Stòras Shlèite project manager Greg Thomson receiving the donation from Alex Bell from the Camuscross games organising team. The recent games day held at Camuscross in south Skye raised more than £700 for the Stòras Shlèite oral history project, which is run by library staff at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig. The generous donation from local games-goers will help support the ongoing collection, preservation and sharing of the rich Gaelic heritage of south Skye. The project is dedicated to recording new material with local people while also preserving and making accessible valuable archival recordings and historical material. This work ensures that the area’s stories, traditions, language and memories are safeguarded for future generations. The project has also been working closely with Bun-sgoil Shlèite, helping to pass on local Gaelic songs from Sleat and distinctive local dialect words and expressions to pupils, strengthening links between young people and their linguistic and cultural heritage....

Local people are demanding urgent action. Photograph: Willie Urquhart. BY JACKIE MACKENZIE There was a good turnout at a public meeting in Portree on Monday evening when the community was given a chance to voice views over the future of closure-threatened Home Farm care home. The NHS Highland-run elderly people’s home is currently being overseen by the Care Inspectorate after major weaknesses were found in its operation, potentially putting residents at risk. Organised by local campaign group SOS-NHS Skye, the meeting held in the Church of Scotland Hall was chaired by Fay Thomson and attended by local MP Andrew Baxter, Highland councillors Drew Millar and Chrissie Gillies, and SOS-NHS Skye members Neil Campbell and Marion Carson, along with members of the public. Local people were united in their view that Home Farm is a vital facility for Skye and must remain open. They wanted reassurance from NHS Highland over consistent...