THERE was some very exciting news in February when it was announced that the Eigg’s community had been successful in applying for a Scottish Government Regeneration Capital Grant Fund Award to the tune of £1.2 million. The funding is to be used to redevelop the An Laimhrig centre at the pier which will see the […]
IT has been a strangely quiet spring on Eigg as the Covid-19 lockdown has seen the island empty of all visitors. While this has been a blow for a community that relies on tourism, islanders have been working together to ensure that the most vulnerable are properly protected and that the island will be ready […]
Monday 11th May, 2020, 8.00pm, Eigg Community Hall Following the “great night out” success of The Dark Carnival in 2019, Vanishing Point Theatre return to Eigg in May with: The Metamorphosis: Unplugged – After the story by Franz Kafka A theatre show with live music that tells the story of Gregor Samsa, an ordinary man […]
Friday 28th February, 2020, 8.00pm, Eigg Community Hall. On recorders of myriad shapes and sizes, the virtuosic foursome will present Recorder Revolution, featuring composers: Merula, Toby Young, Vivaldi, Vaughan Williams Did you know 3,500,000 plastic recorders are produced worldwide each year, or that the earliest designs melted in direct sunlight? Did you know that King Henry VIII had […]
The Scottish Land Commission promote and support change and good practice in the way land is owned and used in both urban and rural Scotland. The Isle of Eigg’s recent harvesting project has featured in their series of Good Practice Case Studies. You can read it and lots of other great case studies on the […]
Following a meeting in October with MOWI Scotland – the fish farming company who have obtained a Lease Option Agreement for a proposed site at the north end of Eigg – the Isle of Eigg Residents Association held a ballot in November to ask if islanders were supportive of fish farm development off the island’s […]
In recognition of the science of climate change and the devastating impacts on human lives, biodiversity and ecosystems around the world, the Isle of Eigg Residents Association (IERA) declares a Climate and Ecological Emergency. This means that all future decisions made by the IERA will be influenced by the global problems we face. We pledge […]
Isle of Eigg Residents fully support the letter sent by the Eigg Parent Council regarding the re-structuring of schools. Eigg and the other Small Isles schools are in a unique situation because of the geographical location and the new re-structuring would not support the islands either socially or educationally. The impact would be very negative. […]
Eigg Parent Council 24.01.16 RESPONSE BY PARENT COUNCIL TO ‘MANAGEMENT OF SCHOOLS – PROPOSAL FOR IMPLEMENTATION’ Eigg Parent Council would like to draw particular attention to two of the implications detailed in this proposal which Councillors are using to make their decision. These are: 4.3 Risk ‘If this project is not delivered successfully there is […]
The second consultation meeting about the possible new houses on Eigg will happen on Friday 20th January. All welcome