News from Publishers for Palestine: Join us for this year’s READ PALESTINE WEEK, November 29th – December 5th 2025 Read Palestine Week is seven days when people around the world read – publicly and in community – as part of the global resistance to the genocide of the Palestinian people. To this end, publishers, librarians, & booksellers …
By Sally Campbell. Featured image credit: John Campbell With the world news so depressing and with the war in Ukraine, genocide in Gaza and the West Bank, and what appears to me, a series of nutcases running most of the world, intent on amassing vast fortunes for themselves, throwing away democratic processes, sexist, racist and …
By Sally Campbell. Featured image credit: John Campbell Bregman pleads to mobilise against the big tech companies; don’t trust AI “Just look at what the first wave of big tech has already done to us” he writes “literacy and numeracy are plummeting. Teenage depression, anxiety and suicide attempts are rising….Solitude is becoming the hallmark of …
There is still time to have your say as North Ayrshire Council continues its 2026-27 budget consultation. Information taken from the Irvine Times, 18th November: Arran and Ayrshire residents are being asked to take part in the budget survey, to help inform the decisions that will be made next year for the authority. A budget …
Arran Community Benefit Society – Public Meeting Update Following development of the idea through the Arran Island Plan and subsequent meetings, a group of islanders held a public meeting on Wednesday November 26th to explore establishing an island-wide Community Benefit Society. 23 people attended to hear from a representative of North Arran CBS about their experience …
An update from the Care on Arran Public Action Group concerning the recent decision by the NAIJB to cut the level of care at Montrose House: CALL TO ACTION! The North Ayrshire Integration Joint Board has officially received an application to review its decision on Montrose House Care Home — after concerns were raised that the …
There’s lots of events coming up with Arran Eco Savvy over the next few weeks. For an overview see below, and for all their recent news, follow the link here Energy Event Tuesday 2nd December Pop along between 11-1pm to meet Home Energy Scotland and the Glasgow Heat Pump Company, and pop in for your …
An offshoot of Protest in Harmony is starting on Arran! Protest in Harmony is a radical singing group based in Edinburgh and Glasgow, that sing songs of protest and struggle, of peace, justice, the environment and human rights. We sing at events and demonstrations. We believe that song can be a powerful, positive force. We …
This was the first COP (the 30th Conference of the Parties under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change), since global average temperatures exceeded 1.5°C in 2024 – an alarming indicator of the accelerating climate crisis. As the world approaches dangerous tipping points, COP30 needed to urgently shift from commitments to implementation, and from …
By Phil Richards at Greenpeace UK, November 26th 2025. Featured image credit: Greenpeace UK Commenting on the government’s North Sea Future Plan, in which it has confirmed that no more licences for new oil and gas will be issued, Greenpeace UK’s co-executive director, Areeba Hamid, said: “Britain has just made history. Closing the door to new exploration marks …