Scottish Crofting Foundation
- Scottish Crofting Foundation
The Scottish Crofting Foundation (SCF), formerly called the Scottish Crofters Union (SCU), is an organisation of crofting communities in the highlands and islands of Scotland. Its magazine is called "The Crofter".
The SCF is currently involved in activities to encourage the UK government to recognize crofters as indigenous people of Scotland. [Citation
last = Hughes
first = Mark
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title = Crofters fight for rights of indigenous people
newspaper = The Independent
pages =
year = 2008
date = 19 April
url = http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/crofters-fight-for-rights-of-indigenous-people-811791.html.]
External links
* [http://www.croftingfoundation.co.uk/home.shtml| Website of the SCF]
* [http://www.crofting.org/scu/crofter/53/crofter_0108.htm| The Crofter magazine]
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