Ministerial visit to Eigg
On 4 May, the Isle of Eigg Heritage Trust hosted a visit by Paul MacLennan MSP, Minister for Housing, accompanied by local MSP, Emma Roddick. Together they visited the recently …
On an annual basis SIF organises a series of online topical sessions to enable members to share learning and ideas, discuss island priorities and feed directly into islands policy at a national level. Building on these events, where requested by members, SIF facilitates the creation and management of a working group in order to provide a more in depth forum for specific project discussion, policy interaction and the development of a community of practice. Our working groups currently include housing, marine litter and climate resilience.
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On 4 May, the Isle of Eigg Heritage Trust hosted a visit by Paul MacLennan MSP, Minister for Housing, accompanied by local MSP, Emma Roddick. Together they visited the recently …
As part of our island of the month interview series we spoke with Luke Fraser from North Ronaldsay Trust. Lying further north than the southern tip of Norway, North Ronaldsay …
Kate Lonsdale, North Yell Development Council. For the month of March, we selected Yell, Shetland as our Island of the Month. We had the pleasure of interviewing Yell Resident Kate …
SIF are delighted to announce that The Scottish Centre for Island Studies (SCIS) have joined us as Associate Members. SCIS is a research and knowledge exchange initiative based at the …
Many of our members are community landowners, and have taken ownership of pieces of land on their island to sustainably develop it to meet the community’s needs. The Isle of …
Arguably the most accessible of Scotland’s islands, with 14 ferry crossings per weekday, you can get to Bute in just over half an hour from the Ayrshire coast, or a …
The Isle Above All Others In our third Island of the Month series we go to the most northerly inhabited island in the UK. At 46 square miles, Unst is the third largest island in Shetland …
When you climb to the top of the highest point (at 443m) on Raasay, the curiously shaped Dùn Caan, you are met with spectacular views on all sides; Raasay sits …
Reasons to smile in the Queen of the Isles What do you think of when you hear ‘Scottish Island’? There’s various things you can pretty much guarantee you’ll get: spectacular …
Colonsay Community Development Company has just launched its crowdfunding campaign to raise £25,000 towards the cost of building new homes! With a population of 130, a school roll about to …