SRA News

Sheena Boyd is an SRA trustee and volunteer. This week she travelled to Westminster to give the Scottish Affairs Committee evidence about financial and banking services in rural Scotland. The Scottish Affairs Committee is appointed by the House of ...

The potential impact of Brexit on rural Scotland has been described as the ‘21st Century Clearances’ in a new report published by Scottish Rural Action. The report summarises findings from a series of community conversations held across rural ...

Emma Cooper, Chief Executive of Scottish Rural Action, is stepping down from her post at the end of February to embark on new adventures. During the opening ceremony of the Scottish Rural Parliament Emma reflected on the work undertaken and the ...

Five projects and organisations from across Scotland have been named as outstanding examples of rural innovation by winning Scottish Rural Innovators Awards. Held every two years, the awards are organised and hosted by Scottish Rural Action to ...

Two Royal Bank of Scotland branches have been saved from closure following the national campaign against rural bank closures in Scotland. The banks saved from closure are Barra and Biggar – both the last bank in the town and more than 9 miles from ...

Progress report and next steps We published our second Action Plan in 2017, following the Scottish Rural Parliament at the end of 2016. It was an ambitious plan, aiming to achieve a lot across a number of policy areas, whilst also strengthening ...

The SRA Campaign Toolkit is now available for downloading here Scottish Rural Action Campaign Toolkit 2018 The toolkit is a guide for anyone thinking of running their own campaign – full of information on campaign planning, methods, working with the ...

A report by Scottish Rural Action found that transport costs in rural Scotland stopped 48% of young people from accessing employment, and 33% of young people from accessing education and training. Download the report here: FareEnough Report 2018 The ...