16 May – 24 June: Fallin Bing project, Buglife & TCV
This project will explore, capture and share the story of Fallin Bing and the surrounding community in the village of Fallin. All the events are free to attend. For more information email Suzanne Bairner, Project Officer Scotland You can also visit the Project Blog for regular updates
18 – 26 May: Scotland's Nature Festival
Find out what is happening and how you can be part of Scotland's Nature Festival here. Free resources such as marketing materials and seed packs are also available.
29 May - Creating Outdoor Experiences for People Living with Dementia
This event will teach you more about helping people with dementia to access green spaces. You will gain an understanding of what dementia is, the barriers preventing people with dementia from accessing the outdoors, learn how to make your site more dementia friendly, and investigate the solutions to engaging people living with dementia in outdoor activities. Email
29 May - Infrastructure Investment and Social Benefits - Truths and Myths
This collaborative SURF conference will bring together key practitioners and policy-makers - including the Cabinet Secretary for Infrastructure and Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon MSP - to explore how we can make the most of productive links between infrastructure investments and social benefits. More
1-2 June - National Garden Bioblitz
The BioBlitz is a great opportunity to discover what wildlife lives in your garden. You don't need any special skills, just go out at different times of the day, take lots of photos and tell us what you see. More or email iSpot Mentor
31 May – 2 June: Gardening Scotland, Royal Highland Centre, Edinburgh
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TCV spring and summer training events programme
More information on TCV events this spring and summer here
April - June - RICS CPD Series – Scotland
Sponsored by MacRoberts LLP, the Spring CPD series will run from April to June 2013, with 20 seminars taking place in both Glasgow and Edinburgh. The series provides a breadth of topics to update your knowledge and skills and to learn new techniques in land, property and the built environment. Topics include: Green Deal - residential take-up; Evasive species and environmental protection; Collaborative working in the built environment; Market drivers and regional development; and Project leadership. For details, please visit or call +44 (0)20 7696 1600 or email
4 June - 2013 Central Scotland Green Network Forum - Delivering for nature and people
More informationn here
15 June - Scottish Allotments and Gardens Society Annual Conference
This conference will be at the Victoria Halls, Dunblane. The finalised programme will be available on the SAGS website. To register email
18 June - Midlothian & East Lothian Community Gardening Networking Event
Penicuik Arts Centre The day is open to anyone interested and/or active with community or therapeutic gardening projects in Midlothian and East Lothian and will include a visit to the lost garden of Penicuik More Pre-booking is required here
21 June - Networking Event: Grow the Future - Community Growing in the Highlands
Highland Council Chambers, Inverness. The day will include presentations from a range of community growing projects and workshops from people involved with Transition Black Isle, Moffat CAN and Glachbeg Education Croft. Community Woodland Association, Trellis and the FCFCG will contribute to the wider picture of community growing throughout Scotland. Pre-booking is required, please book online here
22 - 23 June - Natives, Aliens and Reintroductions Conference
This conference hosted by The University of Glasgow will look at how ecology informs wildlife conservation in Scotland. More
25 June - Scottish Government Land Use Strategy event, SNH Battleby
The Scottish Government are hosting an event in June to engage stakeholders in a discussion over future delivery of the Land Use Strategy, following the publication of the second annual Progress Statement this summer. To keep up to date with future announcements and updates from the Land Use Strategy team please sign up to the Greener Scotland twitter account (@GreenerScotland)
26 June - Growing Inspiration - encouraging gardening activities in people with dementia
This Trellis training session in Perth is suitable for anyone who wants to extend their knowledge in order to encourage those with dementia to garden. More
Community Action & Support Programme (CASP) – event calendar
CASP is open to any community tackling climate change. It aims to help you improve your project’s performance, build community capacity for the long term and build links to the wider society. Events in the calendar have been organised by the CCF team, external organisations and communities. It is updated regularly. More
Scottish Community Development Centre training and support
SCDC has updated its training and support brochure for 2012-14. New resources include online versions of LEAP and VOiCE as well as SCDC’s ‘Building Stronger Communities’ tool. More
SNH Sharing Good Practice programme of events
Sessions covering a wide range of topics can be viewed on the SNH website. More
Looking ahead – dates for your diary
July (date TBC) – What’s it worth? Proving the value of what you do
greenspace scotland training seminar offering a practical introduction to the Social Return on Investment (SROI) approach The seminar will introduce the principles on which SROI is based in a simple, engaging and interactive manner and will support participants to apply the knowledge they gain using practical examples. The event will be held in mid-July in Edinburgh or Glasgow. The cost will be £50 for greenspace scotland network members, £75 non-members. We are now taking expressions of interest, please email if you would like to attend
13 August - Open Space Audits and Strategies – SNH and greenspace scotland
An opportunity to share new ideas in the development of open space audits and strategies. More