MSP opens new community deer larder

, by Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape
    MSP for Caithness, Sutherland and Ross, Maree Todd, officially opened the new community deer larder on the Glencanisp Estate on 19 September as part of an afternoon of family activities and a barbeque to celebrate the new facility. The new deer larder was funded by the wild places charity the John Muir Trust, and CALLP through the National…

A Volunteering Thank You

, by Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape
Volunteering has been an integral part of the Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape Partnership, right from the very beginning. What makes us unique from other partnerships was the amount of volunteer community groups who signed up to support projects over the 5 years.   When I started my role in year 2 of the scheme there had already been a…

Our Living Landscape: Communities Leading Change Conference

, by Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape
On 18 August 2021 we held our free, virtual conference, Our Living Landscape: Communities Leading Change, to celebrate the end of our five years of National Heritage Lottery Funding. There were 24 presentations from partners and funders, sharing their learnings and the outcomes of their projects. Over 200 people from all over the UK and beyond registered for the event,…

CALLP conference programme announced

, by Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape
With less than a month to go to our conference, we are delighted to announce a packed programme of expert speakers for the event, which will demonstrate how rural communities have been working together to achieve positive change for our landscape and its people. The free online conference, on 18 August 2021, will be opened by Jo Pike, CEO of…

Our Living Landscape – Six weeks to go!

, by Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape
We are now in the final six weeks before our virtual conference ‘Our Living Landscape: Communities Leading Change’ on the 18th August. For those of you who haven’t visited, here is a little information on the scheme: “Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape (CALL) is based in the far north west of Scotland and covers the largest area of any such…

Factfinding for a new deer larder for Glencanisp

, by Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape
As part of the CALLP Sustainable Deer Management Project, Claire Belshaw (Chair, Assynt Foundation), Romany Garnett (Quinag Conservation Officer, John Muir Trust) and Fiona Saywell (Education Manager, CALLP) are involved in the planning for a new deer larder to be installed at Glencanisp. As part of the process they visited the Lairg deer larder on a pre-Christmas visit. The visit…

Elphin Hall watertight again

, by Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape
by Ann O’Keefe Well this has certainly been a year to remember, and Elphin, Ledmore & Knockan Community Association will remember it in a positive way because of  the assistance given by Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape Partnership (CALLP) to enable work to be done on our Community Hall roof and stonework to stop water entering the building. Thanks to…

Clachtoll Broch project nominated for Current Archaeology mag award – please vote!

, by Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape
  Great news! The project to rescue Clachtoll Broch, part of which was funded through the Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape Partnership, has been nominated as Rescue Project of the Year in the Current Archaeology Magazine Awards programme. The project is led by Historic Assynt, with excavations carried out by AOC Archaeology, and has revealed a huge amount about Iron…

Thank you National Lottery players!

, by Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape
It’s #ThanksToYou Day – a chance for projects that have benefitted from National Lottery funding to say thank you to the players who have made it possible. As you can imagine in the current situation it hasn’t been possible for us to get all our many projects together for a joint thank-you selfie, but we have managed to get a…

Job Opportunity to join the CALL Team

, by Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape
We are delighted to announce that we have an opportunity for people to join our Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape Partnership Scheme staff team. There is the opportunity to join this part time job with the Trusts other vacancy for a Living Landscapes Communications & Advocacy Officer for the Cumbernauld Living Landscape Creating Natural Connections Project to create a full…

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