News & Resources

We are looking for someone to cover maternity leave for 12 months from late February 2018 in the position of Assistant BID Manager – A job which carries real responsibility and a degree of autonomy.

The latest BEFS bulletin is now out, with a roundup of upcoming build environment-related events and initiatives in 2018. The bulletin can be read on the BEFS website here. 

Do you want to encourage more re-use and repair in your organisation or community? Pass it on week (10-18 March 2018) is the perfect campaign week to help. People across Scotland will be holding events, and as such there will be national publicity, resources and support to help. And Zero Waste Scotland want you to help them spread the word by holding events in your area. See below for more information from ZWS: 

One Dalkeith have received funding to develop a Business Improvement District (BID). This BID will focus on the town centre and the wider Dalkeith business community. An individual experienced in developing and providing direct support and/or services to local businesses is sought to fill the post of a Project Coordinator.                  

The Scottish Borders Climate Resilient Communities Project (SBCRC) used action research to improve understanding and approaches to building climate resilience in Scotland. 

Learn how to maximise the opportunities from tourism in your town at this interactive workshop with VisitScotland and Scotland’s Towns Partnership. The event is free for STP members – join today!

Round 2 of the Green Infrastructure Community Engagement Fund is now open for applications and will close on 3 April 2018 at midnight.  

As part of the Making Places Initiative, 19 projects will receive funding to bring people together to agree priorities for their area and shape future planning and design.

Dundee has been featured as one of CNN International's seven "design-savvy cities to watch in 2018", and described as "the cultural comeback kid" for its regeneration efforts.

Scotland’s Towns Partnership, the national agency for towns in Scotland, is seeking a Project Manager. The post is part time, average 2 days per week, for a 3 – 6 month period. The post offers a flexible working pattern, and is to begin in February 2018.

Scotland's Towns Partnership has released it's final newsletter of the year. Please read below for: a message from STP Chair, Professor Leigh Sparks; 2017 infographic; and dates for 2018. 

Claire Daly, Policy and Communications Manager at Sustrans Scotland, writes about the key messages she took away from Scotland’s Towns Week, particularly around the importance of encouraging people to ‘get out and about’. Original source: Sustrans.

The quarterly STP feature on Scotland's urban places has been published in the Scotsman's Vision Scotland magazine. 

SURF - The outcomes of the prestigious 2017 SURF Awards for Best Practice in Community Regeneration were announced tonight (07/12/17) at a celebratory presentation event in Glasgow’s Grand Central Hotel.

Paisley 2021 - The team behind Paisley’s bid to be UK City of Culture 2021 have thanked the people of the town for their ‘incredible effort’, while promising Paisley’s journey will continue – after Coventry was tonight named the next UK City of Culture.