Jura for Argyll

Residents of Islay ad Jura are being asked to say how they think health services to their islands should be provided. Local doctors, nurses, ambulance staff and surgery staff are all contributing their ideas. Argyll & Bute Community Health Partnership (CHP) also wants to hear from island residents including, of course, those who act as [...]

And our ferry may have played a part in it. The Tayvallich community, at the other end of our new link to mainland Argyll, has just got almost £200,000 from BIG Lottery toward their buy-out of the shop, post office and cafe in the village. The ferry from there to here has brought both of [...]

The Environmental Health department of Argyll and Bute Council is offering non-means-tested grants of up to £800 to people with private water supplies who are interested in improving them. Phone 01546 604131 for details and enquiries or go to the Private Water Supplies page of the Council’s website.

Seafood Extravaganza tonight - 7th August. All locally caught produce - lobster, langoustine, scallops, squat lobster and mackerel…to raise funds for Cancer Research.

The first of August was our Civic Reception in celebration of the first ferry direct to mainland Argyll for thirty six years. The Herald - in half a page of coverage of the event - has noted that a MacBrayne’s ferry called at Craighouse Pier for the last time in 1972. For Argyll has another [...]

As well as marking our successes in getting the passenger ferry to Tayvallich launched and raising the funding to develop The Antlers, the Civic Reception on 1st August marks our other major achievement in installing eight new moorings and two pontoons woth the landing bridge. These facilities will offer much more support to visiting yachts [...]

Our twin community in the new passenger ferry from Craighouse to Tayvallich in Kintyre is mounting a determined effort to buy out its village shop, post office and cafe. The ferry traffic coming into Tayvallich has already brought increased trade to the cafe, as people arrive early for boarding. This might make the business [...]

The new fast passenger ferry from Tayvallich to Craighouse has been running for around a month and has already tripled the numbers carried. We’ve got funding for the Antlers project so now a tearoom, interpretation and craft centre are on the horizon. So - in the Village Hall at Craighouse on 1st August, we’re holding [...]

A meeting about the awful mess that is the damage caused by the new slipway at Port Askaig to Jura’s ferry link with Islay saw plenty of plain speaking from over sixty islanders aimed at two responsible officers of Argyll and Bute Council - Director of Operational Services, Andy Law and Principal Engineer, Peter Ward. [...]

The Jura Development Trust are delighted to announce that they have been awarded a grant of £146,594 from The Big Lottery - Investing in Communities.
The award will provide 50% of capital costs for redeveloping the Antlers building to incorporate a tearoom, craft display and sales area and an Interpretation Display. In addition 75% of core [...]