Lorna Pate

Research Associate at @SRUC interested in farmer and land owner behaviour and rural issues. Views my own.

[Mark Shucksmith @MarkShucksmith]

⁦@BBCFarmingToday⁩ reports how planning reforms might affect rural communities in England all this week. Listen to my interview with ⁦@charlottebsmith⁩ on catch-up. https://t.co/i5DvR6vxXc

[Lorna Pate @_LornaPate]

Interested in rural policy? come along to the rural policy Cross Party Group next week, you can join online or in person

[Rural Policy Centre @RuralPolicySRUC]

Interested in Community Benefits and Rural Areas? Have you read the @scotgov Discussion Paper on Infrastructure Levy? What about Tax?

All to be discussed (and more!) at the Rural Policy CPG next week. Sign up at https://t.co/yhDGMzJnvH

#communitybenefits #rural #Scotland

[Lorna Pate @_LornaPate]

Holiday reading

[Rural Policy Centre @RuralPolicySRUC]

After seeing @MarkShucksmith present at the @UoL_CEES Rural Entrepreneurship Conference this July we've been looking forward to getting our hands on this!

[Ana Winship, PhD @a_vuin]

New report on Community Wealth Building in Scotland is out! 🌾
Read more ➡️https://t.co/2sVugpFtkj

#ruralexchange #nisrie #communitywealthbuilding #ruraleconomies #economicdevelopment #wellbeingeconomy #policyinsight #scotland @SGRESAS @SEFARIscot @ScotRuralAction

[Lorna Pate @_LornaPate]

Do you live or work in rural Scotland? We would like to hear from you! We would like to hear about all the good things happening in your area and the challenges you and your community face.

[Rural Policy Centre @RuralPolicySRUC]

🌟 We want to hear from you through the Rural Exchange! 🌟

🗣 Head over to our website and get involved by sharing your thoughts through our surveys and insights forms
https://t.co/EgKw2raB9E

#RuralVoices #GetInvolved #Rural #Scotland #research

[Rural Policy Centre @RuralPolicySRUC]

Have you seen our research in @FT article "Rural Land Rush Slows" ? #landvalues #landreform
https://t.co/NwskScmuOo

More here:
Rural Land Market Insights Report @ScottishLandCom https://t.co/fwidwbo5ai
Rural Land Values, Sales + Investment Trends
https://t.co/rKfbusYOGi

[Rural Policy Centre @RuralPolicySRUC]

🌾 On #SamaritansAwarenessDay, let's highlight the importance of #mentalhealth in #farming.🌱 Read more about the importance of the community based programs like 'Men's Sheds' in our new blog: https://t.co/Aw8tqgTPJ7
#MentalHealthMatters #RuralSupport #FarmingWellbeing

[Rural Policy Centre @RuralPolicySRUC]

Our colleague @l__pate wrote a blog on 'Rural Childcare Challenges in Scotland: Limited availability and rising costs are pricing families out'. This piece under NISRIE reveals a deeper impact on rural and island communities' in Scotland.
Read more: https://t.co/7rTZ1Wog7o

[Lorna Pate @_LornaPate]

Great to see this report out

[Rural Policy Centre @RuralPolicySRUC]

🚜New @SRUCResearch and @ConsultingSAC report highlights #agriculture's vital role in #island life and urges the Government to consider this evidence in policy decisions.
Read more information here ➡️https://t.co/nVL5rK0OYf
#RuralDevelopment #SustainableFarming
#RuralScotland

[Pattanapong Tiwasing156 @OakPattanapong]

Our team has won @innovateuk's Farming Innovation Programme for our project "On-farm circularity: A hub-and-spoke approach with insect protein." Led by David Tavernor of Fly2Feed in collaboration with @UoN_HGI. Stay tuned for updates!!! @noke_hannah_24 @NottmUniBschool

[Rural Policy Centre @RuralPolicySRUC]

What motivates Scotland's landowners/ land managers?

Our new interim report sets out a landownership and land management typology to help develop our understanding of land use decisions.

@SRUC
@ScottishLandCom
@SEFARIscot

[Rural Policy Centre @RuralPolicySRUC]

The Rural Policy Centre team is presenting a range of papers this week at the Rural Entrepreneurship Conference including on the persistent challenges of rural housing and childcare, migration, and a geographical typology of Irish rural enterprise hubs. #REC2024

[Lorna Pate @_LornaPate]

Looking for parents and childcare providers in rural Scotland to interview as part of a Scottish Government project looking to better understand the challenges and opportunities for rural childcare. For more information email me at [email protected]