Events

Uig – Saturday 26th April (Woodland Trust/Uig Residents) For more details contact skye.beachcleans@gmail.com

by Eileen Allan Uigshader Living Forest Project (ULFP) is in the process of rehabilitating a former clear-felled Sitka Forest into a diverse native community woodland. This year we have a couple of projects, that SCA Newsletter readers might be interested in. First is our ongoing commitment of planting 30,000 trees, which we are in our […]

Since 2015, Phil and his family have been expanding the tree cover on their croft to increase biodiversity and produce resources such as firewood, woodchip, basketry willow, apples, and other fruits. In his event, Phil will explore the many benefits of trees for crofters, covering essential topics such as drainage, nitrogen fixation, animal forage, and […]

Simon Fraser Memorial Lecture by Kenny Taylor (in person and online). Scottish Wildlife Chair Kenny Taylor has been part of Eigg’s community ownership story since the start. In his lecture he will reflect how community-led wildlife conservation creates positive futures for people and planet. How nature, culture and community combined can deliver political change in Scotland […]

Having a clear out? Need to de-clutter?  Looking for something pre-loved  to take home? Come to one of our Waste Not Wednesday events and have a good rummage. Take away pre-loved but unwanted items. 'One person's trash is another's treasure.' Waste Not is OPEN 10am - 5pm once a week, at 9 Torrin. Wednesday 7th May Wednesday […]

The Scottish Coastal Clean Up project returns to Skye, this time to make a further attempt at a Bracadale Beach Blitz (see poster below). Hopefully they will arrive on Thursday 8th, with the boat to be based at the pontoons at Portnalong, with skips there and at Harlosh. The overall objective of the two days will be […]

The Scottish Crofters Federation is running a series of seasonal croft horticulture online workshops, with Isle of Lewis crofter and market gardener, John Hamilton, giving  practical advice on planning, planting, soil, compost, harvesting, selling, growing all year round, and scaling up production. The first course is on Monday 12 May, 7 pm - 9 pm, by […]