Sustaining Choices supported economically disadvantaged and isolated communities in urban and rural Scotland which underutilised, or had poor access to, sustainable transport and active travel opportunities. The project trained local citizens as community facilitators to engage their communities in an online environment, developing in the process an increased evidence-base to support sustainable transport and active travel interventions.

Project Summary Commissioned by Applecross Community Company, PAS worked with local residents, community groups, and key stakeholders, such as the landowner (The Applecross Trust) and The Highland Council, to produce a collaborative Community Land Use Plan (CLUP), “Plan It Applecross”, for the community.

PAS was commissioned by IRCT to produce a Community Land Use Plan based on an impartial engagement process and detailed landscape analysis. PAS worked in partnership with the local community and key stakeholders such as The Highland Council and SNH to produce a plan balancing a variety of viewpoints. The project was funded by Awards for All & The Highland Council.

Imagine Udny was a series of community conversations which enabled the sharing of ideas on the future growth and development of Pitmedden and Udny Green, Aberdeenshire.

Over the spring and summer of 2019 PAS conducted a number of engagement activities in the Newhaven area to assist The Heart of Newhaven community group to understand what residents and stakeholders wanted to see happen in the, soon to be vacated, Victoria Primary School.

Working closely with the ‘Cupar Could’ steering group, led by Cupar Development Trust (CDT), PAS facilitated and led, with local residents, community groups, children and young people, local businesses and Fife Council, extensive pre-charrette engagement, a 4-day charrette design studio, and a post charrette follow-up event reporting on action since the charrette.

The Buckhaven Links! Charrette was a series of community workshops where people got together to discuss and share ideas for the future of Buckhaven. It was a collaborative project by a local community group (CLEAR Buckhaven), Fife Council and PAS.