Dunvegan Community Trust was set up initially as an unincorporated association in 2009, with the primary aim of distributing the Community Benefit Fund generated by the Ben Aketil Windfarm. Since then, DCT has been distributing funding to constituted, not-for-profit groups that operate in The Dunvegan area. This has since been broadened to offer educational and employment grants to individuals, and small pots of funding for un-constituted groups who are running small scale or one off projects in the area for the common good.

In 2022 DCT successfully applied to become a SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation) , which is a legal form unique to Scottish charities. Incorporated status allows the Trust to run its own projects in a more ambitious and pro-active way, which opens the door for the purchase of land and buildings and helping develop local assets for the future. The SCIO constitution has also been approved by Scottish Ministers to ensure it is compliant with Right to Buy legislation. Our new Charity Number is SC052078.

See our Membership section for more information about the SCIO aims and the responsibilities of Trustees and Members. Dunvegan Community Trust SCIO  continues to support local charities and individuals through grant funding, as it has done in the past, so if you have an idea for a project you might need funding for, have a look at the applications and get in touch with us for a chat.

If you live in the Dunvegan Community Council area (check the map below if you aren’t sure!) , please sign up to become a full member of Dunvegan Community Trust. Membership doesn’t oblige you to *do* anything, but it means we can keep you up to date with information about what we’re doing, without just relying on social media, and the more members we have, the better chance we have applying for funds for big projects, the more clout we have with local representatives and we’ll be more representative of the people who live here.