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13 Dec 2018

Time to put culture in its rightful place

We’re calling on the Scottish Government to redefine ‘culture’, following research which suggests public attitudes are not reflected in current policy.

Looking out across the bay from the beach on Hirta, St Kilda. Smooth boulders are in the foreground, before golden sand and then a turquoise sea. A yacht is anchored in the bay.
12 Dec 2018

Putting culture in its rightful place

We’re asking the Scottish Government to take a wider view of culture as they develop their new culture strategy.

6 Dec 2018

The symbolic tapner

Project Reveal Team North East uncover the possible handiwork of a prisoner of war.

A large group of people stand in a room in front of a plain wall, smiling at the camera. In the front row a man hold a large round placard that says: Investing in Volunteers with a big orange tick. Next to him, a woman holds a large omega-shaped sign, that reads: National Trust for Scotland | Volunteers welcome.
5 Dec 2018

Investing in our Volunteers

We’re delighted that we’ve been re-accredited as an organisation that values its volunteers and invests in their management.

4 Dec 2018

Nothing revealing to say

Mark Bishop, Director of Customer & Cause at the Trust, recently got to experience at first hand the work of Project Reveal.

4 Dec 2018

Discovering the Royal Burgh of Culross

Lynsey Sharp is the latest celebrity to get behind the National Trust for Scotland. Here she documents her first visit as a Trust champion to one of her favourite Scottish destinations – Culross.

A close-up shot of a hand holding a pencil and hovering over a wooden beam.
4 Dec 2018

Keeping the writing on the wall

We’re battling the moths that might destroy the unique markings on the walls of Barry Mill.

4 Dec 2018

The Carbon Farmer

The National Trust for Scotland has sponsored production of a short film to share a positive vision for the future of our peatlands.

3 Dec 2018

The Trust’s starring role in blood-soaked saga Rise of the Clans

BBC Scotland’s new series Rise of the Clans airs for the first time on Monday 3 December, and it has more than one connection to the National Trust for Scotland.