Discover Coigach and Assynt’s new heritage trail

, by Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape
Slow down and immerse yourself in Coigach and Assynt’s long history – follow our new Heritage Trail which runs from the township of Culnacraig at the base of Ben Mor Coigach to Kylesku in Sutherland. Find the map and information leaflet locally and build your own route: instead of using the car perhaps explore sections on foot, on a bike…

‘North West Regenerate’: another exciting opportunity for the North West Highlands

, by Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape
  An exciting local project is being developed called North West Regenerate: Supporting communities to drive – and thrive from – ecological restoration. The project area stretches from Coigach in the south, north to Durness and east to Bettyhill: the same as the NorthWest2045 work (see northwest2045.scot for details). The diverse partners include community groups, local development trusts, and community,…

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…

Wild fires in the Highlands – more of a problem than you think

, by Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape
There is something relaxing about sitting around a camp fire.  It does create a feeling of well being, sitting there chatting with friends and family and focussing on the flickering flames between you. For many who have been cooped up indoors for several months, the thought of getting into the great outdoors and being able to do something as basic…

Wanted: great film maker to help us share our story

, by Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape
Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape Partnership is looking for an inspiring and innovative film maker to work with us to create a short film that helps us share our unique story.   We are now in the final year of its delivery phase, and we would like to produce a film to celebrate the achievements of the many local people…

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…

Corona Virus CALLP Update

, by Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape
The situation with the coronavirus has caused various discussion within the Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape Partnership (CALLP) team and the Scottish Wildlife Trust with regards to local and national response, and immediately required, responsible action.  This has taken into consideration the wellbeing of the partners, the CALLP team and the wider community, as well as the commitment and ambition…

Thanks to You for 25 Years

, by Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape
The 19th November 2019 saw the 25th Birthday of the National Lottery and its funding of community projects such as us. The quiz this year was slightly different to the last. Instead of a December Christmas theme we had a Birthday party! Plenty of snacks and, of course, birthday cake, where shared amongst the 31 attendees as well as laughs…

Scottish Wildlife Trust Staff Conference 2019

, by Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape
This month we went to join colleagues at the Scottish Wildlife Trust Staff conference in Seamill, Ayrshire. It was a great two days where we got to catch up with other Living Landscape teams, head office staff and learn about other projects going on at the Trust. On day 1 Fiona and Laura held a workshop, a chance to slow…

Assynt Games 2019

, by Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape
As always, this year’s Assynt games was fantastic, all be it a little damp! But many of you didn’t let the rain stop the fun. It was fantastic to meet so many of you, local or visitor, and hear your experiences of Coigach and/or Assynt. This year on our stall saw the return of Fiona’s woodland creature workshop, making new…

Categories

Sign up to our newsletter

Sign up to our newsletter to keep informed about the latest news from our projects and upcoming events, training and volunteer opportunities.

Sign up to our newsletter

Get involved

Find out how you can get involved with the project through events, training and volunteering opportunities

See What's On