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Health and wellbeing

We encourage people to enjoy the outdoors because we know that it can have great health benefits and make us all feel good. Read more

Published: 20th April, 2018

Updated: 8th October, 2025

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Conservation and biodiversity

Conservation and biodiversity

We care for and enhance the environment, and encourage local people to participate in biodiversity and conservation activities. Read more

Published: 20th April, 2018

Updated: 22nd February, 2020

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Community engagement

Community engagement

Our projects are your projects. We support communities to make projects happen. Read more

Published: 20th April, 2018

Updated: 21st November, 2018

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Supporting tourism

Supporting tourism

We ensure that Argyll and the Isles is a wonderful place to visit by sustainably maintaining, enhancing, and promoting the region. Read more

Published: 20th April, 2018

Updated: 12th June, 2018

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Access and spaces

Access and spaces

We encourage everyone who lives, works, and visits Argyll and the Isles to get out and enjoy the great outdoors. Read more

Published: 20th April, 2018

Updated: 12th June, 2018

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Rural growth

Rural growth

We develop rural skills and training opportunities, support local enterprises and offer project-based employment to make Argyll and the Isles a better place to live, work, and visit. Read more

Published: 20th April, 2018

Updated: 11th June, 2018

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  • Grazing for Nature Recovery in Scotland's Rainforest

    Grazing for Nature Recovery in Scotland's Rainforest

    Rare-breed cattle and semi-wild ponies are helping Scotland's rainforest recover on the Morvern peninsula, a reminder that sometimes the answer is letting animals back in rather than fencing them out.

  • Staff Stories

    Staff Stories

    Meet the people behind our work and find out how they got here.

  • We're Hiring! Finance and Operations Assistant/Officer

    We're Hiring! Finance and Operations Assistant/Officer

    Join our small, friendly team at ACT and play a key part in keeping our environmental and community projects across Argyll running smoothly.

  • From Islay to Cowal: how we're bringing Argyll's peatlands back to life

    From Islay to Cowal: how we're bringing Argyll's peatlands back to life

    Case studies of peatland regeneration at Coull Farm, Islay and Caladh Hill, West Cowal, exploring the techniques, challenges and results of over 600ha of Peatland ACTION work across Argyll.

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  • Careers with ACT

    Careers with ACT

    Job opportunities within the ACT team

  • 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.

  • Saving Argyll's Rainforest

    Saving Argyll's Rainforest

    Our demonstration project to save Argyll's rainforest habitat.

  • Our Staff

    Our Staff

    We have a small core team who oversee projects and the day-to-day running of ACT,  and project teams for Climate Change, Outdoor Learning and Nature Restoration.

  • Our finances

    Our finances

    Find copies of our annual accounts here.

  • MAKI Pups - ACT and Mid Argyll's first outdoor nursery

    MAKI Pups - ACT and Mid Argyll's first outdoor nursery

    ACT's outdoor nursery in Kilmory Walled Garden, Lochgilphead.

  • reCycle

    reCycle

    reCycle is a community cycling scheme based in Argyll offering free refurbished bikes, affordable bike repair and servicing, eBike maintenance, and cycle training workshops, helping people of all ages and abilities get confident on two wheels.

  • 5 places to see rainforest in Argyll

    5 places to see rainforest in Argyll

    Suggestions for rainforests to visit in Argyll.

  • ACT Argyll

    ACT Argyll

    Providing job seekers with rural and environmental skills and experience.

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    Join Us

    Love Argyll & the Isles like us? Become an ACT member to have your say, support our work, and make a difference.

We're Hiring! Finance and Operations Assistant/Officer

We're Hiring! Finance and Operations Assistant/Officer

Join our small, friendly team at ACT and play a key part in keeping our environmental and community projects across Argyll running smoothly. Read more

Published: 8th June, 2026

Author: Julie Young

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Argyll and the Isles Coast and Countryside Trust is a Scottish Charity, SC044733, regulated by the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR)

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