A NATIONAL touring event aimed at teaching local communities how to archive and record oral history arrives in Staffin tomorrow (Feb 21).
Carol Stobie, of Community Land Scotland, is embarking on a campervan tour of Scotland, called Linn an fhearainn, as part of the 100 Years of Community Ownership project. The oral history workshop starts at the Church of Scotland at 10am on Wednesday, February 21, and will run to 1pm.
Communities buying land and buildings has gathered real momentum in the last few years but actually dates back to the early 20th century. It was a century ago that the Stornoway Trust became the first place in Scotland to complete the transfer of land into community hands.
Staffin has a rich tradition of the community working together to improve services and improve the amenities. More than 90 years ago the community raised the funds to build the Nurse's Cottage in Clachan, long before the NHS was created. It enabled nurses to live locally and treat local residents.
And the construction of Talla Stafainn in the early 1980s was driven by the local community with a huge amount of fundraising and work. https://tallastafainn.org/inde...
In recent years Staffin Community Trust - which was set up 30 years ago and is the oldest trust in Skye - bought the first of land in its history when it purchased the common grazing site from SGRPID and the Stenscholl township so it could build the affordable housing, health and business development Taighean a' Chaiseil. https://skyeecomuseum.co.uk/la...
To book a place at the workshop click here: https://www.communitylandscotland.org.uk/event/capturing-your-story-oral-history-workshop-for-community-owners/
