Scotland plans £30m fund for grassroots groups

Initiatives in the United States and Scotland are using community-focused projects to address local needs. In New Haven, Yale architecture students have built homes for early-childhood educators at the Friends Center for Children, which offers the housing as part of compensation for its underpaid staff. Scotland plans to provide more than £30 million over three years to grassroots groups working against poverty, disadvantage and racism, aiming to improve living standards and strengthen community ties. A separate post about Guatemala portrays collective land, assemblies and self-governance as a model for community power and dignity.