The SURF Awards are delivered each year by SURF Regeneration Forum. With over 280 Scottish cross-sector member organisations, it partners with the Scottish Government. The purpose is to highlight, celebrate and share the achievements of initiatives that address physical, social and economic challenges in communities across Scotland. We congratulate the winners and nominees especially Chapelpark in Forfar in […]
Affordable Housing
Scottish Community Regeneration nomination
We are pleased to announce that Park Ecovillage Trust (Findhorn Ecovillage Community Benefit Charity) has been nominated for the 2018 SURF Community Regeneration Awards in the Housing Category, for the West Whins Co-housing Cluster. Other SURF Community Regeneration Project Areas are: Youth Employability, Creative Regeneration, Community-led Regeneration, and Scotland’s Most Improved Place. SURF (Scotland’s Regeneration […]
Annual Report fy2017/8
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West Whins tenants’ key handover
A photographic record of the Key Celebration, held at 12:00am on site on Friday 1st December 2017. PET wishes its new tenants much peace and joy in their beautiful new home(s). Please also note that 01/12/2017 was Cornelia Featherstone’s last day and Stephen Couling’s first, as Housing Director. Thank you Cornelia! The faces and the […]
Community development is dangerous
Nothing ever changes unless you make it change Perhaps this link will give some inspiration. Enjoy! ps … community ownership enables Eigg to run its own housing association and provide cheap rents – currently about half the market level of “affordable housing” in this region of Scotland. Low-rent societies where residents are liberated from the […]
Tenants’ key celebration West Whins
Dear Tenants, Duneland, Greenleaf, Ekopia and all other friends who have supported PET in creating more Affordable Community Housing. On Friday 1 December 2017 we, PET, will take over the new flats in West Whins and our Community Tenants, chosen by our Community, will move in. We would like to invite you all to join […]
“Hey! Tell Me Before You Tear Down My House!”
“What are you doing?!?” he asked in his soft Scottish accent. “I have an apartment full of angry nature spirits carrying suitcases saying they are leaving your community. They say that you have broken your promises of cooperation.” Source: “Hey! Tell Me Before You Tear Down My House!” | Lorian Association