Community Councils Scotland

13/05/2026

Community Councils! There's still a week to go so enough time to sign up for a great free webinar with Freuchie Community Council who will talk about:

- 4-year Community Action Plan
- transportation
- flood mitigation
- community cohesion
- addressing the cost of living
- successful community cafe
- community food larder
- community tattie growing competition

Join us for this free event next Wednesday 20th May 6pm-7:30pm.

You will get the chance to ask questions and share best practice and ideas with community councils from across Scotland.

Register using the link below to book your free place:

https://shorturl.at/4DaKI

05/05/2026

In case you missed it! Another free webinar for Community Councils. Freuchie Community Council will talk about all the excellent work they are involved in and the progress they have made with their 4-year Community Action Plan.

Key themes from their Action Plan:

- Transportation
- Flood Mitigation
- Community Cohesion
- Addressing the Cost of living

You will also hear about their community cafe, food larder and community tattie growing competition!

Join us for this free event on Wednesday 20th May 6pm-7:30pm.

You will get the chance to ask questions and share best practice and ideas with community councils from across Scotland.

Register using the link below to book your free place:

https://shorturl.at/4DaKI

01/05/2026

Interested in becoming a member of the and Community Council? You have until 4pm on Monday 18 May to put your name forward to become a community councillor. Find out how you could play and get involved at: www.scotborders.gov.uk/ccelections

30/04/2026

Community Councils are you ready for another webinar? For this one we are delighted that Freuchie Community Council will join us to talk about all the work they are involved in and the progress they have made with their 4-year Community Action Plan.

Key themes from their Action Plan range from Transportation and Flood Mitigation to Community Cohesion and Addressing the Cost of Living.

Join us for this free event on Wednesday 20th May 6pm-7:30pm.

As well as hearing about the work in Freuchie you will also get the chance to ask questions and share best practice and ideas with community councils from across Scotland.

Register using the link below to book your free place:

https://shorturl.at/4DaKI

15/04/2026

Community Councils there's still a week to go! Plenty of time to book your place on this totally free interactive training session aimed at helping to develop a healthy culture around conflict.

Handled constructively, disagreement can lead to better outcomes. But destructive conflict can be exhausting and damaging.

The goal of this training is to support Community Councils to be able to process difference and tension in a healthy way and cultivate a culture of both high quality decision making and relational trust.

Join us next Wednesday 22nd April 5:30pm-7pm to explore some foundational principles and practices to help develop a healthy culture around conflict.

Book your free place using the link below:
https://shorturl.at/mO1G7

01/04/2026

What's that? More free training for community councils? Ok then!

Join us on Wednesday 22nd April 5:30pm-7pm for this free training session which offers an opportunity for Community Councils to explore some foundational principles and practices to help develop a healthy culture around conflict.

Hosted by Imagine If and Place At The Table the goal of this training is to support Community Councils to be able to process difference and tension in a healthy way and cultivate a culture of both high quality decision making and relational trust.

Register your free place using the link below:

https://shorturl.at/mO1G7

18/03/2026

To mark , Scottish Rural Action have launched a new one-page resource highlighting free support services for village halls.

✔️ Follow the links to learn more about each service
✔️ Print the one-pager and display it in your hall for easy reference (QR code included)

📄 Download the resource:

https://tinyurl.com/ys7byvxu

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18/03/2026

There's still time to book your place to attend this free webinar this evening with Lossiemouth Community Council and hear about:

- an award winning sand dune restoration project
- a historic seafront mural
- working with young people from local high school
- weekly soup & sweet social gatherings

The webinar provides an excellent opportunity for community councils to not only hear about the work of LCC but to also talk about your own best practice, ideas and activities.

Sign up using the link below:

https://tinyurl.com/32k2a8t7

We look forward to seeing you this evening (Wednesday 18th March 6pm)

13/03/2026

Read all about it! The latest Community Councils Scotland newsletter is out now. Packed with lots of news and info including:

- video case study with Westhill and Elrick Community Council
- digital photography project with Glasgow's community councils
- webinar with Lossiemouth Community Council
- free training on cultivating a healthy culture around conflict

Check out the full newsletter at link below:

https://tinyurl.com/zfb7vupz

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At our next webinar we will hear from Lossiemouth Community Council on the work they are involved in which includes an award-winning sand dune restoration project involving Christmas trees!  We will also hear about their work with young people from the local high school on a historic seafront mura...

27/02/2026

Community Councils can learn from Community Councils, right?

There's still time to book your place to attend this free webinar with Lossiemouth Community Council and hear about:

- an award winning sand dune restoration project
- a historic seafront mural
- working with young people from local high school
- weekly soup & sweet social gatherings introduced after covid

The webinar provides an excellent opportunity for community councils to not only hear about the work of LCC but to also talk about your own best practice, ideas and activities.

Sign up using the link below:

https://tinyurl.com/32k2a8t7

We look forward to seeing you on Wednesday 18th March 6pm!