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  • Outdoor After School Club: fun, fresh air and freedom to play!

    Outdoor After School Club: fun, fresh air and freedom to play!

    An outdoor after school club for children aged 5–8 in Mid Argyll, with fun, nature-based play, school pick-up, and daily adventures at Kilmory Walled Garden. Read more

  • Branching Out

    Branching Out

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

  • 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. Read more

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Outdoor After School Club: fun, fresh air and freedom to play!

Outdoor After School Club: fun, fresh air and freedom to play!

An outdoor after school club for children aged 5–8 in Mid Argyll, with fun, nature-based play, school pick-up, and daily adventures at Kilmory Walled Garden. Read more

Published: 5th June, 2025

Updated: 28th May, 2026

Author: Julie Young

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. Read more

Published: 14th November, 2019

Updated: 9th January, 2026

Author: Anonymised User

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

Author:

Outdoor STEM in Mid Argyll

Outdoor STEM in Mid Argyll

Harnessing our expertise in outdoor learning, climate literacy, and the natural environment here in Argyll and Bute, our outdoor STEM programme for Mid Argyll launched in 2023. Read more

Published: 25th February, 2025

Updated: 4th August, 2025

Author: Julie Young

Branching Out

Branching Out

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

Published: 6th October, 2024

Updated: 27th June, 2025

Author:

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  • We're Hiring: ACT Rainforest Squad Operative

    We're Hiring: ACT Rainforest Squad Operative

    New employment opportunity in Argyll's Rainforest

  • Jamie Joyce achieves top-level Carbon Literacy accreditation

    Jamie Joyce achieves top-level Carbon Literacy accreditation

    Jamie Joyce, ACT Climate Manager, has been certified as a Carbon Literacy Consultant, the highest trainer status awarded by the Carbon Literacy Project, recognising his role in helping Argyll and Bute build both a low-carbon future and a climate-ready, resilient region.

  • 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.

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

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    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.

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    ACT Argyll

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We're Hiring: ACT Rainforest Squad Operative

We're Hiring: ACT Rainforest Squad Operative

New employment opportunity in Argyll's Rainforest Read more

Published: 7th July, 2026

Updated: 10th July, 2026

Author: Julie Young

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