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Glenuig is a tiny community of just
over thirty folk located in the Parish of Moidart in remote
west Lochaber. Nowadays it is taken to include the neighbouring
settlements of Samalaman and Alt Ruadh, and contains 21 houses
in permanent occupation plus four holiday homes.
In a wider sense it includes the nearby hamlets of Roshven
and Lochailort, bringing the population over a distance of
eight miles to just over fifty.
The village looks west across the Sound of Arisaig towards
the Small Isles of Eigg, Muck, Rum and Canna.
Access to Glenuig by public road was only made possible in
1966, and mains electricity arrived in 1983. A growing population
of young people saw the revival of Glenuig Village Hall Committee
in 1982, running the village hall situated in the old School
Room. In 1993 the Hall Committee changed to become Glenuig
Community Association.
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Glenuig Community Association (GCA) has been responsible for several
initiatives in the area. Through determined fundraising, notably
through the Glenuig Music Festival (1983-1993) the local community
built the magnificent Glenuig Hall that is
owned and managed by the GCA, and the Association is currently looking
into the future of the village
shop, hoping to build new premises and re-open the shop to be
run as a Community Enterprise.
The area has been inhabited for thousands of years and the traces
of these earlier residents are everywhere around. The coastal regions
here are wild and rocky, but because of the warmer climate within
the last two thousand years the inland areas were productive and
heavily populated. In the last two hundred years the population
declined through enforced clearances of the glens for sheep and
voluntary emigration from the harsher coastal regions to the new
colonies, particularly Cape Breton and America.
Nowadays Glenuig is a thriving and friendly community. Occupations
include fishing, crofting, building, craftwork and IT, and of course
catering for the many visitors to the area. We have a cosy pub with
a restaurant, a tiny but busy shop and post office and a variety
of accommodation alternatives in Glenuig, Kinlochmoidart, Roshven
and Lochailort.
Prior to 1966 access was by foot or horseback (from either Lochailort
or Kinlochmoidart) or by boat. Since that year the area has been
accessible by good modern roads, by train to Lochailort, or by bus
from Fort William.
Our pride and joy is our village hall, one of the most splendid
on the west coast and a very popular venue for entertainment: we
regularly have traditional folk music, fiddlers, blues bands, opera
and dance and a range of community activities ranging from yoga,
playgroups and youth nights to the meeetings of the Moidart Local
History Group.
In summary, the GCA exists to fulfil the following:
Mission
To benefit the Community by:
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Providing Recreational
Facilities
Encouraging an understanding of our Heritage, Culture
and Environment
Creating employment and Training opportunities |
Aims
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To promote the management
of a Community Centre in Glenuig for the benefit the
people of Glenuig and its environs
To promote the acquisition of skills and training in
Glenuig and its environs
To create employment opportunities for local people
To promote the continuation of Gaelic Language and Culture
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Objectives
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To maintain and manage
the New Hall for the benefit of all the Community
To develop a network to assist training
To open up opportunities for development within a local
framework
To facilitate and encourage the development of subsidiary
enterprises |
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GLENUIG
COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
Regd. Office: Glenuig Hall, Glenuig, Lochailort, Inverness-shire,
PH38 4NG
Tel/Fax: 01687-470214
Glenuig Community Association is a Company Limited by
Guarantee No. : 147089
Registered as a Scottish Charity No. : SC 020339
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