Our contribution to the Year of Young People 2018
2018 was an important year for our organisation – it was Scotland’s Year of Young People and it saw an increasing number of PAS projects involving youth and children in the planning process.
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‘Your Heritage’ Orkney youth project
PAS was commissioned by Historic Environment Scotland to engage young people in Kirkwall in their local heritage. The aim was to garner young people’s views on what they understood …
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Allotments and growing spaces workshops
PAS is working with SAGS to run a series of workshops exploring how allotments and growing spaces can be incorporated into new and existing development. At each workshop we will be testing…
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Up-skilling Access Panels on the planning system
PAS delivered a series of workshops for Disability Equality Scotland about the Scottish planning system for Access Panels. The wider aim was to facilitate Access Panels to be an influential voice…
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PAS & Article 12 – Success at the Planning Awards
PAS and Article 12 were awarded in the Partnership category for the engagement of young Gypsy/Travellers with planning and placemaking through our Heritage Lottery funded project…
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European Youth Camp 2018: New Friends + New Knowledge
Young people from Scotland, Germany, Latvia, Norway and Poland took part in September’s Youth Camp. Between 10 and 13 September 2018, Galashiels in the Scottish Borders was a place where…
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Partners in Planning: a New Skills Hub for Planners
We were delighted to take part in the recent launch event for a new skills hub for planners, Partners in Planning – an online platform to support Scotland’s planners in delivering successful places
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Planning for Healthy Cities: Bridging the Gap
The World Health Organisation’s International Healthy Cities Conference 2018 takes place in Belfast this week, 1-4 October 2018. PAS Chief Executive Petra Biberbach and Professor Cliff Hague
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‘Golden Glenrothes’: Charretteplus Outcomes
Over the course of 2017-18, the Golden Glenrothes project – as named by the pupils of Glenwood High – engaged the Glenrothes West neighbourhoods of Macedonia, Tanshall, Caskieberran
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PAS Board now recruiting new Board members
The PAS Board is now looking to recruit new Board members with expertise in fundraising, law or financial planning. The Board meets 4 times a year (usually on a Thursday evening) at the PAS office
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Stage 1 Debate on the Planning Bill
The Local Government and Communities Committee published its report on the Planning (Scotland) Bill and the Stage 1 Debate will follow on 29 May at 2pm. The debate will be broadcast live…
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PAS expanding youth team in the Year of Young People
Scotland’s leading place charity, PAS, has announced the creation of a new Youth Education Team, to expand on its already thriving programme with young people. Wojciech Borowski will take up…
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Subscribe to our new weekly newsletter! With the arrival of the General Data Protection Regulation, we’ve taken the opportunity to revise and update how we hold data and in particular…
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Meet our long-time volunteer Jenny Wood
As part of a series of ‘meet our volunteers’ profiles, meet PAS volunteer Jenny Wood. My name is Jenny Wood and I am a Research Associate in the Institute for Social Policy Housing and Equalities…
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Hundreds of local people attend Rosefield Mills events
Hundreds of local people have attended a series of events designed to consider the future of Rosefield Mills in Dumfries. Dumfries Historic Buildings Trust (DHBT) has secured an agreement…
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