SCF Croft Register of Interest

by SCF | Sep 28, 2012 | News Archive

The Scottish Crofting Federation wishes to maintain a register of people who are interested in obtaining a croft. This register can then be matched with any crofts that become available and the SCF will notify appropriate people on the list. Note that under the...

SCF Welcomes New Crofting Commission Convenor

by SCF | Sep 26, 2012 | News Archive

The Scottish Crofting Federation welcomes the appointment of the new convenor to the Crofting Commission. Derek Flyn, Chair of the SCF, said “We are very pleased to see that the long awaited appointment has now been made. We are a particularly impressed that the...

Concern About Cost of New Crofting Register

by SCF | Sep 24, 2012 | News Archive

Delegates at the annual Crofting Law Group conference held in Portree last Friday (21 September) were shown progress towards the new Crofting Register. The creation of a map-based record of crofts as one of the national Registers of Scotland is amongst several recent...

“Sort out your succession” crofters urged

by SCF | Sep 18, 2012 | News Archive

Scottish Crofting Federation (SCF) has warned crofters to make arrangements for their croft succession without delay. The warning follows the experience of a member who was threatened with the loss of his croft to fund the residential care costs of his elderly mother....

Study to Look at Option for Skye & Lochalsh Abattoir

by SCF | Aug 31, 2012 | News Archive

In 2011 Scottish Crofting Federation (SCF) formed a working group to look at ways of providing an abattoir service for Skye and Lochalsh after a gap of over twenty years. Currently crofters and farmers in the region have to transport animals for slaughter to Dingwall,...