Description

In the late 1970s, funding was secured from the van Leer Foundation to look at the needs of communities throughout the Western Isles.  Various community education projects were established as a result in Ness, Harris and Iochdar in South Uist.  The projects continued in various guises until the early 1990s but it left definite footprints in communities across the islands including the establishment of Comunn Eachdraidh Nis; a community newspaper in Harris; the beginnings of an arts and film festival in the Uists and crucially support for 52 pre-school community run associations.  The project report was entitled "We did it oursleves."

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