Fancy winning a £2,000 luxury holiday (or cash alternative)? 🌴✨ Every ticket bought for the Argyll Community Lottery Super Draw supports our work here at ACT, nature, climate and community projects across Argyll. Enter here 👉 bit.ly/4vRCAia

⏰ Closing soon! ABCAN Seed Fund grants of £50–£1,000 for community-led climate action across Argyll and Bute. Apply by 2 August. 🔗 buff.ly/uhrpDcM #Argyllandbute #climateaction

Happy Bog Day! Celebrating the brilliance of bogs 🌿 Argyll's peatlands store carbon, clean water, slow flooding and shelter specialist wildlife. Here's why they matter #InternationalBogDay #PeatlandACTION #peatlandsmatter

Our Peatland Action team spent three days on Jura last week, walking the site to finalise our restoration plans. A break in the weather let us fly the drone over gully and micro erosion areas we're aiming to restore. 🌿 #PeatlandACTION #Argyll #Jura

Still time to apply! We're looking for chainsaw operatives to join our Rainforest Squad across sites in Argyll & Bute. £25K-£29K p/a, 35 hrs/wk. Closes 12 noon, Friday 24th July. Full details: buff.ly/5z3ePfm #ScotlandsRainforest #Argyll

Earlier this month, Heather was out with volunteers from JPMorgan and Scottish Canals, clearing Himalayan Balsam from the carpark around Crinan Wood. Tackling invasive species helps protect our rainforest habitats. Thank you to everyone who got stuck in #ScotlandsRainforest #argyllrainforest

Heather was out at Waterfall Wood in Oban earlier this month for a community litter pick, filmed for BBC's Stacey Dooley Cleans Up! The day also marked the official opening of the Waterfall Wood Rainforest Trail. Thank you to everyone who joined in! #ScotlandsRainforest

What's food really like where you live? NHS Highland is developing a Good Food Nation Plan for the Highlands and Islands, and ABCAN is supporting this work as a partner. Whether town, village or rural, your voice matters. Survey (5-7 mins): buff.ly/nw4X1NV

Our July ABCAN newsletter is out now 🌊 This month's theme is marine life, with spotlights on Kyles Coastal Community, Seawilding, Holy Loch Nature Reserve and the Argyll Hope Spot. Did you know Argyll has more coastline than the whole of France? Read it here: buff.ly/mMSrIyS

New job with our Rainforest Squad 🌳 We're looking for an experienced chainsaw operative to help deliver regeneration and forest management work across sites in Argyll & Bute. £25K-£29K p/a, 35 hrs/wk. Closes Friday 24th July. Full details: buff.ly/jn8S2o2 #ScotlandsRainforest #Argyll

We're Hiring: ACT Rainforest Squad Operative

New employment opportunity in Argyll's Rainforest

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Congratulations to Jamie Joyce, our Climate Manager, now certified as a Carbon Literacy Consultant, the highest trainer status in the @carbonliteracy.bsky.social network. One of just 12 trainers globally to hold this status 🌍 Read more: buff.ly/R9QwnsT #CarbonLiteracy #ABplacetobe

⏰ Still time to apply! Our Finance & Operations Assistant/Officer role closes Monday 6 July. Flexible location | £24,479–£29,000 | Job share considered. Please share! 👇https://www.act-now.org.uk/News/were-hiring-finance-and-operations-officer

Argyll Countryside Trust@actinargyll.bsky.social · 2mo ago

We're hiring a Finance & Operations Assistant/Officer! 🌱 Support our work across Argyll | £24,479–£29,000 | Flexible location | Job share considered | Closes 6 July 👇 buff.ly/SienqeN

Our June newsletter is out now! Catch up on the latest from ACT: ABCAN Seed Fund, new team members, peatland recovery work, new blogs on Scotland's Rainforest, MAKI Pups Summer Holiday Club and more. Read it here: buff.ly/fLTI8Li

Invasive non-native species are one of the biggest threats to Scotland's habitats, including Argyll's temperate rainforest 🌿 Small actions make a difference. Check Clean Dry, stick to paths, and record what you spot. #InvasiveSpeciesWeek #INNSWeek #ScotlandsRainforest

📢 Community screening: The People's Emergency Briefing #PEBuk A powerful new film with leading UK scientists explaining what the climate & nature crisis and means for food, health, weather and the cost of living. Followed by a local discussion. 📍 Helensburgh 🗓 29 June, 7pm 🎟 Free: buff.ly/LXBzmk6

