Isle of Kerrera Development Trust

Less than half a mile off Scotland's west coast, protecting Oban bay from the Atlantic Ocean lies a rugged gem of an island, an idyllic Hebridean paradise, that a small, vibrant and resourceful community calls home. Welcome to the island of Kerrera.

The Trust

The island is home to 64 full time residents. The Isle of Kerrera Development Trust (IKDT) was registered as a charity in May 2009 and is also a Company Limited by Guarantee. Its aim is to represent the views of the islanders and to initiate and develop projects that will benefit the island, its community and its visitors.

 

Find out more about the work we do

What to See & Do

News

Sponsored Swim Success!

Sponsored Swim Success!

To raise funds for our big community project- to renovate the old primary school into a new community centre, two young islanders challenged themselves to an awesome task, to swim from the mainland to Kerrera- in December!

School Update

School Update

We now are the proud owners of the old school building!!! Now the work begins to renovate it into our new community centre. We are also delighted to have recruited islander Aideen Shields as our new Project Manager, check our Projects page for further information.

Minister Roseanna Cunningham visits Kerrera

Minister Roseanna Cunningham visits Kerrera

The Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform visits Kerrera to hear more about the project to redevelop the school into a community hub. Read more here.

We can buy the school!

We can buy the school!

We were successful with our Scottish Land Fund bid to enable us to buy the former school - read more here!

Amazing Volunteers!

Amazing Volunteers!

For last year’s AGM we worked out that IKDT's directors had clocked over 1000 hours of volunteer time across the year ...

North / South Link Road

North / South Link Road

Huge progress has been made! With funding from the Scottish Government and Project Management from the IKDT, construction of our connecting road began in August 2022. The community were thrilled to be connected and walked the road for the first time together in November 2022.

Ferry Update

Ferry Update

We were happy that Transport Scotland took on board our request to improve the winter timetable with extra sailings ...

Septic Tank Social Enterprise

Septic Tank Social Enterprise

We’re receiving some welcome support from Community Enterprise to help us get our first social enterprise off the ground ...

Get In Touch

Please use the email address below to contact the Isle of Kerrera Development Trust. For all other contact details please see the Directory page.