North Uist Community Council

10/06/2026

Thank you to everyone who has donated so far .
To date we have raised a total of £921.00 towards the maintenance works being carried out at Clachan War Memorial .
We appreciate that many already feel the strain of supporting the many worthy causes within our community. However, we kindly ask you to consider a donation to the War Memorial.
Your contribution will help ensure its preservation and long-term accessibility, maintaining a place of special remembrance for generations to come.
Every donation, no matter the size, makes a meaningful difference.
Thank you for your support
North Uist Community Council
[email protected]

We want to improve the area around North Uist War Memorial to make it more acc… Joan Ferguson needs your support for North Uist War Memorial Maintenance Fund

09/06/2026

📣 NOTICE OF AGM 📣

📌 North Uist Community Council - Annual General Meeting

🗓️ Tuesday 16th June
🕖 7pm
📍 Lochmaddy Hall

🙌🏻 All welcome to attend

🗣️Interested in finding out more about your local community council? Why not come along to find out how you could join and make a difference to your local community.

08/06/2026

Important.
🗣️Please share.🗣️
The govt is doing a review of access to face-to-face banking. For many elderly and vulnerable people in person banking is crucial and we need to protect it. The review wants your view, you can feed in here...
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Please take a few minutes to take our survey.

08/06/2026

⛔️Phase 1 of works at Clachan War Memorial are underway. Please be aware that access is closed on both lower pathways. Please use the tarred road to access the main war memorial ⛔️

05/06/2026

My Bins App

‼️ MyBins App Launched to support waste collection and recycling across the Western Isles ‼️

The Comhairle’s Zero Waste Western Isles team is working in partnership with MyBins to provide a free mobile app designed to help householders manage their bin collections and improve recycling across the Western Isles.

Available on both Android and Apple devices, the MyBins app allows residents to easily keep track of their bin collection days, access clear guidance on what materials belong in each bin and receive important service updates directly from the Comhairle.

The app also enables the Comhairle to send notifications to users, ensuring that households are quickly informed of any changes to collection schedules, such as disruptions caused by severe weather or vehicle breakdowns.

Users can set up convenient reminders, such as one the day before collection and another on the day itself, to help ensure bins are presented on time. For the best experience, users are encouraged to enable notifications.

As the Comhairle operates two separate waste collection streams, users should select the appropriate area within the app:
• Comhairle nan Eilean Siar – Lewis & Harris
• Comhairle nan Eilean Siar – Uist & Barra

Cllr Uisdean Robertson, Chair of Comhairle nan Eilean Siar’s Transportation & Infrastructure Committee, said:
“The MyBins app is a simple and effective way to help householders stay on top of their bin collections while making it easier to recycle correctly. By providing timely reminders, clear guidance, and real-time updates, the app will help reduce missed collections, minimise contamination in recycling bins, and support our wider efforts to improve recycling rates and reduce waste going to landfill. It also strengthens communication with residents, ensuring they are kept informed of any service changes as quickly as possible.”

Householders experiencing issues with the app or noticing incorrect collection information are encouraged to contact the Zero Waste Western Isles team at: [email protected]

The MyBins app is free to download from both the Android and Apple app stores. Further information about the app is available in the comments section below ⬇️

03/06/2026

🎥 Have you noticed the cameras which have been recently installed at roadsides on Uist?

🚘 The cameras have been installed by the Department of Transport to produce annual traffic statistics, an estimate is made of the number of vehicles that pass a count point location for an average day of the year.
These estimates are produced for each link of Great Britain's major road network, and for a sample of locations on Great Britain’s minor road network.

🔗 Current and previous map count points, including previous reported data, can be found on the Gov.uk website at the below link:

https://roadtraffic.dft.gov.uk/count-points #10/57.561878/-7.3325

To produce annual traffic statistics, an estimate is made of the number of vehicles that pass a count point location for an average day of the year. These estimates are produced for each link of Great Britain's major road network, and for a sample of locations on Great Britain’s minor road network...

27/05/2026

⛴️ SVRP Phase 2- ⛴️
Sound of Barra & Harris
Community consultation meeting TONIGHT
🗓️ 𝙒𝙚𝙙𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙙𝙖𝙮 27th May 2026
📍 Lochmaddy Community Hall , North Uist
🕞 15.30 𝙩𝙤 18:30

Following the public engagement events held in January and September 2025, CMAL is hosting a further series of in-person sessions across the Outer Hebrides. Updates will include a review of the preferred new-vessel concept design, with concept layouts of the vehicle decks and passenger accommodation displayed. Moreover, information will be provided on the deployment plan for the Sound of Barra and the Sound of Harris.
Representatives from CMAL, CalMac, and Transport Scotland will attend the events. During the meetings, attendees will have the opportunity to share their views and comments and ask questions.

22/05/2026

𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐒𝐜𝐨𝐭𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 - 𝐈𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧 - 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐍𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭

Transport Scotland are progressing Community Need Assessments for the Outer Hebrides, and other areas, which will help inform future investment and service decisions.

User surveys are now live and available at the link found below. The surveys are an important part of helping Transport Scotland to understand transport connectivity needs on individual routes and to shape assessments.

An in-person community engagement drop-in event will take place in Uist:

🗓️ 𝙒𝙚𝙙𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙙𝙖𝙮 3 𝙅𝙪𝙣𝙚 2026
📍 𝙈𝙪𝙨𝙚𝙪𝙢 𝙣𝙖𝙣 𝙀𝙞𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙣 𝙇𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙘𝙡𝙚𝙞𝙩, 𝘽𝙚𝙣𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙖
🕞 15:30 𝙩𝙤 18:30

This is an important opportunity to:
▫️Let Transport Scotland know if they’ve understood transport issues correctly
▫️ Share first hand experiences of using ferry and other transport services
▫️Highlight anything they’ve missed
▫️Discuss what better connectivity would mean for your community

https://www.transport.gov.scot/public-transport/ferries/islands-connectivity-plan/ #64552

20/05/2026

📌 North Uist Community Council is part of the Co-op Local Community Fund.

➡️ To find out more about our project and choose to support us, click here: https://membership.coop.co.uk/causes/99335

💫 Thank you to everyone who has chosen to support us so far, the money raised will assist us greatly in maintaining and improving the War Memorial at Clachan.

19/05/2026

*REMINDER*
NUCC meeting is taking place tonight, 7pm at Lochmaddy Hall.

All welcome to attend

📌 NOTICE OF MEETING

▫️North Uist Community Council

🗓️ Tuesday 19th May

🕖 7pm

📍 Lochmaddy Hall