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Wind of change
Find out how an island community is planning to utilise natural assets to help build community wealth
Organisation name: Carloway Estate Trust (Urras Oighreachd Chàrlabhaigh)
Funding received: £16,740 from Scottish Government funding (distributed by Outer Hebrides Local Action Group)
Date awarded: 03/2025
Location: Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides
Carloway Estate Trust (Urras Oighreachd Chàrlabhaigh) is a community landowner on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides.
The estate covers 11,500 acres on the North West coast of the Isle of Lewis, with over 200 crofts spread across the townships of Knock, Kirivick, Doune Carloway, Tolsta Chaolais, Breasclete, Breasclete Park and Callanish.
The Trust received Community Led Local Development (CLLD) funding of £16,740 towards the cost of surveys and professional services for scoping their community wind project.
The group applied for funding through the Outer Hebrides Local Action Group (LAG), one of the twenty which distributes the Scottish Government CLLD fund across rural and island Scotland.
Find out more about The Trust at their website: Urras Oighreachd Chàrlabhaigh | Carloway Estate Trust | Community Land
Further information on the project can be found at the dedicated website managed by Urras Oighreachd Ghabhsainn, one of the other community estates partnering with Urras Oighreachd Chàrlabhaigh on the project: WEST COAST COMMUNITY ENERGY | galsontrust
