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  • How the ACT team are adapting to life in lockdown

    How the ACT team are adapting to life in lockdown

    Staff and projects are adjusting and thriving! Read more

  • How to explore Argyll’s rainforest

    How to explore Argyll’s rainforest

    Find out the secrets of the Celtic Rainforest… Read more

  • 5 places to see rainforest in Argyll

    5 places to see rainforest in Argyll

    Suggestions for rainforests to visit in Argyll. Read more

  • How we ACT on our 5 objectives

    How we ACT on our 5 objectives

    We take a look at how we are meeting our 5 objectives through our activities and projects. Read more

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How the ACT team are adapting to life in lockdown

How the ACT team are adapting to life in lockdown

Staff and projects are adjusting and thriving! Read more

Posted to: ACT Blogs

Published: 17th April, 2020

Updated: 22nd April, 2020

Author: Elaine Cameron

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5 things you do on a graduate placement at ACT

5 things you do on a graduate placement at ACT

Katie recaps on her Scotgrad graduate placement here at ACT. Read more

Posted to: ACT Blogs

Published: 29th August, 2019

Updated: 22nd April, 2020

Author: Katie Barnwell

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How to explore Argyll’s rainforest

How to explore Argyll’s rainforest

Find out the secrets of the Celtic Rainforest… Read more

Posted to: ACT Blogs

Published: 28th August, 2019

Updated: 29th August, 2019

Author: Katie Barnwell

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5 places to see rainforest in Argyll

5 places to see rainforest in Argyll

Suggestions for rainforests to visit in Argyll. Read more

Posted to: ACT Blogs

Published: 28th August, 2019

Updated: 29th August, 2019

Author: Katie Barnwell

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Birds and bogs

Birds and bogs

Bird surveys on Islay will help with conservation planning for peat bog sites in our CANN project. Read more

Posted to: ACT Blogs

Published: 2nd July, 2019

Updated: 22nd April, 2020

Author: Elaine Cameron

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5 minutes with... ACT Argyll

5 minutes with... ACT Argyll

ACT Argyll tell us about the places they've worked and the skills they've picked up through working with ACT. Read more

Posted to: ACT Blogs

Published: 21st June, 2019

Updated: 22nd April, 2020

Author: Katie Barnwell

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5 ways you can fundraise for ACT

5 ways you can fundraise for ACT

5 suggestions of ways you could raise money for ACT. Read more

Posted to: ACT Blogs

Published: 6th June, 2019

Updated: 22nd April, 2020

Author: Katie Barnwell

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How we ACT on our 5 objectives

How we ACT on our 5 objectives

We take a look at how we are meeting our 5 objectives through our activities and projects. Read more

Posted to: ACT Blogs

Published: 24th May, 2019

Author: Katie Barnwell

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Take 5 outdoors for mental health

Take 5 outdoors for mental health

For mental health awareness week we've rounded up five great ideas for getting outdoors in Argyll to benefit your mental health. Read more

Posted to: ACT Blogs

Published: 13th May, 2019

Author: Katie Barnwell

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Pesky ponticum (part two) - a community-led conservation effort

Pesky ponticum (part two) - a community-led conservation effort

The community of Glen Creran are working with ACT to restore their native woodland habitats. Read more

Posted to: ACT Blogs

Published: 2nd May, 2019

Updated: 22nd April, 2020

Author: Elaine Cameron

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Pesky ponticum (part one) - what's so bad about rhododendron?

Pesky ponticum (part one) - what's so bad about rhododendron?

We take a look at why rhododendron is bad for biodiversity and why we are contributing to the control of rhododendron in Argyll. Read more

Posted to: ACT Blogs

Published: 18th March, 2019

Updated: 22nd April, 2020

Author: Katie Barnwell

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New business skills for ScotGrad Katie

New business skills for ScotGrad Katie

Katie recently attended a ScotGrad business skills training course. Find out what she learnt and how it will be useful to her placement in ACT. Read more

Posted to: ACT Blogs

Published: 15th February, 2019

Author: Katie Barnwell

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  • Argyll's Rainforest

    Argyll's Rainforest

    Our demonstration project to save Argyll's rainforest habitat.

  • MAKI Pups and ELC registration week - find out more!

    MAKI Pups and ELC registration week - find out more!

    Registration week for Early Learning and Childcare starts Monday 25th January.

  • CANN newsletter published - Winter 2020

    CANN newsletter published - Winter 2020

    A round up of CANN activities from across the project partners.

  • ACT AGM 2020

    ACT AGM 2020

    An overview of our projects and official business from our virtual AGM.

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  • Our Staff

    We have a small team of staff who oversee projects and the day-to-day running of ACT.

  • Branching Out

    Branching Out

    Learn about our innovative programme of woodland based activities for people with poor mental health.

  • Collaborative Action for the Natura Network (CANN)

    Collaborative Action for the Natura Network (CANN)

    Find out more about our peatland restoration project on Islay.

  • Why we exist

    Why we exist

    Why do we ACT? Because Argyll and the Isles is a spectacular part of the world that everyone should be able to enjoy now and forever.

  • ACT Argyll

    ACT Argyll

    Providing job seekers with rural and environmental skills and experience.

  • Our story

    Our story

    We are a community-led organisation, and registered charity, established in 2014. How do we ACT? Find out here.

  • Our Board

    Our Board has overall responsibility for ACT and for guiding our activities.

  • Our Advisors

    Our advisors support our Board and our staff.

  • ACT Hubs

    ACT Hubs

    Supporting communities with their ideas to enhance tourism.

  • Vacancy - Woodland Enterprise Co-ordinator

    Vacancy - Woodland Enterprise Co-ordinator

    ** Applications now closed ** We're looking for a creative and experienced forester to help us regenerate Argyll's unique and threatened rainforest.

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