Edinburgh Science Festival
The world's first science festival, taking the city's rich scientific tradition and carrying it forward in a 'city of science' strategy for economic development.

Highland Science Festival
With the Travelling Scholars on tour, and Extreme Lectures in interesting places. A new event from the Going Nova team, with the support of many lively individuals and communities. This year's dates are 31 October - 14 November 2009.

International Philosophy, Science & Theology Festival
A visionary biennial initiative by the community of Grafton, New South Wales, Australia, bringing together speakers from all over the world. Howie Firth from Scotland is the Festival's official Patron. The 6th Festival takes place this year from 27 June to 1 July 2009.

Moray Science Festival
A model of how a higher education institution can support school science in the surrounding community, with staff and students creating a carefully-structured – and highly enjoyable – programme.

Orkney International Science Festival
One of the world's longest running annual science festivals, each year breaking new ground in form and content. This year's Festival, running from 3-9 September, includes a Scottish Homecoming event with links to the Earth Charter and Robert Burns, and featuring Australian visitors plus Kirkwall City Pipe Band.

Wrexham Science Festival
A highly successful approach to regional economic development, sending a message of success and achievement across North-East Wales.

Highlands Astronomical Society
The Society have a keen membership, with a lively programme of talks and meetings, and regular sessions at their new observatory – and new members are warmly welcome. Their website is a mine of information for all levels of interest – it's just the place to go to get started, and to see some brilliant pictures of the night sky.

JCOM
An online journal on scientific communication, based in Trieste and advised by an international board. It seeks to open up key issues concerning the communication of contemporary science.

Moray's Astronomy Club, Sigma
Sigma get great turnouts to their meetings in the Birnie Hall and their evening observing sessions and like HAS are always delighted to welcome new members. Their website has information about many aspects of astronomy, plus superb photographs of the night sky by club members.

SciDev.Net
A site packed with information, established by the magazine Nature to provide the developing world with information about science and technology and the skills to communicate knowledge and ideas. It provides a global picture.

Spaceport Scotland
Formed by people, companies and organisations, with the aim of encouraging support for the proposals to make RAF Lossiemouth the UK's first operational spaceport.

Talking Science
The British Council's website provides up-to-date information on the latest ideas in science communication in the UK.

The Association for Science and Discovery Centres
Represents some of the liveliest places for an interesting and enjoyable visit. There are around a hundred of them. About half are science centres, and the other half are discovery centres in museums, botanic gardens, aquariums and zoos. Their website provides links to the various centres themselves and descriptions of the varied activities that they do.

The British Science Association
Founded 177 years ago to make science more accessible, the former BA created National Science and Engineering Week and developed it into a really big nationwide event (this year's dates are 6-15 March 2009). It also runs science clubs, science fairs, local activities and travels round the country to gather for an annual festival at a selected town or city.