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26th June 2025

More than 100 charities unite to say Scottish MPs must stand against social security cuts

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5th June 2025

2025 SURF Awards Launch for Applications

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4th June 2025

Vacancy: East Lothian Council – Service Manager – Planning

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3rd June 2025

Glasgow ‘Bridge to Business – Minority Ethnic Pathway to Progress’ project

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16th May 2025

Regeneration Capital Grant Fund (RCGF) – Glasgow City Council

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12th May 2025

SURF Policy & Advocacy Manager Vacancy

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2nd May 2025

Dundee’s first Local Place Plan validated for Stobswell

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26th April 2025

Over £1.35 Million Secured for Local Residents

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26th February 2025

SURF’s Expert Advisory Group

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10th February 2025

Vacant and Derelict Land Fund 2025/26 – Glasgow City Council

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10th February 2025

Community Enterprise are Hiring! Development Officer

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10th February 2025

Community Enterprise are hiring! Emergency Support Lead

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10th February 2025

SURF Waves Goodbye to Derek Rankine

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6th December 2024

2024 SURF Award Winners Announced

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5th December 2024

Regeneration in the 2025/26 Proposed Scottish Budget

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27th November 2024

Free advisory service for people looking to start or grow more food

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26th November 2024

Light Up The Toon This Christmas!

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21st November 2024

Govan HELP celebrates game-changing grant awarded by BAE Systems

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21st November 2024

Heritage Trust Network are recruiting for 2 new roles

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19th November 2024

Examining the Governance Capacity of Place-Based Charities in Scotland

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28th October 2024

SHBT is seeking consultants

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23rd October 2024

Vacancy – Director of Operations at The Poverty Alliance

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10th October 2024

Vacancy – Senior Research Officer at The Poverty Alliance

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4th October 2024

Funding and support for urban trees and green spaces

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4th October 2024

Vacancy – Artistic Director at Toonspeak

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4th October 2024

Vacancy – Head of Operations at Toonspeak

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2nd October 2024

SCDC seeking new Board members

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2nd October 2024

Reflections on the SURF conference

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2nd October 2024

Building resilience in uncertain times

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2nd October 2024

Don’t Panic! Community Regeneration and Resilience in Scotland

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2nd October 2024

Facing the cliff edge with confidence

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23rd September 2024

Vacancy – Co-Head of the Regenerative Futures Fund at Foundation Scotland

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23rd September 2024

What Can Be Done? Policy Outcomes from SURF’s 2024 Annual Conference

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23rd September 2024

Community Regeneration and Resilience in Scotland

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23rd September 2024

The Current Landscape of Community Regeneration in Scotland: A Perspective

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20th September 2024

2024 SURF Award Shortlist Revealed

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24th July 2024

Policy Outcomes – SURF Awards Workshop Series

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10th July 2024

Stirling nut and fruit tree project receives funding from the Urban Forestry Programme

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28th June 2024

Community Shop for Linthouse

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6th June 2024

2024 SURF Awards Launched Online

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13th May 2024

Regeneration in the Reshuffle

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13th May 2024

Alliance for Action Learning Outcomes

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29th April 2024

20 Minute Neighbourhood Guidance

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29th April 2024

The Walking Edition: Sustaining Choices – Apply Now!

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28th March 2024

How Scottish towns can work together to tackle the climate emergency

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19th February 2024

Social Enterprise Academy Training

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14th February 2024

Glasgow City Council – Vacant and Derelict Land Fund

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6th February 2024

Kevin Murray Associates: A Fraserburgh Case Study

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1st February 2024

How is Public Investment Distributed in Scottish Community Regeneration?

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25th January 2024

A Tribute to Tam Munro

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12th December 2023

New SURF Trustees

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7th December 2023

25th Anniversary SURF Award Winners Announced

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6th December 2023

How the planning system can support community regeneration through food growing

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23rd November 2023

SURF Network Views on Democracy Matters Phase Two

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22nd November 2023

Vacancies: Findhorn Bay Arts Board of Trustees

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13th November 2023

Community Food Growing

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26th October 2023

Vacancy – Social Enterprise Development Officer with St Paul’s Youth Forum

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25th October 2023

Policy Outcomes – SURF Awards Workshop Series

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16th October 2023

Helping planning authorities to navigate new planning guidance

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2nd October 2023

How does community food growing increase the wellbeing of our places?

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2nd October 2023

Let’s consider how we can further support the development of community growing

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26th September 2023

Growing and eating …..eating and growing………full bellies and fresh air…….Yup, sign me up!

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26th September 2023

Time to Celebrate!

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22nd September 2023

25th Anniversary SURF Awards Shortlist Revealed

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18th September 2023

Historic Environment Scotland launch new heritage professional learning programme

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18th September 2023

How can community food growing contribute to Scotland’s health, wealth, and environment

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18th September 2023

Growing trust, nurturing communities – Climate Action Towns at the SURF conference 2023

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12th September 2023

Growing Community Growing – Policy Outcomes from SURF’s 2023 Annual Conference

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12th September 2023

Why was SURF’s Conference 2023 on Community Growing?

