Webinar will help prepare your project ready for future funding
Aberdeenshire Council’s Economic Development Service will be hosting a virtual funding session to share ideas and tips to help grow and develop the region’s towns and communities.
Monday, 1st March 2021, 7:00 am
The webinar will feature ideas and tips to help grow and develop the region’s towns and communities.
The ‘Community Development: Hints, Tips and Funding’ webinar on Wednesday, March 3; 2.30-4pm will bring together key speakers from both national and local level to provide ideas and inspiration on how to ensure North-east towns and communities have the right tools, skills and knowledge to make their goals and visions become a reality.
Pandemic ‘encouraged people to embrace localism’
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The pandemic has encouraged many people to embrace localism, the chief officer of Scotland’s Towns Partnership has said.
While the pandemic has put a squeeze on many high street businesses, Phil Prentice said a new review of Scotland’s town centres highlights the need to seize on enthusiasm for the “spirit of localism”.
Town centres have been in decline for years, but the arrival of the coronavirus amplified problems, resulting in a number of High Street names – such as Debenhams and Topshop – facing closures.
Scotland needs to consult locals and amend taxation to help towns flourish, report says
Consulting locals on town centre plans and introducing a digital tax and parking charges at retail parks are among the recommendations of a new report deemed a “significant” milestone in improving such communities.
Wednesday, 3rd February 2021, 7:00 am
The report is urging the Scottish government to take further steps to support greener, healthier, fairer communities . Picture: Mark Scates/SNS Group.
Marks and Spencer High Street store bought by firm set to transform Paisley Centre
The store on Paisley s High Street will be included in Beyond Retail Property Fund Ltd s ambitious plans for the town centre.
The High Street store is set to close later this year (Image: Tom Nicol)
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East Kilbride projects to share in £1million government cash boost
Organisations in the town are benefiting from the Scotland Loves Local Fund, which has made in excess of 200 grants nationally to help communities recover from the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
Aileen Campbell MSP said she was pleased at the impact the fund could have
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