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A spreadsheet of buildings within the Scottish Railway network that have listed status.� The spreadsheet give the status and the year when the buildings were listed.
This is a routemap for community groups interesting in taking on vacant railway station assets for community activity.� The routemap is the culmination of a 12 month project to identify opportunities for railway asset acquisition, the main difficulties that communities have with this approach and ways in which the difficulties can be overcome.
The project was funded by Awards For All
This is a summary report of an electronic survey conducted during November 2009.
Working with local partners, the Railway Heritage Trust and First Scotrail, we have now completed the feasibility study for the regeneration of Arbroath Station carried out by Gaia Architects. An extensive process of consultation, conditions review and ideas development have identified potential champions to take forward this exciting project.
A route map for adoption is slowly emerging.

Forward Scotland discusses the many opportunities that exist for communities to benefit from the renewable energy revolution.

Number 2 in a series of guidance notes for community groups; this one on sources of funding.

Number 1 in a series of guidance notes for community groups: Developing a community project idea.

Market research report profiling and seeking the opinions of community groups who were engaged in the development of the Community Webnet.
A review of Forward Scotlands own Small Grant Scheme identifies capacity building as an important area for investment. This review resulted in changes to the Small Grant Scheme with a new focus on feasibility, business planning and skills development.
After 3 years promoting local mechanisms for distributing Landfill Tax credits an assessment was undertaken to look at the associated benefits. Jobs and volunteering places were created and community capacity built by the network of local bodies.
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