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  For nearly the last two years the group  have been filming a documentary that explores the role that music plays on Skye. Covering subjects like Gaelic, Community Events, Housing, and Tourism.  They have been lucky enough to have participants such as Donnie Munro from Runrig, Peter Morrison from T...Read More

   A social evening to help promote the local heritage while encouraging social interaction for some of the older members of our community.  A local band is also hired for the evening, with traditional ceilidh dancing encouraged.   This event takes place at the Old School Restaurant in Dunvegan and ...Read More

DCT grants Dunvegan Primary School an annual fund of £5000.00.  A large portion of this is to be spent on school trips, some goes towards running the breakfast club and the rest is to be used at the discretion of the school.   In June 2024, 8 P7 pupils went to Raasay for their P7 residential trip, w...Read More

DCT provides an annual grant to DCC as a way to get funds out into the community in as efficient a way possible.  This has included extra grass cutting over and above what the Highland Council currently provide, providing financial support to the newly formed ‘Dunvegan Brigade’, the erection of the ...Read More

Radio Skye applied to our Skye Wide Charities grant to help offer Sam, a local lad from Dunvegan, a 1 year placement on a 21 hour a week contract.  Sam had been working at Radio Skye since he left school at the age of 16, when he joined YOUTH space, Radio Skye’s training scheme for young peopl...Read More

The Scottish Coastal Clean Up (SCCU), along with Skye Beach Cleans have worked on a project to bring their beach cleaning boat to Skye in August and together with local volunteers, the aim was to remove as much marine litter as possible from, in particular, the more remote and inaccessible beaches i...Read More

Dunvegan Community Trust continues to offer educational support to folk pursuing further education.  We had 6 applicants for the educational grant in 2024, with a combined total of £7420 being granted.   All of our applicants are at different stages in their further education, and the amounts that h...Read More