Welcome to a FREE space for everyone to share with others your interest in growing and eating locally produced food, supporting local skills, modern and traditional, valuing our local natural & historical environment, and working towards creating a more sustainable way of life here in North Argyll. It is free for all to join, there is a simple registration to keep it spam free.

Please show your support for all that Local Origins Rural Network is doing by joining as a member : Community : Affiliate : Enterprise

For Individuals ...

Explore the groups, create new ones, start conversations, upload photographs, join discussions, share ideas, information, experience, needs and activities with everyone here and most of all enjoy it.

Add any community events (eg gardening, skills, ecology, history, language, cultural, transition, sustainable) you know about*.

For Community Groups ...

Community organisations, who share and support the LORN aims, are invited to use this place to create their own group, put up events, and promote their activities.

In the first place please get in touch to discuss your ideas and how we work : ning@lorn.org.uk

For local businesses ...

Become a LORN Enterprise Member to advertise your business, produce, skills or services in this community*. Visit the LORN website to find out more.

 

Please invite others who might be interested to join in.

LORN is Local Origins Rural Network and relates to the geographical area of Oban and Lorn in North Argyll on the West Coast of Scotland, from Loch Craignish to Loch Leven. 

Our over-riding aim is to create a sustainable local community in North Argyll and we will create and take opportunities that arise to achieve this by breaking down the social, environmental and economic issues into achievable activities.  

View our website for more information

Please Support LORN by becoming a member:

Online Member - FREE - join by logging on and using this online network

Community member - for everyone who supports LORN aims

Enterprise member for primary producers and skills businesses.

If what you are looking for is not here, then start it - or ask for it. Let us know if you encounter any problems, we are learning! All offers of help will be gratefully received.

* note: only Full members of LORN can advertise or market their produce, skills or services in this community. Messages breaching this may be edited or deleted, and persistant offenders removed.
*A few groups are also for Enterprise Members only, as a place to develop ideas, and sort out issues affecting businesses.

This Community Network is relatively new, if you want to see how well these communities can work take a look at successful ones :

ooooby ~ Hyperlocavore ~ Living History