In brief

Community shops are an essential part of Buth Tholastaidh 1 Community Shops our island community life. They provide a community hub and focal point for people to meet as well as allowing them to carry 2 Uig Community Shop out all of their weekly shopping locally and actively contribute to decreasing social isolation particularly amongst the elderly. The community shops are major point for news and information, local 3 Butha Scalpaigh events, job advertisements, services etc. 4 Harris Community Shop For the visitor, a trip to the local community shop is a must during a visit to the Outer . These shops are a great place to pick up everything needed for a stay and are a treasure trove for local Hebridean products and produce. As you travel through They are a great place to meet the locals, the , hear the Gadhlig language spoken and pop into our Community find out what is going on in the area. Shops for local produce, products and much more. Some of our community shops are part of the Eat Drink Hebrides Trail which 5 Eriskay Shop showcases our fabulous Hebridean produce www.eatdrinkhebrides.co.uk 6 Bùth Bharraigh

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Bùth Bharraigh Harris Community Shop Uig Community Shop , Isle of HS9 5XD An Clachan, , Isle of Harris HS5 3TS , Uig, HS2 9JD Tel: 01871 817948 Tel: 01859 520370 Tel: 01851 672444 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Facebook and Twitter: @buthbharraigh Web: www.harriscommunityshop.co.uk Web: www.uigcommunityshop.co.uk Facebook: @harriscommunitycoop Facebook: @uigcommunityshop OPENING HOURS: Mon – Sat: 10.00am – 6.00pm OPENING HOURS: OPENING HOURS SHOP: Sun: 12.00pm – 4.00pm Mon – Thurs: 9.00am – 6.00pm Mon, Tue, Wed, Sat: 9.00am – 5.00pm Fri – Sat: 9.00am – 7.00pm Thurs – Fri: 9.00am – 6.00pm Eriskay Shop Sun: Closed Sunday: Closed Eriskay, Isle of South HS8 5JJ Tel: 01878 720236 Butha Scalpaigh From 3 April – 30 September Email: [email protected] North Harbour, Scalpay, Isle of Harris HS4 3XU Mon – Sat: 9.00am – 6.00pm Facebook: @Eriskay Shop Tel: 01859 540218 Sunday: Closed Email: [email protected] OPENING HOURS: OPENING HOURS POST OFFICE: Mon – Sat: 9.00am – 6.00pm OPENING HOURS: Mon, Tue, Thurs, Fri: 9.00am – 16.45om Sun: Open June – August 9.00am – 1.00pm Mon – Sat: 9.00am – 6.00pm Wed, Sat, Sun: Closed Sun: Closed Buth Tholastaidh , Isle of Lewis HS2 0NL Tel: 01851 890281 Email:[email protected] Web: www.buththolastaidh.co.uk Facebook:@buththolastaidh

OPENING HOURS SHOP: Mon – Sat: 10.00am – 5.00pm Sun: Closed

OPENING HOURS POST OFFICE: Mon – Tue: 10.00am – 3.00pm Explore... Wed – Fri: 10.00am – 1.00pm 1 Buth Tholastaidh Groceries Coal/logs Fuel

Buth Tholastaidh is located roughly Post Office Picnic bench Laundrette 14 miles north of and is the last shop before you get to Garry Bridge WiFi Microwave ATM/Cash (also known as “The Bridge to Nowhere”) and the glorious beaches Calor Gas Photocopier Local deliveries of Traigh Mor and Garraidh.

