Strategy for Scotland's Historic Environment features Our Heritage, Our Future

We are pleased that Our Heritage, Our Future programme is featured as one of six ‘in focus’ sections in the 2024/2025 Annual Report for Our Past, Our Future – the strategy for Scotland’s Historic Environment, published this week.

Our Communities Manager Katie O’ Donnell commented, “As part of our commitment to a national transition to net zero we support work to ensure that our historic environment can meaningfully contribute and be used to help people engage with taking positive action.   

“We work with communities to explore, record and protect their heritage by supporting the development of bespoke Community Heritage Climate Action Plans, providing cultural heritage skills development and accreditation, and delivering climate emergency training with a focus on risks to heritage.  We have also through Our Heritage, Our Future developed the first heritage topic for Eco-Schools Scotland.

“It is great to see our programme of activity featured in the Historic Environment Scotland report, and we look forward to our work continuing to support The Strategy for Scotland’s Historic Environment.”

Alison Turnbull, Director of External Relations and Partnerships at Historic Environment Scotland, said: "Our Past, Our Future (OPOF) lays out the historic environment's route map to net zero, but no one organisation can do it in isolation. Key to OPOF is collaboration between everyone who cares for the historic environment, and organisations like Keep Scotland Beautiful are vital for empowering the community to be part of our national journey to net zero and building resilience against the effects of climate change."

You can read the full report at: Our Past, Our Future - Annual Reports | Historic Environment Scotland

Our Heritage, Our Future is made possible with funding from Historic Environment Scotland and The National Lottery Heritage Fund, with thanks to National Lottery players.