depopulation

A year-round Highlands that people want to live in – not just visit

Growing up in Ross-shire, now living in Inverness, and representing the Highlands and Islands in the Scottish Parliament, this region…

14 hours ago

Emma Roddick MSP: Depopulation and Housing in the Highlands and Islands

The Highlands and Islands is a place which constantly punches above its weight, leading in renewable energy, agriculture, and landscapes…

3 months ago

Highlands & Islands MSP calls for redoubling of efforts to preserve Gaelic and Scots

Emma Roddick MSP has called for the Scottish Government and anyone with an interest in Gaelic and Scots to redouble…

7 months ago

Roddick Raises Alarm: Young Islanders Housing

Highlands and Islands MSP Emma Roddick has platformed the concerns of young islanders across Scotland in Holyrood, pressing the Scottish…

8 months ago

The Highlands and Islands Case for a Rural Visa Pilot – Emma Roddick MSP

Scotland faces unique demographic challenges. Unlike other countries in the UK, we are projected to see population decline by 2030,…

8 months ago

EMMA RODDICK MSP COMMENDS ISLE OF RAASAY DISTILLERY IN HELPING TACKLE ISLAND’S POPULATION CHALLENGES

MSP for the Highlands & Islands Emma Roddick met with the Co-founder and Master Distiller of the Isle of Raasay…

1 year ago

MSP SAYS GOVERNMENT CAN’T FORGET HIGHLANDS & ISLANDS POTENTIAL

SNP MSP Emma Roddick has asked the Scottish Parliament to remember the positive potential of the Highlands and Islands when…

1 year ago

EMMA RODDICK DISCUSSES SUSTAINING RURAL COMMUNITIES AT RURAL HOUSING SCOTLAND CONFERENCE

Emma attended the 2024 Rural Housing Scotland Conference in Aviemore on Friday [23rd of February 2024] to discuss the Scottish Government’s…

2 years ago

EMMA WELCOMES THE BENEFITS OF THE MIGRATION PAPER FOR RURAL AREAS IN THE HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS

Emma has visited local businesses in Fort Augustus, talking about the Scottish Government’s latest Building a New Scotland paper which…

2 years ago

<strong>Highlands & Islands MSP presses Government on the impact of carbon offset schemes on rural depopulation</strong>

Highlands and Islands MSP Emma Roddick has told the Scottish Government that private investment in carbon schemes needs to complement,…

3 years ago