Communities across Scotland and beyond are already living with the realities of a changing climate, from extreme heat and flooding to food…Continue readingClimate Adaptation News: October-November
Tuesday 10th November, 6pm-8pmGarden Lobby, Scottish Parliament Join the First Minister, MSPs, coalition members & citizens as we hear from inspiring speakers,…Continue readingInvite to Stop Climate Chaos Scotland Parliamentary reception: 20 Years of Civil Society Collaboration on Climate
“In a situation like this there has to be a plan. You can’t make it up on the fly in the middle…Continue readingDeveloping a Valencia Strategy: laying track in front of the train
In this guest blog, Hannah Cameron-Ross, Senior Emergency Planning Officer at The Highland Council, shares lessons from Scotland’s wildfires and explores how…Continue readingResilience Starts Before the Emergency
In this guest blog, the authors share findings from research into what motivates people to switch banks – and what could make…Continue readingSavings for the planet: short films and switching banks
List of climate, environment and community funding available from October 2026. Funding available from Climate Action Hubs Ayrshire Climate Hub Seed Fund:…Continue readingFunding list: October 2026
Thanks to @alimcforever (https://alimcforever.substack.com/) for the inspiration There is a comfortable myth that big energy companies love to tell, that humanity spent…Continue readingThe Myth of Renewable Energy: How Corporate Monopolies Stole Decentralised Power (And How We Take It Back)
Communities across Scotland and beyond are already living with the realities of a changing climate, from extreme heat and flooding to food…Continue readingClimate Adaptation News: September-October
SCCAN AWARDS 2026 We’re delighted to open nominations for this year’s SCCAN Climate Action Awards taking place at our national gathering in…Continue readingSCCAN Awards 2026
By now most folk understand the issues surrounding fast fashion and the broader problems with over consumption in general. A few years…Continue readingThe Joy of Not Buying New
Listen to 1000 Better Stories on your favourite podcast app or here. What does it mean to live well? And what does it take for…Continue readingBecoming Unbound: Getting Better Together
List of climate, environment and community funding available from September 2026. Funding available from Climate Action Hubs Fife Climate Hub Adaptation Grant:…Continue readingFunding list: September 2026
Communities across Scotland and beyond are already living with the realities of a changing climate, from extreme heat and flooding to food…Continue readingClimate Adaptation News: August-September
SCCAN is developing a series of projects designed to generate income for our communities, helping them tackle and adapt to the climate…Continue readingSCCAN income generation projects – can your community benefit?
The Big Short… If you’ve seen or read The Big Short, you’ll remember the rating agencies — those intermediaries who were supposed to…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…Continue readingFunding list: August 2026
Recently a vehicle and large mower were witnessed cutting paths through the field and it was clear that this had carried on…Continue readingPath and Field Clearances and Community Police Visit
Several events have happened lately involving damaging and cutting of trees and bushes within Greenbank Woods East and through the field and…Continue readingTree Works, Required Permissions and the Law
Calling all Friends of Greenbank Woods! We need to hear from you, what you want from Greenbank Woods, and your responses to…Continue readingQuestionnaire Reminder for Members
There seems to be a little confusion about what membership of Greenbank Woods means, and we hope to clarify that here. We…Continue readingMembership of Friends of Greenbank Woods
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…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…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…Continue readingSCCAN Statement on Scotland’s Wildfires and New Oil Drilling
As the sound of chainsaws can be heard from Rattray Loan removing branches and lowering the height of trees within Greenbank Woods…Continue readingMore Planning Requests for Tree Works
List of climate, environment and community funding available in July 2026. Funding available from Climate Action Hubs Outer Hebrides Climate Hub Ideas…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…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…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.…Continue readingReflections from an Acas HR Course
Hi all. This is a short update on the recent meeting and next steps, and a recent email issue which might have…Continue readingEmail issue, meeting update and next steps
We are excited to announce that SCCAN have started a collab project with SCVO Growing Climate Confidence In Real Life stories to…Continue readingNew SCCAN–SCVO Collaboration Combines Games, Podcasts and Community Stories