What is the Catchment Collective?
Launched in summer 2025, the Leven Catchment Collective brings together farmers, land managers, and community groups to support a future where thriving ecosystems, community wellbeing, and resilient businesses go hand in hand.
At the heart of the Collective are two member-led networks: the Farmer Network and the Community Network. Through these networks, we provide one-to-one support and advice, peer-to-peer learning, and enable collaborative action. The networks are member-led, and the support, initiatives and learning opportunities that emerge are shaped by the interests, ideas and needs of the people involved.
We believe that lasting change happens when local people are supported to lead it. By bringing people together, sharing knowledge and building connections, the Collective aims to strengthen local stewardship and enable practical action.
The Leven Catchment Collective is currently facilitated by Forth Rivers Trust, with the long-term ambition of becoming a locally held and locally steered network that helps connect people, strengthen support, and unlock new opportunities for the catchment. Whether you are looking to get involved, connect with others, or simply learn more about the work happening across the Leven Catchment, we’d love to hear from you.
Join the Collective
Farmer Network
Are you a farmer, land manager or landowner in the Leven Catchment?
Join the Farmer Network to access support, share knowledge, and collaborate with others to strengthen farm and landscape resilience.
Community Network
Are you part of a community group or initiative, or an individual interested in nature-related work?
Join the Community Network to access support, connect with others, and collaborate on local projects that support nature and communities.
Current Network Initiatives
The following three collaborative initiatives have emerged directly from the interests, ideas and needs shared by members across the Farmer and Community Networks. Learn more about them below.
From June into the beginnings of the autumn, we are engaging diverse communities across the catchment to begin growing a local culture of nature connectedness, belonging and stewardship to the catchment.
Following an initial soil health event, farmers expressed interest in practical support to tackle on-farm challenges such as flooding, compaction, poor infiltration and more. We are offering free one-to-one advice with Niels Corfield to help identify underlying causes of these issues and explore practical solutions.
A group of local farmers meeting monthly or every other month on-farm to discuss grazing-related challenges, ideas and opportunities. As the group develops, there will be opportunities to bring in guest speakers, explore equipment loan schemes and support practical trials of different grazing approaches.
To explore the wider advice, support and opportunities available through the Collective, visit the Farmer Network and Community Network pages. If there is something you would like to see, learn about or work on, get in touch.
Latest News & Events
Join Groundswell Scotland Meet-Up!
A small group of Forth Rivers Trust staff, farmers, and landowners will be heading to Groundswell with the Leven Catchment Farmer Network. We thought it would be nice to create an informal space for people making the same trip from…
Seeds of the Future: Learning to Grow Native Trees
On 5th October, we joined Elana Bader from Darroch Nurseries for a hands-on walk through Formonthills Woodland. Participants learned to identify common species, and explored the basics of growing seedlings from seed. The session gave everyone the confidence to responsibly…
Getting More From Grazing: An Eventful Day
On February 17th, Forth Rivers Trust co-facilitated with Pasture for Life a Getting More From Grazing farm event hosted at Balbirnie Home Farms in Fife. The event brought together local farmers and land managers through the Leven Catchment Farmer Network and those not in…
Leven Catchment Farmer Network Launch
The Leven Catchment Farmer Network brings together farmers, land managers, and landowners within the Leven Catchment to share experiences, learn from each other, and collaborate on practical topics and projects like soil health, water management, crop rotations, fertiliser use, and more to support…
Co-Designing our Community Springboard
The Community Springboard brings together local initiatives focused on nature access, connection, restoration, biodiversity, and wellbeing across the Leven Catchment. Its goal is to support these groups by sharing knowledge, tackling challenges, and helping ideas and projects flourish. We kicked…
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Got a question or want to learn more about how to get involved - email is at levencollective@forthriverstrust.org