commitment to developing an Islands Bond – offering 100 bonds of up to £50,000 to young people and families to stay in or to move to islands currently threatened by depopulation. A  consultation is inviting comments to inform the development of this policy.
New national facility for families affected by drug use
August 05th, 2021
Funding has been agreed in principle for a specialist residential rehabilitation unit to support families affected by drug use. It will be run by the charity and housing association Phoenix Futures and based in Saltcoats. The facility will provide rehabilitation services for twenty families at any one time and will be based on an existing […]
Monthly Economic Brief – July 2021
August 05th, 2021
The July monthly economic brief has been published. This contains the latest key economic statistics, forecasts and analysis on the Scottish economy.
Drug-related death statistics for 2020
August 05th, 2021
Drug-related death statistics for 2020 have been published. This shows there were 1,339 deaths, an increase of 5% on 2019 and the highest figure on record.
Integrating land use planning and public health
August 05th, 2021
A new briefing: Place and Wellbeing: integrating land use planning and public health in Scotland has been published. It sets out four key messages crucial to improving policy and practice in land use planning for health and wellbeing: Stronger together through improved collaboration Shared evidence leading to shared policy actions Shared policy actions leading to […]
Licensing Consultations: Land Trains and other public carriages
August 03rd, 2021
There are two issues that the Licensing Committee want public views on: Whether or not there should be a Land Train in Largs in 2021 – they will be looking at this single proposal at their meeting on Wednesday 18 August 2021. If you have a view about that, see “How to contact us” below […]
Available Funding – August 2021
August 02nd, 2021
£50m for the UK’s Grassroot Football Pitches in 2022 Funding is to be made available to enable the delivery of more football pitches and facilities in UK communities.   The UK Government has announced an additional £50 million investment in football pitches to help support the wave of interest in the sport inspired by EURO […]
Draft Flood Risk Management Strategies and Local Flood Risk Management Plans
July 30th, 2021
It is essential that any action taken on flooding is informed by the best available data. From 21 December 2020 we have been consulting with the public on the work carried out to update the flood risk management strategies and plans. This forms part of a national consultation on the current state of knowledge of […]
Lochshore Development
July 29th, 2021
We are looking for your input into the latest stage of the exciting development at Lochshore. This is the site of the former Glengarnock Steelworks and covers around 250 hectares, including Kilbirnie Loch. In 2017 we carried out a consultation which led to the vision of the site as a parkland destination with a focus […]
Increasing the voices in policy-making
July 29th, 2021
Carnegie UK have published Rethinking Scotland: Action required to include more voices in policy-making in Scotland. They asked for people’s views on what needs to happen and who needs to act to put some of Scotland’s big ideas into practice. Their recommendations include:  Address power imbalances in the policy-making process  Co-produce principles to transform who is involved in policy-making  Develop an […]
Free Bus Travel for Under 22s
July 29th, 2021
All residents in Scotland under the age of 22 will be eligible for free bus travel from 31 January 2022. The Scottish Government has confirmed the timetable for the roll out of the scheme, delivered in partnership with the Improvement Service, the National Entitlement Card Programme Office and Young Scot. Approximately 930,000 young people will join the third of Scotland’s population […]
Community Ownership Fund
July 20th, 2021
The UK Government have launched the Community Ownership Fund. This is available to community and voluntary organisations to support sustainable community ownership of assets, amenities and facilities which are at risk of being lost. You can find out more information here. You may also be interested in the webinars taking place this week, on Tuesday […]
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