Community Land Scotland's oral history tour to visit Helmsdale
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Community groups in Sutherland who own land or buildings are being given the opportunity to learn how to document their history.
Community Land Scotland is holding an oral history training session in a Sutherland community as part of a series of 33 such workshops taking place across the Highlands and Islands from February 5 to March 13.
The initiative is part of Community Land Scotland’s 100 Years of Community Ownership project, celebrating a century of community ownership in the country.
In November 2023 the Stornoway Trust in Lewis became the first place in Scotland to complete the transfer of land into community hands.
Since then more than 500 communities in Scotland have taken ownership of lands and buildings and Scotland is seen as a pioneer in this field.
Community Land Scotland has been awarded £215,510 along with support from the Scottish Government to deliver the project, which will collect histories and archives from community landowners across Scotland and share the inspiring stories.
Caroline Clark, the National Lottery Heritage Fund Director for Scotland, said: “The 100th anniversary year is the perfect opportunity to ensure that we capture the stories of the ordinary people who brought about extraordinary changes to ownership of the land and buildings their community valued most.”
Community Land Scotland's training manager, Carol Stobie, will lead the three-hour workshops which are described as “engaging and accessible” and will give community groups training on how to collect and document the story of their journey to community ownership. An online webinar will be held later for those unable to attend the face-to-face sessions.
The Sutherland workshop will be at Helmsdale Community Centre, on March 5. There will also be a workshop in Ullapool on March 4. For more information and to book, visit communitylandscotland.org.uk
An online webinar will also be held for those unable to attend the in-person training session.
Members of community groups in Sutherland that own land or buildings are being invited to take part in trainings sessions to help document their history.
Community Land Scotland is holding oral history training session in Ullapool and Helmsdale as part of a seris taking place in the Highlands and Islands from February 5 to March 14.
The organisation’s training manager Carol Stobie will lead the workshops which are designed to give community groups training on how to collecting and documenting the history of their path to community ownershp.
An online webinar will also be held for those unable to attend the in-person training session.
Community Land Scotland is holding two oral history training sessions in Sutherland as part of a series taking place in the Highlands and Islands from Feebruary 5 to March 14.
The workshops will show community groups that own land or buildings how to collect and tell their own oral history of the path towardss community ownership.
Carol STobie, oral histories training manager, will lead the workshops which are described as “accessible and entertainin.”
For more information visit communitylandscotland.org.uk and click on the events tab.
Any community groups that own land or buildings are invited to attend the workshops which will help
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The organisation says the workshops present an “exciting training opportunity to help commujity owners of land or buildings to collect
