This is a time of real significance for community energy. Governments in Scotland and the
UK, as well as across Europe and around the world, are increasingly turning their attention …

In this paper, we argue that social enterprise could represent a means of tackling rural
challenges of providing sustainable economic development, addressing the withdrawal of …

Social isolation and loneliness has been classed as a major public health concern due to its
negative physical and mental health implications, and living in a remote or rural area is a …

Enhancing inclusion and self-reliance at community level is gaining ground in policy terms,
due–in part–to the need to increase the efficiency of public spend, associated with the global …

The empowerment and resilience of communities in rural contexts is often seen to be linked
to their capacities–for example, organisational, infrastructural and personal capacity–and …

This paper uses ordered logit models to test for evidence of systematically higher levels of
subjective wellbeing in rural Scotland, differentiating between remote rural and accessible …

Although recent research into resilience acknowledges the importance of attachment to
place and claims that place is often the basis for community development, this relationship …

Social capital, commonly understood as a system of shared norms, values and beliefs
embedded within social networks is widely recognised as a facilitator of entrepreneurial …

Community-led initiatives are commonly advocated as an effective way of encouraging
individuals to adopt more sustainable lifestyles. Since 2008, the Scottish Government's …

Although there has been increasing interest in rural enterprises, relatively little has been
written on enterprise and entrepreneurship on islands where problems tend to be different …