A significant grant has been awarded to Gairloch Musuem.
Announcing the news online, Gairloch Museum is to receive just over £80,000 towards their Roundhouse Project from the Museum Futures fund. Museum Futures is a partnership programme developed by The Scottish Government , Museums Galleries Scotland and The National Lottery Heritage Fund Scotland. This is another step forward for the Museum’s plans to reconstruct an Iron Age Roundhouse in their Outdoor Museum. The roundhouse will connect visitors directly with the archaeology of the excavated roundhouse sites behind the Museum and with the traditional building skills used to construct them.
52 beaches across Scotland have scooped a Blue Flag Award for Beautiful Beaches….
During a few days of summer weather in the Region last week, it was announced by environmental charity Keep Scotland Beautiful that more than 50 beaches have scooped a Scotland's Beach Award and will be flying the prestigious flag this summer. Scotland’s Beach Awards celebrates the achievements of well managed beaches across Scotland. Although there are many much loved and well visited beaches in Wester Ross and Sutherland, the nearest beaches to make the scheme were in Nairn, Brora and Dornoch.
SSE has awarded £2.1 million to 17 projects across the Scottish Highlands through its Highland Sustainable Development Fund.
A key priority for this year’s funding is addressing the shortage of affordable housing across rural and island communities. One of the Communities to receive a grant is Coigach Community Development Company in Wester Ross which has been awarded £95,000 towards the construction of 10 affordable, energy‑efficient homes at Achagarry on the Coigach peninsula.
