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AS OSCAR season looms, the Old Man of Storr has had to put on his own brave face for the cameras after missing out on the UK Landmark of the Year title.
BBC 1’s popular and long-running rural TV programme Countryfile has announced the results of its magazine’s annual awards which celebrates the best of the UK’s countryside.
And despite a strong show of support from Staffin and the rest of Skye, the Bodach an Stòrr came runner up in its category. ...

TWO plots in Staffin – which could be suitable for local people seeking affordable housing –  are now available.
The Highlands Small Communities Housing Trust (HSCHT) has developed a site at Dun Flodigarry, just off the A855 and north of the youth hostel. They could be self-build plots, Rent-to-Buy or discounted/open market house sales.
Highlands Small Communities Housing Trust (HSCHT) is a registered charitable organisation set up to help rural communities secure long-term solutions to their local housing needs and ...

A DROP in event updating local residents about the Staffin Community Trust’s major footpaths and heritage project will be held on Saturday.
The SCT received a Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) grant to extend its hugely popular Skye Ecomuseum, called Ceumannan (footsteps in Gaelic) and has been working hard on surveying potential routes in Staffin, liaising with crofting townships about the most appropriate sites and collating information about the history and stories behind each of the locations with a particular focus on crofting, ...

NUTS found during an archaeological dig at Staffin Bay were from the hunter gatherer period more than 8,000 years ago, tests have confirmed. The hazelnut shells were discovered during the five-day community-led excavation in September 2015 when University of the Highlands and Islands archaeologists investigated a suspected Mesolithic structure, in collaboration with the Staffin Community Trust (SCT).
Radiocarbon dates have now confirmed the excavated lithics date to the Mesolithic period, towards the latter half of the 7th millennium BC. Two fragments of charred hazelnut ...

A POSTER design submitted by a Staffin Primary School pupil has beat off competition from almost 5,200 children in a national contest.
Food Standards Scotland (FSS) received 5,183 entries from 200 primary schools across Scotland and in a fantastic achievement Declan Malloy was judged the overall winner of the poster competition which required a poster about healthy eating or food safety. It was a great result for Declan and the school. Declan’s prize was £1,000 worth of Amazon vouchers for the school and £300 ...

STAFFIN footballers will be back in action this Saturday – two years after the club pulled out of the Skye and Lochalsh Bagshaw League.
Several players will be pulling on the legendary sky blue and white tops to compete in an inaugural football tournament. Danny Steele and team mates at Portree Juniors FC have organised the June McCaherty 7s at Portree High School’s astroturf pitch.  
June sadly passed away last year. Her husband, Phil McCaherty, manages the Juniors and June was a keen supporter ...

FUNDING pots which young individuals, groups, schools and youth/arts organisation based in Skye can bid into for arts schemes have been highlighted. 
Full details below. 

Creative in Your Community. This is administered through the individuals groups, schools and youth/arts organisations… Open to: Young people aged 12-25, living anywhere in the Highlands. For: New cross art form projects, to be planned and run by the young people. Aim: To encourage young people to take initiative and ownership over a project and become more confident in ...

THE OLD Man of Storr is the only Scottish location in contention to be crowned the UK Landmark of the Year in a TV show competition.
BBC 1’s popular and long-running rural programme Countryfile, which counts HRH Prince Charles among its millions of viewers, is holding its annual awards through its official magazine which celebrates the best of the UK’s countryside.
BBC Countryfile Magazine chose a panel of experts to select the shortlist of finalists for each category. They included BBC presenters ...

STAFFIN and Trotternish residents – who may suffer from long-term medical conditions like diabetes – are being sought by researchers studying how technology is used in rural communities’ health services.
The Glasgow School of Art is working on a project called Digital Empathy in partnership with the University of the Highlands and Islands. It is specifically looking at how digital technology is currently used and trying to come up with proposals to improve interactions between health professionals and patients. The GSA, which has a Forres base, is one of the ...

STAFFIN residents have indicated their support for a stake in management of a site at the Storr, the results of a public consultation have confirmed.
The Staffin Community Trust has secured a mandate after it asked local residents for their views on its aspiration to purchase or manage Highland Council-owned land at the Old Man of Storr, which attracts thousands of people from all over the world each year but has seen severe parking congestion in recent years. 
SCT directors helped hand deliver surveys to ...

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The first of three planned heritage events in partnership with Tobar an Dualchais/Kist o’ Riches, to record old stories from people in North East Skye, ...

STAFF at the Staffin Gym are already flat out carrying out inductions at the newly-opened fitness base, which has been formally named by local school children. 
The gym has captured the imagination of the local community and residents have clamoured to sign up as members and use the excellent new facility in Staffin Community Hall. 
Fitness instructor Sam Crowe and trainee Anna MacDonald have been demonstrating to the new members how to position themselves properly on the machines and the correct approach to getting the best out of ...

SAVE Portree Hospital campaigners have made their case to MSPs in the Scottish Parliament.
And a key Holyrood committee has reacted by asking the health secretary to review the highly controversial NHS Highland decision.
Alan MacRae from Uig, Drynoch’s Malcom Hendry and Catriona MacDonald of Portree appeared before the public petitions committee on Tuesday (15.12). The group had submitted a petition with more than 4,000 signatures demanding an independent review of NHS Highland’s move.  
The campaign group had previously claimed that a “mistake” was ...

A CHRISTMAS EVE service will be held in Staffin next week.
The Church of Scotland will host the popular service next Thursday, December 24 from 7.30pm. 
Everybody is welcome, said the Rev John Murray, and the evening will include carols by candlelight, teas, coffees and mince pies.

MORE than half of the residents living in Staffin have responded to a survey about the future management of a visitor site at the Old Man of Storr.
The Staffin Community Trust (SCT) had asked residents for their views on its aspiration to purchase or manage Highland Council-owned land at the famous island landmark.  
SCT directors helped hand deliver 255 questionnaires to local households and businesses last month (November) in a major community consultation. The local authority owns an 82-hectare site at ...