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7th September 2023

Rewilding Britain Challenge Fund now open – £100k for nature

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7th September 2023

Regeneration in the new Programme for Government

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25th August 2023

Scottish Futures Trust – Co-location at Perth Fire Station

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12th July 2023

Staff recruited to Dunoon Area Alliance Community Development Trust

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6th July 2023

UK Shared Prosperity Fund- capital funding call- Glasgow City Council

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29th June 2023

Vacancy – Property Development Manager with North Carrick Community Benefit Company

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21st June 2023

New Research on Land, Planning and Community Wealth Building in Scotland

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13th June 2023

Vacancy: Member Engagement and Support Coordinator at SCCAN

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8th June 2023

25th Anniversary SURF Awards Launched

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5th June 2023

How Scotland needs to adapt its places to tackle the climate emergency

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31st May 2023

SURF Appoint Girvan Town Centre Regeneration Facilitator

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25th May 2023

2023 Social Enterprise Awards Scotland are open!

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15th May 2023

More cash to rescue community assets through expanded government fund

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9th May 2023

Glasgow CC – RCGF – Round 11- Stage 1- Call for Applications

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21st April 2023

EDAS Chair vacancy: Applications open until Friday 28th April

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19th April 2023

The hybrid working genie is out of the bottle – so let’s make it grant everyone’s wish

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17th April 2023

Glasgow CC accepting applications for the Vacant & Derelict Land Investment Programme 2024/25- Round 4

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6th April 2023

Updated Fair Work First Guidance

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28th March 2023

Sustaining Choices – Applications Now Open

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22nd March 2023

Vacancy – 2 Part-Time Posts at WorkingRite: Finance Assistant and Operations Assistant

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28th February 2023

The Benefits – and Importance – of Town Centre Living

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13th February 2023

Vacancy – Community Funds Adviser – 3 posts at Foundation Scotland

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30th January 2023

Economic Prospects in 2023

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30th January 2023

SURF Vacancy – Girvan Facilitator

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16th January 2023

SURF Appoints Peterhead Town Centre Regeneration Facilitator

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11th January 2023

Cost of Living Crisis – Mental Health and Money Advice

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11th January 2023

Cost of Living Crisis – Outside the Box

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11th January 2023

Cost of Living Crisis -Scottish Government (Fuel)

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11th January 2023

Cost of Living Crisis – South Lanarkshire Council

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11th January 2023

Cost of Living Crisis – The Govan Pantry

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11th January 2023

Cost of Living Crisis – Linthouse HA

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11th January 2023

Cost of Living Crisis – Rehab Recovery

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11th January 2023

Cost of Living Crisis – Eat, Sleep, Ride CIC

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11th January 2023

Cost of Living Crisis – Third Sector Dumfries & Galloway

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16th December 2022

20 Minute Neighbourhoods in revised draft NPF4

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9th December 2022

2022 SURF Award Winners Announced

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29th November 2022

SURF Research on barriers to community-owned energy projects in Scotland

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15th November 2022

Cost of Living Crisis – Fareshare

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15th November 2022

Cost of Living Crisis – Argyll and Bute Council

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15th November 2022

Cost of Living Crisis – Man On Inverclyde

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15th November 2022

Cost of Living Crisis -Bothwell Futures

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15th November 2022

Cost of Living Crisis – LEAP

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15th November 2022

Cost of Living Crisis – The Scottish Pantry Network

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15th November 2022

Cost of Living Crisis – Robertson Trust

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15th November 2022

Cost of Living Crisis – EVH

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15th November 2022

Cost of Living Crisis – Social Enterprise Scotland

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15th November 2022

Cost of Living Crisis – Corra Foundation

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8th November 2022

Social Enterprise Scotland are looking for a Chair

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2nd November 2022

Cost of Living Crisis – Bank of Scotland Foundation

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2nd November 2022

Cost of Living Crisis – Find Business Support

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2nd November 2022

Cost of Living Crisis – Greggs Foundation

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2nd November 2022

Cost of Living Crisis – Essentia Foundation

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2nd November 2022

Cost of Living Crisis – The National Lottery Community Fund

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2nd November 2022

Cost of Living Crisis – WHALE Arts

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2nd November 2022

Cost of Living Crisis – Glasgow City Council

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2nd November 2022

Cost of Living Crisis – Grab Trust

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2nd November 2022

Cost of Living Crisis – The Larder

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2nd November 2022

Cost of Living Crisis – Loreburn HA

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27th October 2022

A Place for Lived and Felt Experiences?

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25th October 2022

Cost of Living Bulletin Series

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21st October 2022

Exploring Community Wealth Building

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18th October 2022

Practice, Principles and Core Values

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18th October 2022

Cost of Living Crisis – Edinburgh Cyrenians

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18th October 2022

Cost of Living Crisis – Arts Inc. CIC

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18th October 2022

Cost of Living Crisis – Portlethen Larder

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18th October 2022

Cost of Living Crisis – Growing Together

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11th October 2022

Community Wealth Building – How can it deliver?

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6th October 2022

What does Community Wealth Building mean at a community level?

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4th October 2022

From Slogans to Sound Strategy? Community Wealth Building & Levelling Up

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29th September 2022

Community Wealth Building – slogan or strategy? Does it matter?

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27th September 2022

Community Wealth Building Reflections

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21st September 2022

A transformative evolution rather than a revolution

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19th September 2022

Building a shared agenda for the Community Wealth Building in Scotland

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4th August 2021

20 Minute Neighbourhoods – A personal view from street level

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15th July 2021

Pram pushing distance

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7th July 2021

20 minute neighbourhoods; an important public health intervention

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30th June 2021

20 Minute Neighbourhoods in a Scottish context

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23rd June 2021

Community-led transport solutions – Joining the dots

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16th June 2021

Walking in 20 Minute Neighbourhoods – Learning from the pandemic

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8th June 2021

20 Minute Neighbourhoods, Local Place Plans and Town Centre Plans – new tools for creating better places

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