Edinburgh Sutherland Association

18/11/2025

Booking for our annual Christmas Dinner are now open:

The Edinburgh Sutherland Association welcomes you to our annual
Christmas Dinner
at the Apex Waterloo Place Hotel,
Saturday 13 December, 2025,
7 for 7:30pm

£45 per person
(includes a donation to the Association)

Free glass of Fizz upon arrival, Entertainment & Raffle

Please book your place & email menu choices to: [email protected]
by close Friday 28 November

15/10/2025

15/10/2025

On Friday 3rd October we held our (postponed) Annual Ceilidh in Loanhead where we raised an amazing £750 for good causes in Sutherland. Lots of great dancing by all attendees! We were thoughly entertained with music from Sandy Brechin and songs from Emma Scalpay and Andrew Mackenzie. Thanks to all who came along including some new faces! Storm Amy didn't put us off this time!

11/09/2025

Pleased to announce that this year we have agreed to donate over £4,200 to good causes in Sutherland after our recent call for applications.
The charity is donating to the following good causes:

• Fèis air an Oir, £300, towards transport costs for their Ceilidh Trail Project,
• Historylinks Young Curators Club, £250, towards costs for their Young Curators Club storage space,
• Kyle of Sutherland Development Trust £439.50, for their Perennial Plant Project,
• Sutherland Adventure Company SCIO, £500, towards their Sutherland Girls on Paddle boards Project,
• Culrain & District Community Hall, £379, for the purchase of a new cooker for the Culrain & District Community Hall,
• East Sutherland Canoe Club (ESCC), £450, towards ESCC Winter Pool Sessions,
• Golspie Primary School Parent Council, £720, to purchase a tin whistle for each child attending Golspie Primary School,
• Peter Wardhaugh, £500, towards the purchase of an accordion for a looked after child,
• Go Golspie Development Trust, £225, towards winter restock of the Community Food Larder and Food Pantry,
• Bettyhill Mod Committee, £500, to cover the cost of five weekly Mod workshops for the Junior Gaelic Choir.

More details about the Association and what we do here:

www.thesutherlandassociation.co.uk

04/09/2025

Well done David!! Recently our committee member David Mackay (Scourie) undertook the Sutherland four peak challenge - to climb the four highest peaks (all Munros) in Sutherland in one day (Over 24 Miles and almost 3000M/10,000ft of elevation). This covered Ben More Assynt and Conival, Ben Klibreck and Ben Hope.

David has received an amazing amount of support from everyone and has managed to raise an incredible figure of over £2300 for good causes based in Sutherland - thanks to all who sponsored! Whilst he wasn't quite able to finish the fourth (Ben Hope) due to a knee injury, we think he's done a brilliant job and well and truly earned our hillwalking respect!

Congratulations!
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See more about David's challenge on our website.

01/09/2025

The Association is very happy to announce that we have a confirmed new date for our annual Ceilidh at Loanhead.

We hope to see you all there on FRIDAY 3RD OCTOBER 2025 at The Loanhead Miners Club.

Reserve and purchase your tickets now - further details on our website.
With music from Sandy Brechin and Emma Macleod.

07/08/2025

The Edinburgh Sutherland Association Summer Ceilidh in Skerray on Saturday raised £600 for good causes in Sutherland. Many thanks go to all the performers and dancers of all ages for making it a great evening!

21/07/2025

Thanks to the Northern Times for covering David Mackays challenge for us.

David Mackay will cover more than 24 miles and almost 10,000ft of elevation.

20/07/2025

There’s still time to support David Mackay with his Sutherland Four Peaks Challenge. David is raising money for us to donate to good causes in Sutherland. Details below.

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