Outer Hebrides Community-Led Local Development Programme

01/09/2026

🚢 Has ferry disruption impacted your island business, social enterprise or community organisation?

The new Islands Resilience Fund is now open for enquiries, offering financial support to eligible organisations across selected islands, now including Harris and Scalpay.

✅ Minimum turnover threshold reduced to £15,000
✅ Previous Islands Business Resilience Fund recipients will be contacted directly and do not need to reapply

📅 Enquiries close 28 September 2026

Find out more: https://ow.ly/t97z50ZAl7M

19/08/2026

🚒 Recruitment is now open across all our On-Call stations in the Western Isles
Living in these amazing, close-knit and resilient communities is something we’re all proud of. Now is the time to think about stepping forward and serving them as well.
Have you ever thought about stepping forward and playing your part?

10/08/2026

Bidh sinn ann an Uibhist! Delighted to have been asked to attend UCVO's Third Sector funding & networking day later this month. Please come along if you would like to find out more about CLLD - or indeed any of the other organisations represented.
Scottish National Rural Network ScotGov Rural

Third Sector Funding Information Day – Uist!

Join UCVO and representatives from a selection local and national funders for a morning of funding insights and networking.

📅 Tuesday 25th August
🕘 11:00am - 2:00pm
📍 The Caladh Trust

Hear directly from key funders including:
The National Lottery Community Fund and Children in Need, both delivering online presentations. Local funders such as TSI Western Isles Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund, Western Isles Development Trust, CLLD, CLD, and WILL Lottery Funding will be there in person.

The event offers a great chance to ask questions, build connections, and learn about current opportunities. A networking lunch will be served around 1pm

Reserve your spot by Wednesday 19th August - fill in this online form:
https://forms.gle/cjKwVwpDzVqq8Kcd9 or email [email protected]

For more information, visit the UCVO website: https://ucvo.org.uk/latest-news/

29/07/2026

At present, housing demand is heavily influenced by the number of people on housing waiting lists which is driven by the location of existing housing stock. We are conducting this survey to gather views and to measure the desire for a new way of measuring the housing demand in the islands. You do no...

15/07/2026

The first National Islands Plan event was held this afternoon. If you couldn't attend, don't worry as there are a further two sessions coming up, with the next being held this Thursday.

18 June 19:00-20:00 | Book Now: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1989974278636?aff=oddtdtcreator

The Scottish Government’s Islands Team is inviting islanders, community groups and stakeholders to join the next round of Island Conversations — a series of online sessions on Scotland’s new National Islands Plan.

Your feedback from last year’s sessions helped shape the new Plan, and these events are an opportunity to show how your views have made a difference.

One further sessions will be held next week:

22 June 14:00-15:00 | Book Now: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1989974413038?aff=oddtdtcreator

Don't miss out on this chance to voice your opinion on the new plan!

14/07/2026

What a brilliant project, supported by our own YLAG.

20/05/2026

What a great graphic from our colleagues at SRA. It's a powerful reminder why CLLD - a programme specifically targeted at rural and island Scotland that is directed and implemented by people living in these areas - is so important.

13/05/2026

📣📣Cuairt-maoineachaidh 2026-27 fosgailte 📣📣
Our 2026-27 CLLD Fund is now open for applications. Let us know about your community project that would benefit from CLLD support.
Cuiribh a-steach son taic maoineachaidh bhon LAG 💷💷
https://www.cne-siar.gov.uk/council-tax-benefits-and-grants/community-led-local-development-clld/2026-27-clld-and-ylag-funds-now-open
Scottish National Rural Network ScotGov Rural Donald MacKinnon for Na h-Eileanan an Iar

13/04/2026

13/04/2026

The Scottish Government recently published the first part of a review of its Rural Communities Policy, which includes CLLD. The remainder is expected to be published in June.
Thank you to everyone in Scalpay and Harris who provided detailed feedback for one of the case studies. It means a lot to have such supportive and engaged communities, and the information you contributed provides useful detail about what is working well and what we should be reviewing.

📣The Scottish Government has published the first part of its Rural Communities Policy Review, offering an evidence base drawn from extensive engagement with rural and island communities across Scotland.

The newly released report, Rural Communities Policy Review: Research and Findings, forms part of a review of Community Led Local Development, the Scottish Rural Network and Scottish Rural Action.

Details and link to report at ⬇️
https://tinyurl.com/366wucrb

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