Kintyre’s Temperate Atlantic rainforest is a rare ecosystem, its importance increasingly better understood and appreciated – at least by those who know what they are looking for. Now the challenge Read More
Category: Current Projects
SKDT Projects
A lot to ‘lichen’ about Torrisdale visit
A winter walk through the woods sprang up more than a few surprises last month when a key SKDT project took its staff and volunteers to East Kintyre. Travelling to Read More
Climate plans mapped out in CGS workshop
Some of the Kintyre Climate Action team went back to school for an afternoon in the last full week before the Christmas holidays, to help deliver a workshop on one Read More
Kintyre growers’ ‘fruitful’ Fairlie visit
South Kintyre Development Trust and members of its Kintyre Grows project team travelled to Ayrshire late last month to gain growing knowledge from a large-scale community garden there. Organic Growers Read More
Tree talk lauds Kintyre’s own rainforest
Celebrating one of Kintyre’s unheralded natural treasures was on the agenda at Campbeltown Town Hall earlier this week, as the peninsula’s rainforests – yes, rainforests – were brought into closer Read More
Climate-minded work takes root in Kintyre
SKDT campaign Kintyre Climate Action’s new team can reflect on a positive first month’s work after forging some potentially fruitful community partnerships across the peninsula. South Kintyre Development Trust’s (SKDT) Read More
Hannah’s high hopes in growing role
It might be autumn time but green shoots are already in sight as Hannah Jones carefully cultivates the first projects in her role as Community Growing Co-ordinator with SKDT. And Read More
Sharyn leads SKDT’s climate action
Sharyn Lock is SKDT’s new Climate Action Development Officer, and is getting to work on building the trust and partner Inspiralba’s Kintyre Climate Action project. Sharyn talked about her experience Read More
How volunteering can help you!
On Wednesday 6th March DYW held ‘Scotland’s Biggest Parents’ Evening’, which aimed to increase awareness about local opportunities for young people. There was a chance to meet with local employers, Read More
Volunteer Opportunities
SKDT has limited paid staff and depends on volunteers to provide governance, financial and administrative support as Trustees of the Board. We also have a database of volunteers who help Read More