The Destination Tweed Community Grants Scheme was launched to support projects based within 2 km of the River Tweed (or within 2 km of links to Biggar and Moffat) which have a connection to the River Tweed and its Nature, History and Stories. If you are planning a community project that aligns with our specified […]

Connecting Threads: Tweed River Culture is a creative placemaking project focusing on the River Tweed as a source of inspiration, culture and connectedness. Connecting Threads brings together creative practitioners with conservationists, environmentalists, scientists, river specialists and communities of place and purpose, to celebrate the River Tweed through a five-year programme of cultural activity.

The River Tweed has witnessed centuries of human history. From prehistoric settlements to Roman occupation, battle sites and medieval castles, its banks hold stories waiting to be told. Uncovering the Tweed is delivering a community-based archaeology programme to investigate important sites of activity along the river and in the surrounding area.

Our project partners and volunteers are dedicated to the care and restoration of our natural landscape, enhancing habitats and biodiversity, leaving a living legacy for generations to come. Led by Borders Forest Trust, Reviving the Wild Heart of Southern Scotland is one of the Destination Tweed partnership projects. It is a landscape scale ecological restoration […]

Pollinators are the animals which pollinate our wild plants and food crops by carrying pollen from flower to flower as they forage for food. In the UK wild insect pollinators include bumblebees, solitary bees (of which we have approximately 250 species), wasps, butterflies and moths (approximately 2200 species), flies and beetles. Most plants cannot set […]

Training the future generation of river guardians is an important part of the Destination Tweed project, sharing our passion for and knowledge of the river environment to educate on how to care for and enjoy the river responsibly. The TweedWATCH education programme, delivered by Tweed Forum’s Education and Outreach Officer Jenny Holmes, has been working […]