Bhaltos Trust

Objectives are to:

• Retain any income generated within local community
• Improve the social and economic environment
• Increase community confidence and provide a climate in which other ventures by individuals or groups are more likely to succeed.
• Give people control over their own destiny rather than being subject to the whims of landowners.
• Exercise control over developments within the community.
• Have input into policies on absentee crofters, vacant crofts.
• Improve the estate management for the benefit of the local community and visitors.
• Improve co-operation among local crofters and grazings committees in development schemes.
• Increase co-operation with agenciews such as SNH in the promotion of initiatives that will be of mutual benefit.

Challenges to be faced:

• De-population
• Ageing population
• Loss of volunteer support
• Possible dissent between grazing committees