We've updated our donation posters to make it easier to see which items we can and cannot accept. Thank you for your continued support and understanding. Please see the posters below for a full list of items. ⚠️ Please do not leave donations in the porch or outside...
Grants to improve access to healthy food
The new grant programme, Tesco Fruit & Veg grants, is now open for applications. Schools, registered charities and not-for-profit organisations supporting children and young people can apply for up to £1,500 for projects that improve access to healthy food. ...
The People’s Emergency Briefing
by Anne MacLennan ReRoot will screen The People’s Emergency Briefing on Friday 10 July, 7:30 - 9 pm at An Crùbh, Sleat. The National Emergency Briefing is a rapidly-growing UK public information initiative working to ensure that both Parliament and the public...
SPECIAL JULY offer from ILM Highland
If you need a replacement appliance, shop online and get FREE delivery to your local pick-up point on our next collection at Kyleakin Community Hall car park: Wednesday July 29th from 11am - 1pm. Please note: Ensure you have a suitable vehicle at the collection point...
ReRoot: plans for the summer
by Anne MacLennan ReRoot is organising visits to places where people are producing food in Skye, Raasay and Lochalsh over the summer and autumn to see what is happening around the area, to share ideas and to encourage each other. It will mainly be touring growing...
Skye Beach Cleans Update – June 2026
by Peggy Semler A relatively quiet beginning to the season started with a regular clean at Caroy beach on 25th April, a beach which is always horrendously covered in mainly plastic debris after the winter! The usual skip load of marine litter was removed by the...
South Skye Nature Festival 25-26 July: programme and tickets
Tickets for the Nature Festival are now available at sleatnaturegroup.org/ssnf. There are dozens of events, including guided walks, demonstrations, workshops, talks, films and an exhibition. Most events are free, but with limited places, so reserve your tickets...
CLIMAVORE seeks new board members (apply by 8 June)
Climavore is a social enterprise that collaborates with local residents, schools, restaurants, and international researchers and activists, to develop new approaches to regenerative sea-farming and food waste. Closing date 8 June.
ReRoot: plans for the summer
by Anne MacLennan ReRoot has been quiet since the successful Feel Heal Real Food event at the end of April, but things are happening behind the scenes to build on the enthusiasm for transforming our food system evident that day. Sarah Bower, a trustee of the Highland...
Waternish Wildlife Alliance petition to stop destruction of maerl bed
At Ardmore Bay, Waternish, SSEN plans to lay a cable across a centuries-old maerl bed, a vital blue carbon sink and a declining and threatened habitat. This is despite NatureScot recommendations that Ardmore Bay and the adjacent Loch Bay be designated as a Proposed...