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Nesta and the Nesta Trust are registered as charities in England and Wales, [9] [10] and Nesta is registered in Scotland. [11] Following Nesta’s new 2030 strategy, Nesta primarily operates in the following three areas: A Sustainable Future: Nesta’s programmatic focus is on reducing household emissions by 28 per cent versus 2019 levels ...
Social Innovation Camp was set up in London, in early 2008, with support from the Young Foundation and NESTA. Social Innovation Camps have taken place: [2] April 2008 at the Young Foundation in Bethnal Green, London. [3] December 2008 at the Young Foundation in Bethnal Green, London. [4] June 2009 at The Saltire Centre in Glasgow, Scotland. [5]
Nesta Guinness-Walker (born 1999), English footballer; Nesta Piper (born 1982), Montserratian cricketer; Nesta Roberts (1913–2009), Welsh journalist; Nest ferch Rhys (c. 1085–before 1136), also known as Princess Nesta, daughter of Rhys ap Tewdwr; Nesta Toumine (1912–1996), dancer, choreographer, artistic director and teacher in Canada
Where actual data is not readily available, estimates for Scotland are made by the compilers e.g. Whitehall reserves 74% of Scotland's revenue and 37% of its spending; [3] the data for the estimates are from a variety of sources including pan UK data provided by the UK Government's Office for National Statistics (ONS).
Scotland has three indigenous languages: English, Scots, and Scottish Gaelic. [161] [162] Scottish Standard English, a variety of English as spoken in Scotland, is at one end of a bipolar linguistic continuum, with broad Scots at the other. [163] Scottish Standard English may have been influenced to varying degrees by Scots.
The primary sources of electricity generation in Scotland are provided through renewable energy (61.8%), nuclear (25.7%) and fossil fuel generation (10.9%). [1] Whitelee Wind Farm is the largest onshore wind farm in the United Kingdom, and was Europe's largest onshore wind farm for some time. [2]
Noting the similarity between the languages of Brittany, Cornwall and Wales, which he called "P-Celtic" or Brythonic, the languages of Ireland, the Isle of Man and Scotland, which he called "Q-Celtic" or Goidelic, and between the two groups, Lhuyd published Archaeologia Britannica: an Account of the Languages, Histories and Customs of Great ...
On 17 February 2015, the Scottish Government migrated its website from Scotland.gov.uk to gov.scot. [6] [7] Likewise, the Scottish Parliament moved from Scottish.parliament.uk to parliament.scot in May 2016, [8] to coincide with the 2016 elections. [9] The 2017 Global Amendment to the base New GeoTLD Registry Agreement is effective as of 31 ...