Episode 125 of the Common Weal Policy Podcast

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This week, Craig talks to Nancy Barr and Terry Paterson both from Larkhall Community Growers and the Larkhall Lighthouse Community Centre. They discuss the various projects they run around the town - including the community gardens - and the impact they've had on the collective wellbeing of the people of Larkhall.

You can visit the Community Growers webpage here.

The Larkhall Lighthouse can be contacted via Facebook here.

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Episode 124 of the Common Weal Policy Podcast

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This week, Craig talks to Andrew Stark - Land Policy Officer at RSPB Scotland. RSPBS and Common Weal are both members of the Scottish Food Coalition who have recently been campaigning to improve the Good Food Nation Bill presently moving through the Scottish Parliament. Andrew discusses the impact that this bill and other food policy developments in Scotland will have on food production and consumption in Scotland and how they may impact Scottish local communities.

You can learn more about the Scottish Food Coalition here.
They recently held a Day of Action outside the Scottish Parliament which was attending by many people including 26 MSPs.

Craig refers to Policy Podcast episode #80 - A Half Wild Scotland.

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Episode 123 of the Common Weal Policy Podcast

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This week Craig talks to Kathie Pollard, Policy & Practice Lead at the Scottish Land Commission, about Scotland's vacant and derelict land. Derelict land is more than an eyesore. It represents a loss of resources, unused potential and can even harm the vitality and self-image of a community. SLC have developed tools and resources to help communities bring derelict land in their area back into use.

The SLC's interactive derelict land map can be found here.

The community action route map can found here.

More case studies about reclaimed derelict land can be read here.

The Land Reuse Month videos and resources:
Land Reuse Month Resources - Scottish Land Commission

Land Reuse Month: Wk 1 - Session 1- Understanding the opportunity: The importance of addressing VDL - YouTube

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Episode 122 of the Common Weal Policy Podcast

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This week, Craig talks to Andrew Fournet, Innovation Lead at Astrosat - a company that uses satellite and ground data to create maps of Scotland such as maps of fuel poverty or access to transport. Andrew talks about the importance of accurate data in policy development and in tracking the effectiveness of policy and introduces Astrosat's new initiative Poverty Plus - a free tool for registered charities that may allow them to find communities in Scotland who need their help.

If you'd like more information about Poverty Plus or if you'd like to sign your charity up to it, you can do so here.

If you haven't yet filled in your Scottish Census form please do so as soon as possible here.

To see more of Scotland the country and where our people, places and opportunities are on the map, check out Common Weal's Atlas of Opportunity here.

This year the Policy Podcast is looking to speak to communities around Scotland (and beyond) to find interesting stories and local initiatives that may help inspire others. If you would like to be a guest on the Podcast to talk about what's happening in your area, please contact Craig at the email address below.

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The Policy Podcast would like to discuss all of Common Weal's policy papers in detail as well as other major policy stories in and around Scotland so if there are any topics that you would like to see covered or if you have an interesting policy story to tell and would like to be a guest on the show, please contact Craig at [email protected]

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Episode 121 of the Common Weal Policy Podcast

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This week, Craig talks once again to Keith Baker - convenor of the CW Energy Working Group, co-founder of the Energy Poverty Research Initiative
and researcher at the BEAM centre at Glasgow Caledonian Uni - about the latest report from the IPCC about what needs to be done and what can be done to mitigate against the climate emergency.

You can read more from EPRI - including the report cited by the IPCC - here.

Craig's paper on the economics of fracking can be read here.

If, after this podcast, you're feeling rude but hopeful about the climate then please consider buying one of our t-shirts saying so.

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Episode 120 of the Common Weal Policy Podcast

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This week, Craig talks to John Hutchison about his involvement with community land buyouts on Eigg, Rum and Knoydart. They discuss how conditions prior to the buyouts stymied development in the communities and how this has changed since. They also discuss the barriers raised against community land buyouts, how a potential Scottish Constitution could grant and protect additional rights such as the Right to Buy and why community ownership isn't just for rural areas.

Community Land Scotland's website is here.

Constitution for Scotland can be found here.

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The Policy Podcast would like to discuss all of Common Weal's policy papers in detail as well as other major policy stories in and around Scotland so if there are any topics that you would like to see covered or if you have an interesting policy story to tell and would like to be a guest on the show, please contact Craig at [email protected]

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Episode 119 of the Common Weal Policy Podcast

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This week, Craig is joined by Susanne MacDonald who is the Policy Officer for Cultarlann Inbhir Nis, a charitable organisation attempting to create the first immersive Gaelic Language Hub and cultural centre in Inverness. They discuss the success of similar hubs in Ireland and Wales and how they can be used to revitalise and secure Scotland's Gaelic language amongst existing speakers while introducing it to non-speakers.

You can find out more about Cultarlann Inbhir Nis at their Facebook page here.

For more on Scotland's indigenous languages, you can listen to Craig's conversation with Billy Kay about the Scots language here.

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Episode 118 of the Common Weal Policy Podcast

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This week, Craig talks to Cornell Hanxomphou from the Environmental Rights Centre of Scotland. ERCS seeks to raise awareness about environmental rights in Scotland, make it easier for people to seek restitution when their rights are breached and are actively campaigning for the creation of a Scottish Environmental Court to handle cases of breaches of our rights.

ERCS has a petition to demand an enforceable right to a healthy environment here.

If you or your community think your environmental rights are at risk, their free advice centre is here. 

You can download their Advocacy Manifesto here.

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Episode 117 of the Common Weal Policy Podcast

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This week is the third anniversary of the Policy Podcast and to mark this, Craig is reunited with co-founder and former co-host of the show Jonathon Shafi. Jonathon has recently launched a new weekly newsletter, Independence Captured, which aims to critically examine the barriers that have been placed in front of the Scottish independence movement. In this podcast, he explores some of those barriers as well as what the independence movement can do to overcome them.

You can subscribe to Jonathon's weekly newsletter here.

Common Weal's paper on an escalating pressure campaign designed to force the UK Government to accept Scottish independence can be read here.

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Episode 116 of the Common Weal Policy Podcast

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This week, Craig talks to Nick Kempe - Convenor of the Common Weal Care Reform Working Group - about their recent blueprint for a National Care Service. They discuss how the Care Reform Group formed, how it has approached designing a National Care Service. The culmination of 18 months of work, their blueprint for a fully publicly owned, not for profit Care Service that delivers care free at the point of need can be read on our campaign page here.

Nick's paper on the impact of Covid in care homes can be read here.

Mark's podcast about the meaning of care can be found here.

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The Policy Podcast would like to discuss all of Common Weal's policy papers in detail as well as other major policy stories in and around Scotland so if there are any topics that you would like to see covered or if you have an interesting policy story to tell and would like to be a guest on the show, please contact Craig at [email protected]

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