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www.borvehall.com |
Clan Macquarrie Centre is in the Borve area of Lewis and serves as a
community facility for northern Lewis. The Centre hosts various
community events, concerts, ceilidhs and wedding receptions/dances |
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CHEX - Community Health Exchange |
www.chex.org.uk |
Funded by NHS Health Scotland, CHEX is one of
the leading agencies in Scotland that provides a resource in supporting
community development approaches to health improvement and challenging
health inequalities. It also facilitates a network of community health
initiatives and works to support them in developing good practice and
influencing health and social policies. |
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Comunn
Eachdraidh Nis |
www.c-e-n.org |
The Ness Historical Society
houses a superb collection of photographs, audio-video recordings, documents
and artefacts relating to the social and cultural history of the Ness and
Westside area of Lewis |
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Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (CnES) |
www.cne-siar.gov.uk |
Western Isles Island Council -
the local authority serving the western Isles of Scotland |
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Eoropie
Tearoom |
www.eoropaidh.co.uk |
Serving hot drinks, sandwiches
and fresh baking - the most North Westerly tearoom in the UK is situated
beside the Eoropie playpark |
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Galson Trust
Wiki |
www.galsonestate.pbwiki.com |
Wiki pages relating to the
Galson Estate area - the community owned estate of the Ness to Upper Barvas
areas of Lewis |
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HAGS |
www.hags.co.uk |
One of the
largest manufacturers of outdoor playground and recreation equipment in
Europe |
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WIHB Health Promotion |
www.wihb.scot.nhs.uk/promotions |
The Public
Health & Health Strategy Division's Health Promotion Department exists to
enable and empower people, groups and communities to make informed choices
about their lifestyle, in order to improve and sustain their health and
quality of life. |
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James
Smith Photography |
www.oiseval.co.uk |
A professional landscape
photographer living and working on the Isle of Lewis. |
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Lews
Castle College |
www.lews.uhi.ac.uk |
Based in Stornoway, Lews Castle
College is the higher education centre that serves the Western Isles.
It has satellite campuses on the Isle of Benbecula, where the specialisms
include traditional music, Lochmaddy in North Uist, where its partnership
with award-winning arts organisation Taigh Chearsabhagh has allowed it to
develop an amazing fine art course specialising in environmental art, and
Castlebay, on the Isle of Barra. 'The Castle' is part of the
University of the Highlands & Islands (UHI),
which is a partnership of colleges, learning and research centres working
together to provide university-level education to people throughout the
Highlands and Islands of Scotland, and beyond |
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Lionel
School |
www.lionelschool.freeuk.com |
Lionel is currently a primary
one (P1) to secondary 2 (P2) school situated on the Lionel machair in Ness.
A popular and successful school that also offers Gaelic-medium education, it
currently serves the Ness and parts of the Westside areas of Lewis. In
January 2011, it successfully fought off an attempt by the local authority
CnES to close it - WELL DONE, LIONEL! |
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Playdale |
www.playdale.co.uk |
Playdale is a family
owned and run business that has been manufacturing playground equipment and
building playgrounds for over 25 years |
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The
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) |
www.rspb.org.uk |
A UK charity working to secure a
healthy environment for birds and wildlife |
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Scottish Healthy Living Centre Alliance |
www.shlca.co.uk |
Healthy Living Centres
aim to improve the health and wellbeing of people in their surrounding area.
There are currently 26 HLCs operating in Scotland, these HLC's employ over
300 staff, involve 2000 active volunteers and engage over 100,000
beneficiaries each year. The Scottish Healthy Living Centre Alliance aims to
embed community-led approaches to health improvement in disadvantaged
communities across Scotland and to reduce health inequalities wherever they
occur. |
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Scottish
National Heritage |
www.snh.org.uk |
Funded by the Scottish
Government, SNH aims to promote care for, a better understanding of, and
improvement of the natural heritage - the wildlife, habitats, landscapes and
natural beauty of Scotland |
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Sporsnis |
www.sporsnis.co.uk |
A £1.8m multi-purpose leisure,
health & fitness centre in Ness, Isle of Lewis. Sited beside Lionel
School, it has a large indoor play space (football, badminton, etc), as well
as a multi-gym, sauna, showers, internet access, office accommodation, Lews
Castle College/UHI learning centre, children's soft play area, refreshments |
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Taigh
Dhonnchaidh |
www.taighdhonnchaidh.com |
The converted former home of
well-known island teacher and pianist, the late Duncan 'Major' Morison,
Taigh Dhonnchaidh (Duncan's House) is an arts and music centre in the
village of Habost, Ness. As well as providing music tuition for
children and hosting the occasional 'ceilidh' and art exhibition, the centre
is also the base for the hugely popular Ness Melodeon Band. |
Third Sector Hebrides
formerly
'Voluntary Action Lewis'
(VAL) |
www.thirdsectorhebrides.org.uk |
Aims include: supporting the
voluntary sector locally; giving advice and support on funding; promoting
community planning; promoting social inclusion; working effectively with the
LVDA and Active Communities Agenda; promoting community learning; promoting
social economy activities, and supporting community development.
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WIHB |
www.wihb.scot.nhs.uk |
Western Isles Health Board |
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Youth
Scotland |
www.youthscotland.org.uk |
Youth Scotland is the largest
non-uniformed youth organisation in Scotland and one of the key providers of
information, training, advice and support to part time and voluntary youth
workers |
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