About The Scottish Civic Trust
The Scottish Civic Trust is the national body for the civic movement in Scotland. We work with people, communities and other groups to understand, care for and improve the local built environment for the benefit of all society. In 2017, we celebrated 50 years of being at the heart of promoting Scotland’s rich historic environment and campaigning for better quality buildings. Due to the increased pressures on financial and expert resources within local governments, as well as growing housing demands, our work is vital to protect our country’s rich historic environment.
It is our mission to create places that are attractive, stimulating and enjoyable. We aim to do this by promoting civic pride, celebrating Scotland’s historic environment and best new architecture and supporting local civic trusts and amenity societies.
Our vision is for Scotland’s important and distinctive buildings and places to be understood, cared for and celebrated. This can be achieved by our communities, professionals and politicians valuing our built environment and actively seeking to enhance it with good design and far-sighted, inclusive planning policies.
We work with a network of over 100 local groups across Scotland, which each represent an important part of Scotland’s civic society. The network is almost exclusively run by volunteers who work hard to care for and celebrate their local heritage as well as campaign for the improvement of their cities, towns and villages for current and future generations. We help this network by providing leadership, support and encouragement. We also provide heritage consultancy services to local authorities, respond to policy consultations and work with a wide range of public, private and third sector stakeholders.
People of all ages and backgrounds in Scotland benefit from our work as we believe the promotion, protection and celebration of buildings provide attractive and stimulating environments which are key to our wellbeing. We annually hold Doors Open Days and My Place Awards which have wide-ranging social, economic and cultural benefits. The Civic Pride Campaign is another initiative in which we support and encourage our network of local groups. My Place Photography projects have also engaged young people in our society to help them have a better understanding and sense of ownership of their local built environment. We will continue to develop our initiatives in order to engage as many people as possible in the celebrating, supporting and caring of Scotland’s buildings and places.
For more information about The Scottish Civic Trust, visit http://www.scottishcivictrust.org.uk/