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