Scottish Crofting Federation's Annual Gathering - "1886 and all that"

This event is aimed towards crofters. The theme of the Annual Gathering this year will be crofting land tenure: past, present and future.

There will be speakers on crofting history, crofting community and culture; the formation of crofting regulated tenure, other forms of land tenure (including the Glendale "Irish" example and agricultural tenancies), community ownership, use of common grazings and the current crofting law in regards to land tenure. Young Crofters will be meeting to discuss what they feel are the needs and aspirations of their generation and there will be plenty of time for open discussion on issues such as regulated versus non-regulated systems, owner-occupancy versus tenancy, what is needed to sustain crofting tenure and, yes, the big question, what is best for rural Scotland.

But not all work! The Young Crofters will be organising a ceilidh after the celebrated SCF dinner. In addition to this, children from throughout the Crofting islands will be performing the poetry and song of their island ancestors through the project, 'Voices of the Island Crofts' (open to the general public and promoted separately on this website).