Crofting Federation Delight at Raasay U-turn

by SCF | Feb 28, 2013 | News Archive

Scottish Crofting Federation (SCF) has expressed its delight at the Scottish Government’s decision announced today to restore the shooting and fishing rights on the Isle of Raasay to the island’s crofters.

Crofting Commission Called on to Re-assure Owner-Occupier Crofters

by SCF | Feb 26, 2013 | News Archive

The Scottish Crofting Federation (SCF) have called on the Crofting Commission to sort out the confusion regarding a legislation glitch that has caused the commission to cease processing owner-occupier applications to decroft their house-site, with the utmost urgency....

SCF Call for U-turn on Raasay Shooting Rights

by SCF | Feb 26, 2013 | News Archive

Scottish Crofting Federation (SCF) has called for the Scottish Government to reverse its decision to deprive the community on the Isle of Raasay of their shooting and fishing rights, which has been in the hands of a co-operative of crofters on the island for almost...

SRDP Discussion paper

by SCF | Feb 4, 2013 | News Archive

This report is produced to provide relevant information to the Scottish Government on the issues for crofting in the context of Scottish Rural Development Programme (SRDP) development 2014-20 and to present recommendations for a future SRDP. Stakeholders involved in...

Crofters urge rejection of the Sound of Barra marine designation

by SCF | Jan 17, 2013 | News Archive

The Scottish Crofting Federation is urging the Scottish Government to turn down the proposal that the Sound of Barra should become a marine Special Area of Conservation.The SCF is also asking the Government to radically revise the way it enacts European environmental...

SCF call on land reform gurus to support the creation of new crofts

by SCF | Jan 17, 2013 | News Archive

In their response to the Land Reform Review Group ‘call for evidence’ the Scottish Crofting Federation (SCF) has reiterated its petition to the Scottish Government to create 10,000 new crofts by 2020 and asks the group to support this.Fiona Mandeville,...