View From The Edge: Catherine MacDonald
It is good to know that we will receive notification as soon as those giving the vaccines are ready to make appointments with us.
It is good to know that we will receive notification as soon as those giving the vaccines are ready to make appointments with us.
Alasdair Nicholson, community consultant for Point and Sandwick Trust welcomed the news of the island’s official recognition and said it would help the development and expansion of social enterprise in the future.
The special label has been named Ada – after the daughter of managing director Michael Morrison and wife Katie.
Western Isles Foyer has started a JustGiving campaign to try to hit the fundraising target of £50,000 and replace the loss of grant income.
Woodlands Trust have stepped into the breach, agreeing to fund the project for a year to allow the work to continue.
The funds are part of the wider Affordable Housing Supply Programme, which has delivered about 4,800 affordable homes in the rural and island communities over the first four years of this Parliament, including on Skye, in the Outer Hebrides, and on Mull, Raasay and Rum.
A new BBC ALBA documentary, which offers a glimpse into the lives of islanders in the Outer Hebrides through the harsh winter months, features a real-life ‘mermaid’.
Vessel owners are responsible for this registration process, and failure to do so may mean that their catches cannot be exported to EU member states at the end of the transition period.
Point and Sandwick Trust committed £25,000 to the competition over five years to ensure it could continue to be held in its home town – Pipe Major Donald Macleod being one of Stornoway’s most famous sons.