Voices of the Eigg Community Buy-out

07/11/2022

Listen here to the podcast of the “Power of the Eigg Story, yesterday and today,” an online event featuring three iconic Scottish authors , Lesley Riddoch, Alastair McIntosh and Andy Wightman, who all played a part in the Eigg community buyout.

05/11/2022

You can also go directly to the Eigg website to hear the podcast of our online event, the power of the Eigg Story, yesterday and today. Insightful comments from Lesley and Andy on what's needed today to make Land reform a reality!

Listen here to the podcast of the “Power of the Eigg Story, yesterday and today,” an online event featuring three iconic Scottish authors , Lesley Riddoch, Alastair McIntosh and Andy Wightman, who all played a part in the Eigg community buyout.

04/11/2022

You can listen to "the Power of the Eigg Story" which is now available on the Community Pioneers Podcasts series!
https://www.buzzsprout.com/1726942/11627040

10/10/2022

Go to Eventbrite to register for this event which we are all looking forward to!
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-power-of-the-eigg-story-yesterday-and-today-tickets-423525565367

03/10/2022

At long last the Eigg app to help you discover the journey undertaken in the last 25 years of the community buy out is ready! Share it widely with this QR code!

21/09/2022

Lesley Riddoch of Speaking Out fame visited recently and this photograph took her right back to the time when she organised the Speaking out Programme at the School house - see below - on eof the most difficult programmes she ever made, she famously said: Shellenberg arrived 2 hours late and at first noone form Eigg would day a thing. Then Allan MacRae from Assynt started and opened the floodgates by simply saying" I can see the proprietor here has not much regard for the tenants"...

21/09/2022

Watching the news coverage of the Community buy out at St Columba's Church of Scotland: brought lots of memories for Catriona and Eilidh, island girls now living in New Zealand and in the south of England, as well as the rest of us!

20/09/2022

Webinar coming soon:
"The power of the Eigg story, yesterday and today!" on Wednesday 2 November

Registration is open on Eventbrite

26/08/2022

The BBC One show is trying to follow the island kids in this video of the very first 12 June! A great wee piece to watch and feel the excitement of the day! https://fb.watch/f8l5DOt7xx/

19/08/2022

some of the comments in the Voices ' visitors book....

15/08/2022

Eigg news footage from the BBC was shown at St Columba's CoS Tuesday 16 Aug 7.30.
This free event was curated for the Voices project by Lucy who provided the fillm clips and Camille who commented!
The film programme was around 40 minutes and included the following:
Doctor Maclean
Shellenberg before the forced sale of Eigg
Dispute between Schellenberg and islanders increases. Rolls Royce fire
Schellenberg description of his sale and repurchase of Eigg and islanders discontent
Maruma’s second visit to Eigg and his plans for the future
Maruma fails to deliver his promises
Highland Councillors support the Eigg community in advance of it possibly coming up for re-sale
Islanders decide it would be better if the community owned. Explanation of Maruma loans
Eigg community buyout success
Faobhar, Eigg buyout successful (Gaelic and English)

The show was very well attended, with Eigg girls now living away from Eigg and visiting their families in attendance. Catriona now living in New Zealand and Eilidh now living in Surrey were especially pleased to see this footage showing Eigg folks who have now passed away, and pictures of the school and the shop from their childhood. Many of our Eigg visitors also attended and their comments in our visitors book showed how much they appreciate the progress we have made since the buy-out and the distance travelled!

29/07/2022

Why is there an American flag in our exhibition? Because American friend of EIgg and descendant of Eigg emigrant Bob Giles from Detroit organised his senator to have it flown over the capitol on 12 June 1997 in honour of the people of EIgg!!!

29/07/2022

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29/07/2022

29/07/2022

Eigg's journey has not been straighforward, and there were many twists and turns on the way, which are reflected in the lay out of our exhibition in St Columba's church.

29/07/2022

Our island, our future, Egg's silver anniversary!

29/07/2022

Andy Wightman finding a passage in the bible relevant to land rights!

29/07/2022

Land reform campaigners Andy Wightman and Dr Michael Foxley enjoying memories of the Eigg buy out campaign