When I sat down with my other half to watch season two of Clarkson's Farm, I didn't anticipate I would be writing a blog post about his approach to community engagement, but here we are! lucylaidlaw.co.uk/2/post/2023/02…

Delighted for parents in England that children aged one and two will receive thirty hours of childcare a week - Scotland the ball is in your court! Clare Haughey MSP Shirley-Anne Somerville

Mount Stuart Trust has seen the 2023 season kick off in style. heraldscotland.com/news/23467283.…

It’s show time…. #Royalhighlandshow #rhs2023

A truly inspiring presentation from Mike at Inclusive Farm - his call to action ‘do something positive’. If anyone has two acres & wants to discuss Scotland’s first inclusive farm and help young people with disabilities find a route in to agriculture contact them asap. Women in Agriculture

As a woman doing her best to help rural Scotland thrive, I find this statement from RobinMcAlpineOrg personally insulting & hurtful. We have nothing but the upmost respect for Mairi Gougeon & our call for more resource was entirely linked to scale & breadth of the rural portfolio.

Is anyone else having problems with Campaign Monitor this morning?

The Scottish Government have just published the long awaited Land Reform Bill. Read SLE’s full statement on it here 👇 scottishlandandestates.co.uk/news/new-land-…

Just gonna leave this here Mail Online 😬😬😬😬

Fantastic to see Tim Eagle MSP delivering his speech on today's Ag Bill debate from his lambing shed in Moray. Politicians are often accused of lacking the real world experience on many of the issues they are legislating on - far from the case today!

🤝 Join our team! 🤝 SLE are hiring for two positions within our policy and public affairs team. - Policy Adviser (Rural Communities) - Policy and Public Affairs Assistant Find out more about these roles here: scottishlandandestates.co.uk/vacancies We look forward to hearing from you!

Delighted to hear Dame Fiona Reynolds state that ‘engaging the community is a pre-requisite to success’. I couldn’t agree more and would love to speak to land owners and managers who are looking to embark on their community engagement journey. #communityengagement #sleconf24

Buccleuch’s Benny Higgins notes that civil servants often believe the greatest risk is not following the process rather than not delivering an outcome. #sleconf24

An online platform has been launched aiming to match landowners with #renewable energy developers and investors insider.co.uk/news/scottish-…

Team SLE out in force this morning at the NFU Scotland rally for rural Scotland. Thank you Tim Eagle MSP for joining us. #FoodNeedsAFarmer

Andy Wightman & Don McLeod from ⁦Turcan Connell⁩ send joint letter to Cab Sec on Land Reform Bill sharing strongly held views that the Bill, as it stands and in the proposed Stage 3 amendments, poses serious practical and legal challenges andywightman.scot/wp-content/upl…