Eilidh Alexander

One of Scotland’s rarest habitats is set for recovery thanks to a funding award granted this month to landscape-scale nature restoration partnership, Loch Abar Mòr, convened by rewilding charity, SCOTLAND: The Big Picture. The £108,000 award from the Scottish Government’s Nature Restoration Fund, managed by NatureScot, will go towards ‘Wee Trees Lochaber’, a project that will

Erskine Veterans Charity has appointed four new Trustees to its Board as Scotland’s leading Veterans charity marks its 110th anniversary year and continues to deliver an ambitious long-term strategy for veterans and their families. Professor Jackie Taylor MBE, Julie Carter, Roddy Neilson and Andrew Reynolds MBE have joined the Board, bringing senior experience across healthcare,

Pentland Ferries and its managing director, Helen Inkster, have both been shortlisted in the National Transport Awards 2026. The awards recognise excellence and innovation across the UK transport sector. Helen has been shortlisted in the Woman of the Year category, while Pentland Ferries has been named a finalist in the Ferry Operator of the Year

A partnership working to help restore nature and communities across Lochaber has been awarded £249,568 of support from The National Lottery Heritage Fund. Loch Abar Mòr, a landscape-scale collaboration of land managers, communities and local stakeholders will use the funds to explore the scope for impactful and collaborative nature recovery and community regeneration across the

A series of community and stakeholder discussions on the potential reintroduction of beavers to Lochaber will be held across the region next month by the region’s landscape-scale nature restoration partnership, Loch Abar Mòr, a project convened by nature restoration charity, SCOTLAND: The Big Picture. As Scotland continues its efforts to establish beaver populations in new