One in four young people feel community does not care about them, charity says
A quarter of young people in Northern Ireland feel “dangerously disconnected” from the community, a youth charity has warned.
A quarter of young people in Northern Ireland feel “dangerously disconnected” from the community, a youth charity has warned.
A church congregation is hopeful it can secure a permanent home while reviving a disused community building.
A school owned by the community and leased to the council opened its doors to pupils for the first time31 yesterday.
Angry members of a north-east community are rallying together to save their recycling centre from what they say is a “penny-pinching” council.
A north-east fitness fanatic is championing plans to create a community allotment in the heart of Peterhead.
Dozens of worshippers and local residents attended a passionate debate at an Aberdeen church last night to help determine its future.
An Education Scotland inspection report has found there are “improvements needed” in the Western Isles’ community learning and development (CLD).
A Mearns community stalwart and former environmental campaigner has died after falling from her horse and suffering a head injury.
It was an occasion many people thought they would never see.
Some people thought the original idea was pie in the sky.
RBS chief executive Ross McEwan will be be grilled by MPs today over the decision to close one in three of Scotland’s RBS branches.
A community group striving to open a historic Inverness park all year-round is holding a public meeting in the city next week.
Scottish Conservatives are set for crisis talks with a Treasury minister over plans by taxpayer-owned RBS to axe dozens of bank branches.
It is full steam ahead for the community buy-out of Ulva.
Police in Fraserburgh are appealing for information after the town's Christmas tree lights were vandalised at the weekend.
Community projects in Buchan have been invited to bid for a slice of £66,000 which has been earmarked for improving the local area.
Councillors will debate the future of a former Aberdeenshire school site later this month.
A community is finally to get its say on an estate buyout that promises to breathe new life and jobs into a once thriving area of the Highlands, now its owners have agreed to sell.
Party-pooper council officials have been barring 18th and 21st birthday celebrations from community halls across the north-east.
Trees which sprung up in an Aberdeenshire village football pitch could remain there for good as part of council plans to create a community orchard.
Time is running out to nominate Aberdeenshire's local heroes for a top community honour.
Hundreds of Aberdeenshire residents have banded together in an attempt to save one of the region's most rural banks from closure.
A north-east councillor is calling for urgent action to make two "dangerous" village roads safer.
An Aberdeenshire post office could be relocated and its opening times prolonged under new plans.
A historic Aberdeenshire primary and its adjoining school house could be safe-guarded for community use for almost 200 years next week.
In part two of our series, Your Home explores the creation of the new community of Countesswells, looking at how the country setting has influenced the design of a community surrounded by nature With four main parks and a green network of paths, cycle ways and bridle ways, green space is at the very heart of the new community of Countesswells, Aberdeen. Optimised Environments Limited (Open), a multi-disciplinary consultancy that specialises in masterplanning, has played a leading role in the design of the community.
Nominations are being sought for eight community councils in the Highlands that have failed to materialise since routine elections last November.
Communities across the north-east are vying to be named the region's friendliest by a local children's charity.
Plans have been lodged to transform a former court building in the heart of an Aberdeenshire town into a film set and community facility.
An Aberdeenshire community group, which puts plenty of colour into their home village, is celebrating after relocating to a perfect new home.
More than £1million could be channelled into Aberdeenshire community initiatives in the coming years through an innovative green energy scheme.
Blair Dingwall