The Buth has been a shop and Post Tea/Coffee Boat Fuel Gifts Office since the 1920s and was taken over by the community in 2011. In the SYMBOLS: FACILITIES TO KEY BBQ & Camping supplies Part of EDH trail early days we were heavily reliant on volunteers but thanks to the generous funding we receive from Tolsta Community Development, the situation Tholastaidh is much improved. Ness We sell all the basics; groceries, newspapers, coal, gas, postcards, Scalpay Uig souvenirs, camping supplies, beach toys, ice creams and much more. 1 Come and see us. Use our free WiFi. You can even get a coffee. Lewis

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A Bhuth provides an extensive range of 2 Uig Community Shop facilities and is licensed to sell alcohol. Groceries include fresh fruit, vegetables, In 2003 Uig’s only shop, which also fish, meat and dairy produce as well as housed the Post Office and fuel station, specialist foods including organic, vegan, 3 Butha Scalpaigh was put up for sale. Concerned that wheat and gluten free goods and other these lifeline services would be lost, Uig Bùtha Scalpaigh evolved because of day to day household needs. An Deveopment Trust acquired the shop the closure of the one existing local excellent selection of gifts and souvenirs through a combination of share issue shop. Scalpay is an island, linked to the is also offered, several by local artisans and grants. Since then, further grant larger island of Harris by a bridge which and unique to the Hebrides. A Bhuth is funding has enabled the shop to double was opened in 1997, but in spite of this the beating heart of the community and in size and the provision of disabled bringing the next commercial facility is there to help all as best as possible. access. Uig Community Shop, A Bhuth, nearer (now only about 7 miles away is managed on behalf of the community by road), a shop in Scalpay itself was by Uig Community Co-operative Limited greatly missed. Following public (UCCL) through a committee of volunteers Tarbert 3 consultation, the shop was bought by elected by UCCL shareholders and a the community in 2010, by means of dedicated team of staff. public shares and various public grants. Bùtha Scalpaigh was officially opened 4 in December 2012. Leverburgh Harris The shop provides a wide variety of goods. Free WiFi is offered in the adjoining Bistro, which has an excellent Harris reputation and attracts customers from far and wide.

As well as providing goods for sale, the shop has proved to be a place where the community comes together, acting as a social hub and providing a location Eriskay where news and events can be advertised.

Having a community shop helps enhance Scalpay’s individuality and maintain the feeling of togetherness that was always present in the past of this unique island.

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Harris Community Co-op, or Co-Chommun Na Hearadh in Gaelic, was set up in 1979, Eriskay Community shop lies in the when the existing village shop in Leverburgh 5 Eriskay Shop midst of tranquil turquoise waters, it looked likely to close down. A community is the hub of our community – offering co-operative was set up and, by selling local In 1979 the only shop and post office on a wonderful variety of locally made shares at £25 each, sufficient funds were the island was threatened with closure gifts and Scottish-made goods. We are raised to allow the community to run its – the shop owner retired and there was a focal point for all our visitors, a visit own enterprise. no-one to take his place. In response, to our friendly shop and coffee bar is the local community decided to start a a must. As a co-operative, community-owned and co-operative and raised finance by managed by a voluntary committee, the buying £50 shares in the business. Eriskay is now connected to South shop is a corporate member of the Co- 5 £7,500 was raised and this was Uist by causeway which opened in operative Group and can order goods Eriskay matched by Highlands & Islands September 2002. directly through the Group. The shop Development Board (now HIE). HIDB provides a regular supply of good quality also provided grant funding to help with Small we may be but Eriskay is not just goods, particularly fresh fruit and vegetables management and staff costs over the another little Island. and it has made a real difference to the set up period. This enabled the quality of produce and the shop’s viability. 6 community to build a new shop and Where possible we support local business Barra start trading. from bakers, butchers, shellfish suppliers and cheesemakers.

vegetables, jams, chutneys, eggs and Barra 6 Bùth Bharraigh more. All subject to supply and seasonality. Wide-range of local art and Bùth Bharraigh is the Community Local crafts. We also have wholefoods, yarn, Produce Hub on the Isle of Barra. The local interest books (Gaelic and English), main aim of Bùth Bharraigh is to provide local maps and more. a retail outlet for local producers and provide products that people wanted but Come in, have a browse, stay for a This leaflet is supported by were not readily available in the coffee and make use of our free WiFi. community such as wholefoods, yarn, LED lightbulbs and facilities such as a Craft Ceilidh every Sunday – drop in laundrette. from 12 noon to 4pm

Available locally produced: Bread, home baking, vegetarian ready meals, fish,

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