Conferences

Rural Futures, Rural Solutions

RHS Conference 2024

We were delighted to hold our 2024 Conference in a new location – MacDonald Aviemore Resort, 22 – 23 February in the Highlands. Rural Housing Scotland work with many communities and organisations in the Highlands and Islands and we welcomed many of those to our event this year.

Our annual conference is one of the premier rural housing gatherings held in Scotland and brought together a broad range of delegates including senior staff from housing associations, local authorities, Scottish Government, and private sector; alongside communities, community trusts and community landowners from across Scotland.  It was an opportunity to share experiences and knowledge, and to explore solutions for delivering rural housing and development in Scotland.

2024 Presentations from speakers, plenaries and workshops

  • Stuart Black – Chief Executive of Highlands and Islands Enterprise
  • Gavin Miles – Head of Strategic Planning at Cairngorms National Park Authority
  • Megan MacInnes – Local Development Manager – Applecross Community Company
  • Rosie Macinnes and Tom Lusink – Raasay Carbon Neutral Island Project
  • Population Renewal
  • Business led Housing
  • Land for Housing
  • Community Led Housing Delivery
  • Partnership Housing Delivery
  • Retrofit and Empty Buildings

Rural Housing Summit 2021

When the global pandemic meant we were unable to run the conference in 2021, we saw this as an opportunity to engage with a wider range of speakers and audience members than would normally be possible at our in-person conference to develop the online Rural Housing Summit. The Summit was a great success with over 50 speakers and 1,300 bookings from 3 continents, plus 1-2-1 sessions, Rural Voices Videos, case studies and countless other published resources, and you can access recordings of the live sessions on the Rural Housing Summit page. These recordings are made freely available thanks to our partnership with UN-Habitat and sponsorship from Ecology Building Society.

Presentations and recordings

Presentations and / or recordings from the previous conferences are available at the links below: