Circular Communities Scotland Annual Conference 2025
Welcome to Circular Communities Scotland’s 2025 Annual Conference ‘Building Capacity for Sustainable Communities’
Circular Communities Scotland is delighted to invite you to our 2025 Conference and Exhibition which will be held on Wednesday 12th November 2025 at the Radisson Blu Hotel, Glasgow.
Our Conference is open to our members, supporter members and stakeholders, as well as everyone involved and interested in the circular third sector in Scotland.
Special Offers!
For paying Circular Communities Scotland members: Register for your discounted rate and bring a board member or volunteer along for half price.
For new members: register for a reduced rate if your organisation joined Circular Communities Scotland in 2025.
Early Bird Offer!
Our Early Bird offer on both member and non-member tickets will run up until Friday 5 September 2025, after which tickets move to full price.
Conference registration is now closed.
‘Building Capacity for Sustainable Communities’:
Our members are already experts in delivering impactful reuse, repair, and recycling initiatives within their communities.
This year’s focus on capacity building is about working alongside our membership to strengthen the foundations that allow this vital work to grow – whether that’s through improved funding models, shared skills, peer learning, or increased visibility and influence.
Together, we’ll explore what it means to build collective resilience in the face of economic, social, and environmental pressures, and how we can continue shifting attitudes around overconsumption by embedding circular practices into everyday life across Scotland.
This focus on capacity building reflects a key priority in Circular Communities Scotland’s new strategic plan, and our ongoing commitment to working alongside our members as trusted partners.
Why attend our 2025 Conference?
- Diverse topics and speakers! See for yourself by viewing our Conference Programme!
Gillian Martin, Cabinet Secretary for Climate Action and Energy will officially open the conference with a recorded Ministerial Address, as the Cabinet Secretary will now be attending COP30 in Brazil. We look forward to writer and broadcaster Nicky Marr hosting the conference for us this year.
As always, we have an exciting line up of industry speakers and expert keynotes, diverse and engaging conversational breakout sessions and lots of opportunities to network and speak to exhibitors in The Market Place.
- Fantastic Reviews!
95% of our members rated our 2024 Annual Conference ‘Helpful or Very Helpful’.
“The positive energy at conference was motivating and presented a real call to action for all working in the third sector to apply and integrate circular economy principles across their work.” – Delegate.
“Always a very useful event for our organisation as it allows us to have real, in-depth conversations with organisations who are in need of business support.” – Exhibitor.
“It was the best-run conference I have attended this year! I loved speaking with other delegates, sharing our work, and linking in with other organisations wherever possible.” – Sponsor.
- Network with our Sector!
Meet our members and network with sector funders, support organisations, campaigners, industry experts, representatives and more.
Over 150 professionals attend our Annual Conference every year.
Our Members Expertise:
Meet our Sponsors
A huge thank you as always to our Headline sponsor Zero Waste Scotland and to our other valued sponsors: Social Enterprise Scotland, RMAS, Keegan & Pennykid Insurance Brokers, Community Enterprise, SCVO and Social Investment Scotland.
