CCC is pleased to announce that one of its projects, 'Creating CSmart Organisations', has been awarded special recognition in the Greener Scotland category at the D&G Rural Awards. The project case study features in the LEADER Good Practice Guide which is disseminated to project groups across the EU. 

The D&G LEADER Rural Awards took place on Friday the 12th of November at Easterbrook Hall. The event aimed to recognise projects across Dumfries & Galloway, awarding special recognition to projects in 5 categories: Wealthier & Fairer Scotland, Smarter Scotland, Healthier Scotland, Safer & Stronger Scotland and Greener Scotland.

Selecting from shortlisted projects in the Greener Scotland category was the Chief Executive of the Rural Development Council in Northern Ireland, Martin McDonald. Projects in this category were scored on how they contributed towards the safeguarding, improvement and promotion of habitats for wildlife or which demonstrated and promoted a greener lifestyle in some way at community level. CCC's 'Creating CSmart Organisations' was chosen to best represent this category and received special recognition from Martin.

 CCC Team and their Award

The CSmart Organisations project helps rural organisations across Dumfries & Galloway measure, monitor and reduce their carbon emissions. During the two years of the project, the CCC project team will work with 24 local rural organisations, providing assistance over a period of 6 months to each of them. The project is funded by the Dumfries and Galloway LEADER programme and CCC. The project aims to create a network of proactive Carbon Champions and organsiations within a range of sectors across the region. Not only will these organisations take action to reduce their own impact, but many have started to raise awareness within their community and act to inspire other organisations to reduce their impacts.

The LEADER Award Project winners with the category judges

The awards were hailed as a great success by the 130 participants who travelled from across the region to participate. In closing, Chairman, Cathy Agnew paid tribute to all of the projects featured in the Good Practice Guide and held them as great examples of best practice in rural Dumfries and Galloway.

Further Information: 

CSmart Project: To find out more about the CSmart Project, please This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , the CSmart Project Officer.

LEADER: You can learn more about the LEADER here. If you would like to request a free copy of the LEADER Good Practice guide, please This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or call 01387 850 228