SRA News

During the last weekend of June, our staff team and board directors met for the first time in over 2 years for a weekend of strategising, planning and team building. We met up in a central location outside Dingwall called Fairburn Activity Centre, a ...

Investment in Scotland’s communities is changing. Millions of pounds of funding, previously the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) administered through the Scottish Government, is now managed by the UK Government under its levelling up ...

We recently launched our online membership form - click below to view.

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 ...