Workshop 1 – Community Ownership Support Service (Making Your Mind Up)
In our communities there are often several assets that are struggling and may not have reopened after the pandemic. This may mean the loss of valuable services and diminished community meeting spaces. Which ones are most viable for us to take forward? Join the COSS team and Inchinan Development Trust to hear about ranking assets and lessons learnt along the way.

Workshop 2 – Community Shares Scotland (Green Ideas - The Future of Community Shares)
Can community shares play a part in community-led climate action? And if so, how? Join the Community Shares Scotland team and partners as we discuss how innovative, environmentally focused share offer ideas can support the transition to net zero.  We’ll be joined by groups who have already run successful share offers for their “green ideas” and would love to hear from those looking to take forward projects of their own

Workshop 3 - Succession Planning
This succession planning facilitated workshop will bring Trusts together to share experiences and strategies on preparing for the future to support long term sustainability.

Workshop 4 - Innovate, imagine, collaborate. (Aird Fada Seaweed Farm - South West Mull & Iona Development)
Morven Gibson will share the story of South West Mull and Iona Development's venture into the emerging industry of seaweed farming, with the first sugar kelp harvest from their seaweed farm, Aird Fada, this year. Seaweed farming is a young global industry and seaweed is in demand for a multitude of uses from culinary to clothing, to bioplastics.
This is a story of imagination, innovation and collaboration to get this project off the ground (or under the water) and we will facilitate a discussion of how Trusts can think through their own activities using these themes.

Workshop 5 - Dealing with Challenges & Difficult Times (Glenboig Development Trust)
In this session we hear a frank discussion of the challenges and opportunities of community action in Glenboig, North Lanarkshire. Teresa Aitken, Operations Manager of Glenboig Life Centre is joined by Teresa Keating the Secretary, both from Glenboig Development Trust. Come hear their story of community empowerment, action and success. There will be space for Q and A and a general discussion.

Workshop 6 - Place Planning (Planning Aid Scotland)
PAS (Planning Aid Scotland) will lead an interactive session about Local Place Plans and other types of community-led plans. We'll share our experiences of working on plan projects across Scotland, bringing in reflections from different communities that we've worked with. Join us to share your own experiences and aspirations, and to find out about next steps for your community in taking forward a plan.

Workshop 7 - Collaboration (Glasgow Empowering Community Cooperative - GECCo)
Formed in 2016, GECCo brings together like-minded organisations covering the whole of Glasgow to deliver new city-wide initiatives and benefit from each other’s expertise and experience. The seminar will lead you through the history of GECCo, discussing its benefits and the challenges it met along the way. Speakers will also discuss work to date, including delivering on a ESF Employability and DWP contract.

Workshop 8 - Learning Disabilities (Acorns to Trees)
In June 2021 Acorns2Trees funded research which established that the development trust movement supports over 575 people with learning disabilities across Scotland, greatly benefiting the individuals, families, organisations that support them and wider communities. But we are still learning about how this is achieved, and what could be done to support and further this work.
This workshop will allow you to hear the experiences of 5 development trusts -  Gairloch and Loch Ewe Action Forum, Getting Better Together, Peebles CT, Castle Douglas Development Forum, and Healthy and Happy's Camglen Radio - followed by a panel discussion and Q&A facilitated by Ian Cooke of Acorns2Trees.

Workshop 9 – Community Wealth Building (Four Nations)
DTAS, DTNI, DT Wales and Locality come together in this workshop to provide information on the work we do together and also experiences and examples of community wealth building across all 4 nations. An opportunity to have open discussion and discuss future opportunities and developments.