The Scottish Land Fund (SLF) was founded in 2000, as a part of
land reform in Scotland
Land reform in Scotland is the ongoing process by which the ownership of land, its distribution and the law which governs it is modified, Land reform, reformed and modernised by Property law, property and Regulatory law, regulatory law.
Land ow ...
. Its goal is to help communities buy their land from their landlords.
The SLF was capitalized by the
UK Lottery-founded
New Opportunities Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund, legally named the Big Lottery Fund, is a non-departmental public body responsible for distributing funds raised by the National Lottery for "good causes". Since 2004 it has awarded over £9 billion to ...
. The initial fund was 10,000,000 GBP and this was later increased to 15,000,000 GBP.
By June 2005, the SLF had assisted roughly 200 communities.
See also
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List of community buyouts in Scotland
This is an incomplete list of areas of land under community ownership in Scotland. It includes areas purchased in community buyouts, as well as land gifted or transferred for a nominal fee.
The Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003 introduced rights f ...
References
Real estate in the United Kingdom
Agriculture in Scotland
Economy of Scotland
2000 establishments in Scotland
Land reform in Scotland
Finance in Scotland
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