Smart Islands: Scotland & Ireland

Island & rural communities often tap into their long history,rooted in generations of experience,having to respond & adapt to changes & crises. Factors beyond health infrastructure - can influence community health & wellbeing codel.scot/how-to-build-a….

Lessons from Seeds - from around the world, and from the remaining landraces which have been grown, saved and passed on in an unbroken line for an unknown number of generations...forgotten foods, and we need to reimagine how to use them" codel.scot/lessons-from-s…

•Attempted to book Lochmaddy – Uig ampassengers only Lochmaddy – Uig pm passengers only Attempted Tarbert (Harris) – Uig passengers only

Wouldn't be so bad, if there was an alternative but there isn't whichever way you try: •Friday May 20 booked Lochboisdale – Mallaig cancelled •Attempted to book Lochmaddy- Uig passengers only •Attempted to book Stornoway – Ullapool Passengers only Thursday May 19th......1/2

For a job description, person spec and application please e-mail theona@codel.scot . Interviews on-line: Thursday 26 May Uist Beò is being delivered by CoDeL - Community Development Lens and supported by @HIEScotland and @scotruralnet 3/3

We are looking for part-time Social Media & Digital Support to work closely with the team (Community Engagement, Digital Content Creator & Digital Designers) to share best of vibrant Uibhist life on our digital platforms (uist.co, @uistbeo).deadline: MAY 23 2/3

Passionate about Uist and everything that makes it a unique and vibrant place to live and work? Uist Beò is looking for someone to join its small dynamic team, promoting Uist with its people at the core and attracting young people to return, settle and stay in our islands.1/3

Where we live is centre of our world."Far out in the radiant ocean glinting like quicksilver..lies a solitary little lead-coloured land ..tiny rocky shore to the vast ocean..as a grain of sand on a dancefloor in a hall..but through a magnifying glass,this grain is a whole world."

Ireland, one of the highest rural-based populations in Europe. Hear Prof Liam Glynn at Limerick University just how much rural healthcare delivers for rural communities - codel.scot/what-rural-hea…. check out the upcoming WONCA World Rural Health Conference - Limerick 2022 in June.

@NaOileain @ScotIslandsFed @IslandsTeamSG @ScotRuralAction @comhdhail @esineuislands

Rural and island life is not always easy; there are often challenges. Following our passion, with support, can clearly help, as this powerful video demonstrates. fb.watch/cO7rGo9KSy/ The Difference 10 Years Can Do; [Trigger Warning: Mental Health / Drug Use]

Latest blog post from Caithness, not bout, but from within...

"if we’re vital to national food, energy, and climate security, why are we not seeing the benefits? We pay the highest price in the country for electricity. Well, this comes back to the origins of our existing, non-rethought definition of remote..." codel.scot/how-to-rethink…....

Why island life? Young voices on Uist respond. "In this current global situation, I've never felt so lucky to live on Uist. There is nowhere else I'd rather be." instagram.com/islesofuist/

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Why island life? Young voices from Uist respond. "It really is special. The sense of freedom that we have is spectacular" (Eriskay) and now read Derek Logie's post about why it is becoming impossible to live in their islands.

The transition, winter to spring,so beautiful,can carry pain of loss, keenly felt in close knit communities. Now heading to Easter,the festival that throughout island history celebrates coming renewal,so we share messages,young voices expressing what binds us together - community

@OuterHebs Home, where people live and work #Gaelic

Q2. What one thing sums up the Scottish islands for you? #IsleBeBack #ScotlandHour

"What seems to be clear, we have reached a point in history where the sum of all our challenges tells us we need to do something completely different. Old answers to old questions do not take us in the right direction anymore." Mads Randbøll Wolff,Denmark codel.scot