Recorded live at 7pm on 20 September 2023

Recorded live at 7pm on 23 Aug 2023

Recorded live at 7pm on 14 June 2023

Recorded live at 7pm on 17 May 2023.

In our latest blog, Good Practice Adviser Karen Grant looks at the ways in which we are influencing policy and practice in the forestry sector.

Gemma Campbell, our Land Rights and Responsibilities Manager, explores the results of our 2022 community engagement surveys with cautious optimism and a look at where we go from here.

In our latest blog, Scottish Land Commissioner Sally Reynolds explores the importance of realising community benefits when setting out the relationship between nature finance and communities in Scotland's just transition to net zero.

Recorded live at 7pm on Wednesday 19 April 2023

The eleventh in our ‘Land @ Lunch’ series - our Winter-Spring programme of friendly, conversational online webinars open to all.


Hear from organisations able to support communities in tackling the challenge of bringing VDL back to life. We'll explore how communities, public, & private bodies can access...

The Tenant Farming Commissioner, Bob McIntosh, looks at importance of making a written record of discussions held and agreements made between landlords, tenants, and their agents in his latest blog.

The tenth in our ‘Land @ Lunch’ series - our Winter-Spring programme of friendly, conversational online webinars open to all.

Communities across Scotland are tackling the challenge of vacant and derelict land in their local areas. Hear from a range of successful community projects leading the way in tackling...

The ninth in our ‘Land @ Lunch’ series - our Winter-Spring programme of friendly, conversational online webinars open to all.

Many rural communities in Scotland suffer from depopulation. Young people may have left to find jobs or to further their education while a rise in second homes and short term lets can...

Bruce Morrison, Project Assistant and Modern Apprentice, reflects on the benefits of modern apprenticeships during Scottish Apprenticeships Week 2023 in our latest blog.

In his latest blog, Bob McIntosh, the Tenant Farming Commissioner, shares updates on his guide to relinquishment and assignation of 1991 Act tenancies.

Recorded live at 7pm on Wednesday 1 March 2023

David Stewart, Policy and Practice Lead, explores the importance of town centre living – and the difference between affordable housing and affordable living – In our latest blog.

The eighth in our ‘Land @ Lunch’ series - our Winter-Spring programme of friendly, conversational online webinars open to all.

Land reform can play an important role in ensuring that the housing land market and development approach meets Scotland's needs - addressing these challenges and helping to deliver...

In this guest blog for CaCHE on NPF4, Policy and Practice Lead David Stewart looks at our work on land and housing, and land reuse proposals, that could support the necessary shift from greenfield to brownfield development.

Good Practice Adviser Karen Grant talks about ‘Leadership in Good Practice’ – a new approach to working with land owners and managers on aligning activities with the vision & principles of the Land Rights and Responsibilities Statement.

The seventh in our ‘Land @ Lunch’ series - our autumn-winter programme of friendly, conversational online webinars open to all.

Common Good land and buildings are often of significant local importance and heritage – town halls, tolbooths, and former burgh chambers, as well as parks, gardens, links, and...