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This is Community Wealth Building
Introducing our latest project on Community Wealth Building. Explore what the Community Wealth Building Bill could mean for Scotland and what it looks…
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The Power Shift: Investigating Scotland’s Green Energy Boom
We’re wrapping up our work for the year and wanted to update you on the latest batch of our series, published in partnership with The Herald.
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The Power Shift: Renewables, Communities and the Question of Who Really Benefits from Scotland’s Green Energy Revolution
We’ve been off Substack for a while, but will be back with more regular newsletters in the coming months.
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'This machine kills tryants' – reflecting on the need for community journalism
Reflections on community-led journalism in Dumfries, a new media toolkit for co-creation and grassroots news from across Scotland
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Grasping the opportunity of Scotland’s renewable revolution
"Scotland is in the throes of a massive expansion of onshore renewables. But the level of community-owned onshore wind is way behind the Scottish…
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"Communities are losing their voices"
A new public journalism institute hopes to revive genuine journalism in Scotland by tackling news deserts, industry inequality and the collapse of local…
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It's World Refugee Day! And we've got some insightful stories to share 🌍
Refugee Festival Scotland ends on 22 June so we're rounding up some personal stories and facts/myth-busting around refugee and asylum seekers for you…
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