The Big Short… If you’ve seen or read The Big Short, you’ll remember the rating agencies — those intermediaries who were supposed to independently assess financial products but instead kept stamping “AAA” on financial bin‑fires. Why?…Continue readingWhen Intermediaries Become the Rating Agencies of Community Life
List of climate, environment and community funding available from August 2026. Funding available from Climate Action Hubs FCCAN Soup Grant: FCCAN members can pitch their ideas at the FCCAN soup event and local people will…Continue readingFunding list: August 2026
Listen to 1000 Better Stories on your favourite podcast app or here. How does a run down public toilet turn a coastal village into a multi-award-winning community with a shared vision for the future? And what does it…Continue readingBecoming Unbound: East Haven Together
For this year’s No Wrong Path campaign, SCCAN’s staff and volunteers are sharing their career stories to show young people that you don’t need to follow a traditional route to get into the community and…Continue readingSCCAN staff share career stories for No Wrong Path
Scotland is burning. From the Highlands to the Borders, communities are watching hillsides, peatlands, and precious habitats go up in flames during what should be a temperate summer. These wildfires are not freak events –…Continue readingSCCAN Statement on Scotland’s Wildfires and New Oil Drilling
List of climate, environment and community funding available in July 2026. Funding available from Climate Action Hubs Outer Hebrides Climate Hub Ideas Into Action Fund: Funds up to £500 for 10 ideas to tackle climate…Continue readingFunding list: July 2026
We are incredibly excited that our 1000 Better Stories Podcast was shortlisted for the inaugural Scottish Podcast Awards – a celebration of thriving and truly unmissable audio storytelling in Scotland. The awards attracted a whopping…Continue reading1000 Better Stories shortlisted for Scottish Podcast Awards
Our Story Weaver, Kaska Hempel, talks to Martin O’Neill from the Stove Network in Dumfries. The story is the fourth in a five-part Dumfries series of Everyday Changemakers. Credits Interview, recording and sound production: Kaska Hempel…Continue readingEveryday Changemakers: Martin, The Stove
This post has been written by Laura Forde, Finance & Admin Weaver at SCCAN. Last week I attended an Acas HR course. When you think of Acas, you tend to think of their work in…Continue readingReflections from an Acas HR Course
We are excited to announce that SCCAN have started a collab project with SCVO Growing Climate Confidence In Real Life stories to add podcasts to their storytelling mix and support their ClimACTical game workshops outside…Continue readingNew SCCAN–SCVO Collaboration Combines Games, Podcasts and Community Stories