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Scottish National Rural Network. The Scottish National Rural Network aims to connect rural Scotland in all its diversity and promote economic growth and community development. Scottish National Rural Network. Rural Network Website. Rural Network Events. Consultation events.
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Scottish National Rural Network The Scottish National Rural Network aims to connect rural Scotland in all its diversity and promote economic growth and community development
Scottish National Rural Network • Rural Network Website • Rural Network Events • Consultation events
Rural Network Website www.ruralgateway.org.uk
Document Library Rural Network Website www.ruralgateway.org.uk • News – from farming to funding • Events calendar and information • Bulletin Board announcements • Weekly Email Newsletter • Special Funding Newsletter
Twitter: @SNRNwebsite Rural Network Website www.ruralgateway.org.uk • Get involved! • Contribute news, articles, comments • Publicise your events • Send links to videos, blogs, websites • Rural Scotland photo competition • www.facebook.com/scottishruralnetwork
Scottish National Rural Network Year 1 Regional Events (2009/10) • Opportunity to network • Information updates • Best practice examples • Facilitated networking
Scottish National Rural Network Regional Events • Opportunity to network • Information updates • Best practice examples • Facilitated networking
Rural Network Thematic Events • Delivered in partnership with key agencies operating withineach theme • Focussed on promoting networking, knowledge transfer andopportunities for collaboration with people attending fromacross a wide geographical area • Innovative mix of presentations, case studies, seminarsand discussion groups
Rural Network Thematic Events 2010/11 • Village Halls & Community Buildings • ‘Young, Gifted & Rural!” • Southern Scotland Networking • Renewable Energy & Communities • ‘Taste for Tourism’ Food & Drink
Rural Network Thematic Events 2011/12May onwards • Rural Community Transport • ‘Young, Gifted & Rural!’ Youth Activities & NetworkingConference – rescheduled to Autumn 2012 • Green Tourism • Scottish Care Farming
Rural Network Project Visits Project visits bring together groups of people from across rural Scotland who have a common area of interest. Small in scale but large in impact, these visits focus on relationship building, sharing of ideas and challenges, and realising of potential for future collaboration.
Rural Network Project Visits 2010/11 • Renewable Energy and the Environment, Comrie • Development Trust • Food and Drink, Taste of Arran • Village Halls and Community Buildings, Whitsome Ark • Community Enterprise, The Catstrand • Community Transport, Badenoch & Strathspey Community • Transport Company
Rural Network Project Visits 2011/12 • ‘Young, Gifted & Rural!’, Yipworld.com • Community Retailing, Kirkmichael Village Shop • Environmental Improvements, Scents & Sensitivities • Wildlife Tourism, The Scottish Seabird Centre • Community Events & Festivals, Cromarty Arts Trust • Care Farming, Easter Anguston Farm