More Spring news - and Double your Donations this week!

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Dear <<First Name>>

This is an extra Spring e-news for APRS supporters. The printed newsletter went out and we want to send a digital version to anyone who doesn't get the printed version, we also have news on our in-person event, and what we can learn from our history of campaigning on energy infrastructure.

But most of all it's to tell everyone that this week only, your donations to APRS will be doubled thanks to the Green Funders Network.

We had such a successful appeal last year, raising £8770 (including match funding) we have applied for a target of £10,000 giving this year which would become £20,000 with the match funding. It's a big ask so please do donate!

Double your Donation click here!

The donation window is 22-29 April - if you are having trouble donating please phone the office on 29th April when Nina is back from holiday and she will be there to help you! Or email me kat@aprs.scot and I will try and help too!

One thing we learned last year is that they automatically apply platform fees but you can change this to a lower rate or zero with a few clicks.

Scroll down for the rest of the news, the printed newsletter in digital form and some brilliant old photos of the glens taken back in 1936 and found in our archive. We are wondering what the views look like today - so if you're out and about in the Highlands this summer look at our map to see whether you'll be passing close to one of the spots and take and up-to-date photo.

All the best and I hope to see some of you at our AGM on May 14th

Kat

A wonderful in-person event!

We had a brilliant way to wind up our 'Nature of Planning' Series at Palacerigg Country Park in March. We had workshops outside and in, surgery slots with our resident planners, and (we hope) most of the questions you had after the webinars were answered! Thanks to those that came, it is so nice to see people in person.

see the photos and watch the webinars

Do you know where this photo was taken?
We’re wondering what the locations pictured in a booklet published by APRS in 1936 look like today. We are hoping people going into the hills this Spring can help us. If you know where any of the photos in the booklet were taken please let us know or, better still, go and photograph what it looks like today.

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Read our Printed Newsletter online
If you're signed up to our printed newsletter it would have dropped through your door last week, but you can still read it online here!!

Read the newsletter

The State of Scotland’s Planning System

It is now over two years since National Planning Framework 4 (NPF4) was adopted. We have been looking out for indications of how NPF4 is being interpreted, and the effectiveness of its policies. In an article written for the APRS Newsletter, Nikki Sinclair assesses the state of Scotland’s planning system.

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Other quick news.....
This year our AGM will be on Wednesday 14th May 2025. You can still register!

www.aprs.scot/agm

Watch our Webinars
Our joint webinar series with Planning Democracy was a great success with 172 people registering to take part over the four sessions. www.aprs.scot/webinars

Energy infrastructure: what we can learn from APRS History?

In the run up to our centenary, we are taking time to look at what we can learn from APRS’s history and the relevance for today. In this blog Kat Jones looks back at one of our historic campaigns, that of hydro-electric schemes in the 1930s to the 1950s, to see what this can bring to the debates about energy in the landscape today.

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ShareGift

Last year we received a donation of £5000 from Sharegift. One of our Trustees, had signed up and nominated APRS and we received the money donated by the Trustee as well a share of the money donated to Sharegift that year, which had not been allocated to a specific charity. Do you have shares you don't know what to do with - you can gift them to APRS via Sharegive.

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