Active & Sustainable Travel in Rural Communities | November 2025

Topic outline

• Active & Sustainable Travel in Rural Communities

  Active & Sustainable Travel in Rural Communities
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    Begin planning your active travel solutions to the Climate Emergency.

    *The closing date for this programme is Friday 29 August 2025.  Any applications received after this date will automatically be added to a waiting list for consideration if additional places become available.*
    

    
    

    Learn and connect with others on our residential programme in partnership with Highlands & Islands Climate Hub.

    This November, come to Dundreggan to meet and plan with like-minded people to build community-led climate change initiatives with focus on active and sustainable travel in your communities. Meals and an overnight stay are included on this fully funded programme.

    • Gain awareness and engage with the implications of the climate emergency and the benefits of active travel.
    • Become confident in your ability to initiate and deliver community-led sustainable travel projects.
    • Empower yourself to be heard in the planning of local and national responses to the climate emergency.
    • Become a local champion for the adoption of active and sustainable travel in your community.
      
      

    Highlands & Islands Climate Hub

    The Highlands & Islands Climate Hub is funded by the Scottish Government and has the purpose of supporting community-led climate action across the region. The Hub is part of a network of 24 Climate Action Hubs across Scotland which support communities to make a just transition towards net zero and support a climate ready Scotland.

    They operate across the Highlands and the Northern Isles of Orkney and Shetland with their team ready to assist communities in their climate action journey. From developing new projects with a specific climate action focus or working with community groups to embed more climate friendly behaviours into their existing work. From community engagement, climate action plans, net zero policies to design, development and delivery of a project they lend additional capacity, support and advice.

    
    

    Who is it for?

    This programme consists of two days, with an overnight stay at the Dundreggan Rewilding Centre in Glenmoriston and is designed for individuals interested in developing an active travel initiative in their community in the Highland Council area.
    

    
    

    Programme Details

    Day 1 - Wednesday 05 November 2025 - 12 noon - 7pm

    • Group formation & Goals for the programme
    • Lunch
    • Definitions and context of active travel
    • Introduction to sustainability model
    • Collaborative Leadership
    • Case Study 1 – the Leadership Journey
    • Reflection and review
    • Dinner
    • Free time and overnight stay at Dundreggan Rewilding Centre
      
      

    Day 2 - Thursday 06 November 2025 - 9am - 4pm

    • Breakfast
    • Reflection on pre-programme learning
    • Communicating Vision
    • Behaviour Change
    • Case Study 2 – Community Engagement
    • Lunch
    • Sources of Support
    • Planning for community-led active travel projects
    • Next steps
    • Reflection and evaluation

    
    Delivery Method: This programme will be delivered in person at the Dundreggan Rewilding Centre, Dundreggan Estate, Glenmoriston, Inverness, IV63 7YJ, and includes all meals and an overnight stay.

    Cost: Fully Funded by the Highlands & Islands Climate Hub CLLD Funding (i.e. no cost to participating individuals or organisations)
    

    
    

    What will you get out of the programme?

    • Motivation to develop community-led solutions in response to the Climate Emergency.

    • Clarification of national and policy direction and exploring emerging opportunities.

    • Broad understanding of behaviour change theory to lead climate-change initiatives.

    • Support to identify own priorities and begin implementation plans, and connect with other people.

    
    

    Your Facilitator

    Your facilitator for this programme is Cat Morrison. 

    Catriona Morrison is a Business Advisor with Impact Hub Inverness. She previously worked as the Business Development Manager at Spartans Community Football Academy, a thriving social enterprise and charity in North Edinburgh. Her passion is sport. As a professional triathlete, she competed internationally for 15 years gaining World and European titles in the process. She has worked in sports development for local government and in sport for development in the third sector.

    
    

    
    

    More Information

    Iain Boyd | iain@socialenterprise.academy