Moving forward with the Red Squirrel Forum for South Scotland

  The first ‘Red Squirrel Forum for South Scotland’ conference took place in Johnstonebridge on Saturday 27 October, bringing together the many volunteer groups and individuals working to protect red squirrels across the region.   The event was a significant step in our collective efforts to develop landscape-scale community action across South Scotland, which is recognised as being key to… […]

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VolunteerFAQs

…Resources page on the Hub, and through the Forum via the ‘Offers and Needs’ chart. Will SSRS equipment and merchandise be given to volunteer networks? Any additional SSRS equipment and merchandise has been given to the Red Squirrel Forum for South Scotland to distribute amongst the independent volunteer networks. For more details and to arrange use please contact the Forum. […]

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Saving Scotland’s Red Squirrels: the next steps in South Scotland

…equipment and merchandise be given to volunteer networks? Any additional SSRS equipment and merchandise has been given to the Red Squirrel Forum for South Scotland to distribute amongst the independent volunteer networks. For more details and to arrange use please contact the Forum.   What will the next steps be for SSRS support in the south of Scotland, long-term? SSRS… […]

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Celebrating a red squirrel champion

…red squirrel conservation work done in South Scotland in line with practice across the country. To encourage collaboration across the Forum, Peter developed an ‘Offers and Needs Chart’ featuring around 20 activity types and all the groups. This is designed to encourage the exchange of advice and the establishment of trainer-trainee partnerships across the groups, in order to make best… […]

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Game-changing grant awarded to South Scotland volunteers

  Last month the Red Squirrel Forum for South Scotland was awarded a game-changing grant from the Red Squirrel Survival Trust to help protect local red squirrels in Southern Scotland with innovative equipment.   Collaboration and community action are crucial to the long-term survival of red squirrels in Scotland, and in the South, dedicated red squirrel volunteer groups are leading… […]

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Privacy Policy

…key definitions to describe people mentioned in this notice. These are definitions used by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK’s independent body set up to uphold information rights (www.ico.org.uk) ‘Data subject’: this is you. As the data subject, we respect your right to control your data. ‘Data controller’: this is us, the Scottish Wildlife Trust. We determine why and… […]

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Join the community: introducing our new website

…Red Squirrels online Community Hub. Made possible thanks to National Lottery Players, the Community Hub is an online space where registered users can connect with both the project and other local squirrel enthusiasts. It’s also a tool to help people get more involved in red squirrel volunteering. Anyone can sign up and make an account, and there are different uses… […]

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Terms of Service

…comments, forum and blog postings; information such as sighting data, geospatial/location data, trapping records, survey records, metadata; databases, datasets. Content may also include or be referred to as Data as the context requires. 1.2 Using the Content If you use or download Content from the SSRS website you: recognise that it is protected by database rights and other intellectual property… […]

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