Support and resources

In this section, you'll find information to help you with your entry into It's Your Neighbourhood, resources to help your group and to promote and celebrate your achievements, and inspiring case studies. You can explore these by clicking the links below.
Entrant Support
- How to get started
- 2023 It's Your Neighbourhood support and resources
- It's Your Neighbourhood - the Three Pillars
- Levels of achievement and asssessors matrix
- It's Your Neighbourhood assessment sheet
- Media support and top tips to showcase your group
- Guide to taking good photos
- Where to find additional support to keep your group going
- Environmental Sustainability Guidance
- It's Your Neighbourhood Registration Terms And Conditions
Promotional Material
Reports
- 2019 It's Your Neighbourhood summary of achievements
- 2018 It's Your Neighbourhood Results Brochure
- 2017 It's Your Neighbourhood summary of achievements
- 2016 It's Your Neighbourhood Results brochure
- 2015 Beautiful Scotland and It's Your Neighbourhood Highlights
- 2015 It's Your Neighbourhood Results Brochure
- 2012 It's Your Neighbourhood Evaluation Report
Case Studies
- The Caledonian Gardener features our 2022 Year of Stories
- Be inspired: Riverview Bee Happy Project
- Be inspired: Bonnie Dundee's pollinator friendly activity
- 2021 Theme - Climate and Nature Friendly
- Be inspired - composting and the magic of worms
- Composting - the basics
- Stan's Christmas quiz
- Hardy perennials - by Andrew Hogarth
- Be inspired - growing a community group by Brighter Bervie
- Year of Young People 2018 celebrations
- 2019 theme: intergenerational working - all ages working together
- 2018 theme - Year of Young People
- 2017 theme - birds, bees and trees
- Be inspired - turning a derelict area into a community garden in Beith
- Be inspired - wildflower meadows
- Be inspired - coping with local authority cuts
- Be inspired - annual seed mixes for public spaces
- Be inspired - North Berwick in Bloom's tulip festival
- Housing Association residents clean & green up
- Be Inspired: a simple pollination story
- Tasty Gardening: Wild Garlic
- Tasty Gardening: Wild Garlic Recipe
- Tasty Gardening: Wild Thyme
- Tasty Gardening: Wild Thyme Recipe
- Growing Together Newsletter
- Why be an assessor- Sarah Turnill.pdf