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1. Background
1.1 This guidance note is intended to accompany the template Memorandum of Understanding (“MoU”) prepared for use by communities and developers, l...
Other resources and intermediaries
Scotland’s communities are fortunate to benefit from a rich ecosystem of support for community development and social enterprise. Some of the key or...
Policy supporting community development in Scotland
The national policy environment in Scotland is very supportive of efforts to develop and empower communities, with a raft of rights and duties enshrin...
Key infrastructure in a community
Within communities there will be a number of existing groups who will have a view on, and possibly a mandate to become involved in, how community bene...
Boleskine House
The Boleskine House Foundation is a volunteer-led charity that is dedicated to the restoration, preservation and celebration of Boleskine House. The b...
Establish a working steering group
After the initial approach has been made, the community(ies) will need to bring together the right people to take forward discussion with the renewabl...
Community Benefits Agreement
It is recommended that community benefits arrangements become formalised through a legal agreement between relevant parties. The Good Practice Princip...
Communicating with the wider community
Following the initial discussions, and once the scope and shape of the community benefit package is clearer, it is important to broaden local engageme...
The role of the Local Authority
Local authority involvement in community benefits discussions (and delivery) varies widely from area to area. They may have clear guidelines on what t...
The role of community representatives and/or the community council (or similar)
Community representatives involved in community benefits discussions should aim to build broad consensus locally on the purposes and shape of the comm...
Working together
The working or steering group should agree their preferred ways of working and then discuss with the renewable energy business how both parties can be...