New 1000 Better Stories episode An urban journey to community ownership - Greener Kirkcaldy at Fergus place 2024 marked the five-year anniversary of Greener Kirkcaldy's ownership of their community building and 100 years of the community land ownership movement in Scotland. In this episode, we tell the story of Kirkcaldy’s journey to community ownership and how that empowered them to do more on climate, build resilience and help people in need. Listen here 👉: https://lnkd.in/eJtjhuNu SCCAN podcast has lost it's funding. While we look for other sources, you can support us by donating through ko-fi: https://lnkd.in/eBG9cDcD Fife Communities Climate Action Network Community Land Scotland
Scottish Communities Climate Action Network (SCCAN)
Civic and Social Organizations
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Supporting community action to address the climate & nature emergency & work for a just, thriving and resilient Scotland
About us
SCCAN Purpose, Activities, and Values: Purpose: To support community-led action in Scotland to address the climate and nature emergency and work for a just, thriving and resilient Scotland. We do this by: Enabling communications across the network e.g. through newsletters, opportunities for members to be part of participatory media projects, events, social media etc. Developing and sharing ideas and building capacity in our movement by organising events, gatherings, and trainings related to climate action across the country. Being involved with European and worldwide climate action networks and sharing best of practice with our membership Inspiring communities by providing online tools for networking, sharing of best practice, and showcasing projects between community groups and beyond. Communicating and developing the discourse of community climate action wherever possible including in Scottish Government (through meetings, consultations etc), across social media, through partnering with a wide range of organisations etc. Building understanding of the role and potential of communities in climate action within civil society by partnering and collaborating with other Scottish community networks (e.g. through Scottish Community Alliance), public sector, and business. Our work is also directed by our values: Respect for resource limits Promotion of inclusivity and social justice Attention to individual wellbeing Openly sharing our learning and responding to feedback Collaborating and looking for synergies Being positive and creative
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https://sccan.scot/
External link for Scottish Communities Climate Action Network (SCCAN)
- Industry
- Civic and Social Organizations
- Company size
- 2-10 employees
- Headquarters
- Dunbar, Scotland
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 2010
- Specialties
- Climate Change, Climate Action, Community, Scotland, Sharing Economy, Collaborative Economy, Circular Economy, Community Network, and Collaboration
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27 High Street
Dunbar, Scotland EH42 1, GB
Employees at Scottish Communities Climate Action Network (SCCAN)
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Philip Revell
I'm a founder member of Sustaining Dunbar and active in the Scottish Communities Climate Action Network. I am also an independent researcher and…
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Dory Reeves PhD FRTPI (Reeves and Associates)
Freelance urban planner, capacity builder, facilitator and evaluator orcid.org/0000-0002-7251-9317
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Kaska Hempel
Community climate engagement and digital storytelling for change
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Ashley Small
Updates
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New year, new skills? - Free Instagram Reels for charities workshop 📆 Thursday 23 January | 10 - 11.30am 📍 Online Looking for new ways to bring your charity’s story to life? Join Media Trust for Instagram Reels School, a free interactive workshop designed to educate and empower charity professionals on creating high-impact Instagram Reels. Learn from Jamie Crawford, expert trainer and Client Partner at Meta. Jamie’s passion for social media and expertise in digital marketing will guide you through: 📱Hands-on training to create and edit engaging Reels 👨🏫 Best practices for integrating Reels into your content strategy 📈 Inspiration and insider tips to grow your online presence More info and sign up 👉 https://lnkd.in/gBJEKNj7
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📸 Some fascinating images from the Pulitzer Centre's "A Year in Photos" 📸 https://lnkd.in/e-wdkAZ6
2024 Year in Photos
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👩💼 Climate Emergency Training with Keep Scotland Beautiful: Winter 2025 online course ⛅️ This training is for anyone interested in learning about causes and impacts of climate change and finding out more about solutions to combat it, including personal actions you can take. Eight hours of learning, taking place over four weeks. Each week involves an hour-long online session led by expert trainers, followed by some self-study tasks to be completed before the next session. The content of the sessions for this course is outlined: Week 1: An introduction to climate change (23 January) Week 2: Climate impacts and adaptation (30 January) Week 3: Reducing emissions (6 February) Week 4: Climate action and communication (13 February) The training is fully accredited by The Carbon Literacy Project and gives you the opportunity to be certified as Carbon Literate. Being Carbon Literate means gaining knowledge of the carbon costs and impacts of everyday activities and identifying positive actions to tackle them. More info here https://lnkd.in/eRFVasRN
Climate Emergency Training with Keep Scotland Beautiful: Winter 2025 course
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📸🍐 Scottish Alliance for Food is running a competition inviting people from all ages across Scotland to capture perspectives about food, including its diversity, ramifications and its linkage to health, equity and/or sustainability, through photography, illustration or design. 🫛📸
🚨 SCAF Competition announcement! For #WorldFoodDay2024, the Scottish Alliance for Food is inviting people from all ages across Scotland to capture perspectives about food, including its diversity, ramifications and its linkage to health, equity and/or sustainability through photography, illustration or design. We are looking for photographs and designs that depict the broad topic of food, especially collaboration and interdisciplinary perspectives on food 🍲 🍴 🌱 All selected designs will be integrated into our SCAF showcase and used across our channels to capture the mission and aims of the alliance. More information here ➡ https://bit.ly/4dHXur6 Scottish Funding Council Emilie Combet Laura Haag Ada Garcia Christine Edwards Dr Lindsay Middleton David McBey John Crawford David Blane Stephen Euston Jason Gill Dr Ana Tominc Douglas Morrison Flora Douglas Amaya Albalat Cindy Gray Gemma Ryde
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Weaving Stories and Adapting Together 📝 On the 21st of November, SCCAN held the Narrative Change workshop funded by Kings College London. The workshop brought Scottish communities and policy-makers together to co-produce climate adaptation targets. It also explored the role of storytelling and narrative in co-producing adaptation knowledge. Read 👉: https://lnkd.in/ePMfyS-5
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Join Our Online Active Hope Sessions 17 January 10:30 -12:30 24 January 10:30 - 12:30 and 14:00 - 16:00 (sessions 2 and 3) 31 January 10:30 - 12:30 Being engaged in climate action can carry an emotional toll. How can we protect ourselves from becoming overwhelmed, disillusioned or burnt out? Through these four linked sessions, Zainab Al Lawati and Pam Candea will explore ‘Active Hope’, an approach designed to nourish and support our engagement when in difficult conditions. In these sessions they will discuss meditations and practices that can strengthen mutual support and heartfelt solidarity. Book your place here: https://lnkd.in/eEqNvceW
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🌱 Save St Fittick’s Park – Act Now! St Fittick’s Park is under threat from plans to replace it with an Energy Transition Zone (ETZ), despite warnings about flooding risks and the loss of vital greenspace. The Scottish Government can intervene by reviewing this decision to: •Protect essential greenspace. •Ensure developers’ claims are properly examined. •Uphold principles of a fair energy transition. Learn more and sign the petition here: https://lnkd.in/gtiX_bcx
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This month, SCCAN is celebrating Paws on Plastic SCO 51306 , an inspiring initiative that turns daily dog walks into a mission to fight litter! With 26,000 members in 70+ countries, they’ve helped remove an estimated 38 million pieces of litter annually from our environment. Run entirely by volunteers, they organise beach cleans, school visits, and fun challenges to protect our planet. Read more about their work here: https://lnkd.in/diRY9VWu
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