NORTHWEST2045

The North West Highlands of Scotland are spectacularly beautiful, but the communities are threatened by fundamental challenges of extreme population sparsity and chronic depopulation. Houses are unaffordable to most local people; school rolls are falling and jobs are scarce.

NorthWest2045 is a cross-sectoral network
operating across the North West Highlands to reversing these trends. 

In 2021 we developed a community-led Vision for the area: sustainable, repopulated rural economy and resilient, thriving communities.

On 18th June 2025 we released an urgent Call to Action for meaningful interventions that will halt the degenerative cycle and make this vision a reality.