Bays of Harris Steering Group was formed in 2013 by residents of the BoH Estate to investigate the feasibility of community ownership.
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Big news for Harris & Berneray! ๐
We've secured an agreement in principle to purchase the Bays of Harris Estate from the Hitchcock family โ a major step towards community ownership!
Read the full press release on our website:
baysofharris.org/2025/08/04/โฆ
Bays of Harris retweeted
New network set up for Hebrides' young crofters bbc.in/3J3cL8Y
Reporting from the Bays of Harris for tonight's edition of An Lร ๐บ
More info here too: bbc.co.uk/naidheachdan/sgeulโฆ
Tha buidheann anns na Hearadh a' coimhead uair eile air Oighreaghd nam Bร gh a thoirt ann an lร mhan na coimhearsneachd. Lร n-aithris air #AnLร a-nochd aig 8.00f.
bbc.in/3TCUDYh
Our third informal update session takes place at the ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ฒ, on ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐, ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ญ๐๐. Call in ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ด๐ฝ๐บ for an informal chat with our interim board members. Lots more info on our new website: baysofharris.org
๐ฅ๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ: 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.
Wondering whatโs 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/โฆ
"Why is community land ownership so prevalent in the Outer Hebrides โ and can the rest of Scotland learn from it?"
pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/newโฆ
Progress with the buyout continues. Latest update from Euan Galloway, chair of Bays of Harris Community Estate.
pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/newโฆ
๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ ๐ฏ๐๐๐ผ๐๐ "๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ"
(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/
๐๐๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ก๐๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฌ-๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ ๐ข๐ฉ๐๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฃ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ฅ
There's been plenty going on behind the scenes since the ballot result last year, as outlined in our latest press release...
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.
FOCUS: What future for the Highlands and Islands economy? whfp.com/2023/05/26/focus-whโฆ
Bays of Harris retweeted
Urras Oighreachd Chร rlabhaigh 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
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A Sense of Community's episode on the Outer Hebrides is featured in the Herald Scotland. Read the full article here: heraldscotland.com/opinion/2โฆ
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The idyllic landscapes of Scotlandโs 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
Bays of Harris retweeted
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 โcommunity desireโ (David Cameron๐) is alive. โ at Glasgow, Scotland
"The people in the Bays of Harris last week voted decisively in favour of a community buyout".
Editorial comment in this week's issue of the West Highland Free Press @WHFP1
