Bays of Harris

Big news for Harris & Berneray! 🌟 We've secured an agreement in principle to purchase the Bays of Harris Estate from the Hitchcock family — a major step towards community ownership! Read the full press release on our website: baysofharris.org/2025/08/04/buy…

New network set up for Hebrides' young crofters bbc.in/3J3cL8Y

Reporting from the Bays of Harris for tonight's edition of An Là 📺 More info here too: bbc.co.uk/naidheachdan/s…

Latest news on progress with the buyout: baysofharris.org/2024/03/17/buy…

Our third informal update session takes place at the 𝗕𝗔𝗬𝗦 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗲, on 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝘀𝘁. Call in 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝟮𝗽𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝟴𝗽𝗺 for an informal chat with our interim board members. Lots more info on our new website: baysofharris.org

𝗥𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿: our next drop-in session takes place tomorrow (Wednesday, November 29th) at Leverhulme Community Hub. Call in any time between 2pm and 8pm for a cuppa & informal chat about latest developments. Can't make it to Leverburgh? Join us at the Bays Centre on Friday.

Bays of Harris deal inches closer welovestornoway.com/index.php/arti…

Wondering what’s happening with the buyout? Now's your chance to find out. The interim board of the Bays of Harris Community Estate are holding three informal drop-in sessions. More info, dates and times etc on our brand new website: baysofharris.org/2023/11/19/buy…

"Why is community land ownership so prevalent in the Outer Hebrides – and can the rest of Scotland learn from it?" pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/highla…

Progress with the buyout continues. Latest update from Euan Galloway, chair of Bays of Harris Community Estate. pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/highla…

𝗕𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝘂𝘆𝗼𝘂𝘁 "𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱" (c/0 this week's edition of the Stornoway Gazette).

We are now on Instagram as well as Facebook and Twitter! Give us a follow to keep up to date with our progress: instagram.com/baysofharris/

pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/highla… @CommunityLandSc @communitylandOH @BaysHarris

𝗕𝗔𝗬𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗥𝗜𝗦 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗠𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗧𝗬 𝗕𝗨𝗬-𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗠𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗦 𝗨𝗣 𝗔 𝗚𝗘𝗔𝗥 There's been plenty going on behind the scenes since the ballot result last year, as outlined in our latest press release...

@alastairmci We're in the process of forming the community company right now. Press release due this week with further details. Watch this space 😉

@BaysHarris Where is it at with your hopes?

Interesting and far ranging piece by Faye MacLeod. Faye played a significant role in updating our feasibility study last year, and creating a business plan for future Bays of Harris Estate developments post-buyout.

Urras Oighreachd Chàrlabhaigh AGM will be held on Wednesday 30 November 2022 at 7p.m. in Breasclete Community Centre. We are delighted to be joined by @flyingmonkphoto as our guest speaker from 7.30p.m. with this part of the evening open to all. #communityland

A Sense of Community's episode on the Outer Hebrides is featured in the Herald Scotland. Read the full article here: heraldscotland.com/opinion/231237…

The idyllic landscapes of Scotland’s Outer Hebrides hide a grim reality - a population in free-fall. This week, A Sense of Community meets the islanders striving to preserve their unique way of living: aje.io/Scotland

@BaysHarris @bellacaledonia @WHFP1 This Harris community buyout is the only way to counteract the continuing haemorrhage of housing into holiday homes. It is culturally important that it succeeds, and the North & West Harris trusts have shown what can be done when “community desire” (David Cameron👇) is alive.