Published On: Apr 1, 20163.5 min readCategories: Community Development, Community News, Events, PoliticsCOMMUNITY TO GAIN NEW LAND POWERS. More than 40 island residents gathered in the Village Hall on Tuesday, 23rd March, to hear all about new powers granted to them by...
In the months since the new Colonsay Community Development Company Board were elected, the main focus has been on ‘getting the house in order’. The Board has worked not only...
At an early December meeting on the island, community reps took the first steps on the road to building affordable social housing at Port Mor. If the project comes to...
Published On: Feb 18, 20161.7 min readCategories: Community Development, Events, Gaelic, History, MusicWith the grant awarded to Colonsay Community Development Company (CCDC) by Bòrd na Gaidhlig a weekend event was held celebrating Gaelic culture, music and language, specifically that of Colonsay &...
COLONSAY AND ORANSAY HERITAGE TRUST are organising another weekend of IT training: Saturday March 12th and Sunday, in Kilchattan School. The format will be the same as last time, with...
On Sunday 19th July the Community Garden Group once more held their “Big Tea”. All were invited to the garden which was kept very busy all afternoon as visitors and...
Our new fish-farm is taking shape – the command unit came on site a few weeks ago and by great good fortune your acting editor got a chance to visit...
There is good progress – the shorebase application for Planning Permission has gone through, the 60ft service vessel has been built (in Holland?) and is to be named Beinn Eibhin,...
We gather that there are a number of Colonsay applicants for the twelve positions on offer, and that at least one person has been for induction training – which was...
Colonsay Community Council is very concerned about the extraordinary discrepancy concerning freight fares to Colonsay compared with other destinations. It puts all Colonsay enterprise at an insuperable disadvantage and, innocently...
Unfortunately, progress has been delayed. Most of the topographical information is complete but information concerning businesses, beauty spots and the calendar of events is still to be collated and uploaded. ...
Colonsay Community Development Company had called an E.G.M. because the majority of Board members had resigned, leaving a bare quorum and an administrative problem which could not be resolved. The...
Representatives of the company visited Colonsay and gave an update on the situation – the farm should be installed in July 2015 and there should be “fish in the water”...
CHUG met recently with CalMac and looks forward to meeting with Marine Harvest as newcomers to the harbour later this year. Details were circulated to members who missed the meeting,...
Notice of a special App was given in our last issue. Since then over 60 “places of Interest” have been visited, described, photographed and mapped and committee members of the...
This meeting had been heralded by both a two-page letter from the remaining four Directors and a subsequent newsletter, with a view to encouraging members of the community to adopt...
The Directors of CCDC recently circulated island households, advising them of the next scheduled Board Meeting, 8th January, which is as usual open to all shareholders (and apparently to members...
The editor’s chair is vacant still – the position is unpaid, but it is rewarding in other ways. The main purpose of the magazine is to maintain links with the...
Other local activities include the Scottish Country Dancing practice sessions held on Wednesday evenings,led by Seamus and Christine and supported by about a dozen folk. There is also a Badminton...
Grace and Hannah, two unsung heroes who are achieving truly amazing things. Trying to make things easy for oneself, your temporary editor asked them for an update: 'Recycle for Colonsay'...
The Community Garden has gone from strength to strength with the grass now resembling a respectable lawn and the flower beds establishing themselves. With the threat of westerly storms just...
The most recent meeting was on October 7th and the main topic was the cost of freight. Various residents had kindly provided information on charges levied and it was noted...
As a member of the public one attended part of the most recent meeting of CCDC. As a novice one may have missed or misunderstood part of the proceedings, but...
If you have got this far, you deserve to know that any comments concerning the current edition should be addressed to byrne@colonsay.org.uk If you live locally and got this far,...
Scottish environment minister Paul Wheelhouse says he’s “sorry” island laird Alex Howard and the community development company have been unable to reach a deal yet to buy estate owned land...
Two new recruits joined the community council at it’s annual meeting recently. Island laird Alex Howard and resident William Joll were co-opted onto the council to join existing members Sheena...
Colonsay’s set to celebrate the Commonwealth Games tomorrow (Saturday August 2) with an afternoon and evening of fun. Sports for children and adults alike are to commence at Machrins at...
Each month Island LDO’s Grace MacPhee and Hannah MacAllister give us the news from the volunteer led Colonsay Community Development Company: There have been lots of exciting things happening...
Development company convener Gavin Clark says he is confident they will be able to build affordable housing on the Hotel Brae – which would be the culmination of 10 years...
An appeal has gone out for volunteers to take on an island renewable generation project that could see the community benefit to the tune of £40,000 a year. The Local...
Scottish environment minister Paul Wheelhouse has told people on Colonsay that they are in a position to benefit from new proposals aimed at speeding up the SNP’s land reform agenda....
MSP Michael Russell writes for the Corncrake: “Land Reform is back in the news again. Paul Wheelhouse, the Environment Minister, told the Community Land Scotland Conference in early June...
On June 1st Colonsay held its first ‘Big Lunch’ - it is a very simple idea from the Eden Project aimed at getting as many people as possible across the...
Community Land Scotland, the representative body of Scotland’s community land owners has published economic indicators data of community ownership. The report demonstrates remarkable results showing that community ownership can out-perform...
The long awaited final report of the Scottish Government Land Reform Review Group is recommending ways of helping the country’s communities, rural and urban, achieve the First Ministers Target of...
Following on the Community Land Scotland report the Corncrake asked the convener of the Gigha Heritage Trust, community owners of the island just to the North of the Kintyre peninsula...
The CCDC held its Annual General Meeting on Thursday evening....
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