Yesterday, on #WorldRainforestDay we visited Glen Shira, ancient woodland, veteran trees, extraordinary epiphytes, and a vivid reminder of what's at stake. Inspired (and midge-bitten). 🌿 Learn more: buff.ly/QXLcemB 📷 Stephen Carter @asrainforest.bsky.social #ScotlandsRainforest

#WorldRainforestDay 🌿 Rainforest recovery isn't always about fencing animals out, sometimes it's about letting them back in. How grazing cattle and ponies are helping #ScotlandsRainforest in Morvern: buff.ly/aPavG2a 📷 Calum Robertson @asrainforest.bsky.social

🌿 Our Rainforest Volunteer Co-ordinator Heather has been visiting local careers fairs to talk to pupils about Scotland's rainforest and working in habitat regeneration. Tarbert Academy: done. Campbeltown: this Wednesday. #ScotlandsRainforest #Argyll

Last chance to apply! ⏰ Our reCycle Trainee Technician role closes this Wednesday 17 June 👇

Argyll Countryside Trust@actinargyll.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🚲️ We're hiring! reCycle Trainee Technician based in Lochgilphead, refurbishing bikes & supporting community cycling across Argyll. 17.5 hrs/week | Closes 17 June. buff.ly/EAp0c99

A few spaces still available on our free Carbon Literacy training -- 17th & 24th June online 🌿 Sign up via the link! @CarbonLiteracyProject.bsky.social #carbonliteracy #climateaction

Argyll Countryside Trust@actinargyll.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Free certified carbon literacy training for Argyll & Bute - 17th & 24th June online 🌿 Covering climate science, resilience, the just transition & more. Earn your Carbon Literacy Certificate! @carbonliteracy.bsky.social Book here: bit.ly/4diexmE

Last month Philippa and Julie met with Scottish Forestry to look at the work completed at North Knapdale and what's still to come. Great advice shared on making the best use of their funding schemes 🌳 #ScotlandsRainforest

We're hiring a Finance & Operations Assistant/Officer! 🌱 Support our work across Argyll | £24,479–£29,000 | Flexible location | Job share considered | Closes 6 July 👇 buff.ly/SienqeN

A massive thank you to the ten JPMorgan volunteers who spent a day last month with Heather near Tayvallich clearing Rhododendron ponticum 🌿 and to every single volunteer who gives their time to help us care for Argyll's landscapes 💚 We couldn't do it without you. Happy #VolunteersWeek! 🎉

Happy #WorldBicycleDay! 🚲 This month's ABCAN newsletter is all about Active Travel, local projects, events and resources from across Argyll and Bute. Take a look 👉 buff.ly/qmM9zgO #ActiveTravel #Argyll

It's #WorldPeatlandsDay! We're sharing case studies from two of our recent peatland regeneration projects in Argyll. 600ha brought back onto the road to recovery across Islay and West Cowal. buff.ly/yTCPVhr 📷 Lucy Smith / ACT

1,109 species. 171 volunteers. One corner of Argyll's rainforest, and a story that reached a global audience of hundreds of millions this week. From a damp Tuesday in Glenan Wood to screens across the world 🌿 buff.ly/xWdJN5q 📷 Ben Mitchell & ACT #ScotlandsRainforest @asrainforest.bsky.social

🚲️ We're hiring! reCycle Trainee Technician based in Lochgilphead, refurbishing bikes & supporting community cycling across Argyll. 17.5 hrs/week | Closes 17 June. buff.ly/EAp0c99

Summer Holiday Club at MAKI Pups is open for bookings! 🌿 Outdoor days for children aged 3–8 at Kilmory Walled Garden, Lochgilphead. 📅 2–3 July + 6–9 July 💷 £32 (morning) / £52 (full day) Spaces limited – register now: buff.ly/IYME61Z 📷 Rachel Keenan / ACT

1,109 species found in West Cowal 🌿 Our citizen science project is on the BBC today the first survey of the area in 50 years. Full piece on BBC Scotland News at 7pm & BBC Radio Scotland this afternoon. Big thanks to Ian, Heather, Ben Mitchell and the squad! Read more: buff.ly/XKuXoHb

Mud kitchens, bug hunts, and walled garden adventures 🌿 Celebrating #OutdoorClassroomDay with MAKI Pups, our outdoor nursery at Kilmory Walled Gardens, Lochgilphead. #MAKIPups #EarlyYears