The restoration of properties on Dumfries High Street
THE contractors are already on site and work is progressing to turn previously vacant buildingst into a combination of ‘enterprise’ space on the ground and…
Category: Community ownership
Funding to help eight Scots communities take ownership of local ‘assets’
‘COMMUNITY assets’ – including a village pub, a church and a woodland – are among eight projects to be awarded over £1m by the Scottish…
Community ownership levels increase by three per cent
THE number of ‘assets’ in community ownership in Scotland has increased modestly between the years 2018/19 and 2019/20. Begins a Scottish Government announcement (here): “There…
Fund created to help communities take ownership of ‘local assets’ such as at-risk pubs
A WESTMINSTER fund has been created, to help communities take ownership of ‘local assets’, such as a pub or shop, which are at risk of…
Funding released for Scots community projects
MORE than £25 million is going to ‘disadvantaged and remote communities’ around Scotland to support regeneration and employment projects – according to an announcement from the…
‘Community right-to-buy’; in action, in town
IT was widely hailed as being the first urban community to successfully utilise community right-to-buy (CRtB) powers, introduced as legislation five years ago. It was…