Suilven Archives - Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape

A Volunteering Thank You

23rd September 2021, by Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape

Volunteering has been an integral part of the Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape Partnership, right from the very beginning. What makes us unique from other partnerships was the amount of volunteer community groups who signed up to support projects over the 5 years. When I started my role in year 2 of the scheme there had already been a…

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Survey reveals Coigach and Assynt’s globally rare habitats

14th October 2020, by Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape

Over the summer a survey funded through CALLP has discovered that the area between and around the sentinel peaks of Suilven and Canisp is home to an exceptionally large number of globally scarce and important upland habitats. The CALLP High Value Habitat survey is a joint venture between Scottish Wildlife Trust, Assynt Foundation and NatureScot, and aims to survey in…

Land and Conservation Management

Thanks to You for 25 Years

25th November 2019, by Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape

The 19th November 2019 saw the 25th Birthday of the National Lottery and its funding of community projects such as us. The quiz this year was slightly different to the last. Instead of a December Christmas theme we had a Birthday party! Plenty of snacks and, of course, birthday cake, where shared amongst the 31 attendees as well as laughs…

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Sounds around Suilven

26th September 2019, by Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape

The crunch of gravel underfoot… leaves rustling in the breeze… birds singing… the odd giggle (or scuffle!). And the quiet stillness in between. If you happened to be down at Glencanisp yesterday afternoon, you may have been surprised to suddenly happen across eleven mostly-silent 8-10 year-olds. It was certainly a surprise for us to discover how quiet they could be,…

People, Training and Wildlife

Meet our Suilven Artist in Residence!

2nd September 2019, by Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape

Hello CALL blog readers, I’m Alex Mackay and I’m this year’s Suilven Artist In Residence. I’m spending time throughout the year in the surrounding areas of Suilven creating a new sound work, but before I talk about that allow me to introduce what I do and what drew me to undertake this work. Broadly speaking, I’m a musician. My work…

Built and Cultural Heritage

End of road for £200k Suilven path restoration work

15th July 2019, by Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape

On 21st June 2019 a small ceremony was held to mark the completion of the repairs on the Suilven Path. The ceremony was attended by directors of the Assynt Foundation, and representatives of the Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape Partnership and the John Muir Trust, and by the project’s coordinator Chris Goodman who is now concentrating on developing his local…

Paths and Access

CALL for artists 2019!

18th March 2019, by Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape

Invitation for application for a Suilven Artist Residency The Coigach and Assynt Living Landscape Partnership CALLP, funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, in association with the Assynt Foundation, is issuing this open invitation for expressions of interest to apply for an Art Residency to focus on Suilven, a mountain of distinctive shape and character, and one that is ranked…

Built and Cultural Heritage

Happy Heritage Treasures Day!

11th January 2019, by Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape

Today is #HeritageTreasures day so we’re sharing some of the heritage treasures being conserved and enhanced through our partnership scheme, made possible thanks to players of the National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund. Lets start big with the iconic mountain Suilven, where the path has been mightily improved by John Muir Trust over the last two years under the…

Project news

Learning The Way!

25th September 2018, by Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape

By Katrina Martin, CALLP Education Manager (Job Share) Ever since I stepped into the role of Education Manager for the Outdoor & Woodland Learning Project I have been excited at the prospect of delivering an Outdoor Learning session themed around paths, especially given the variety of paths and access projects CALLP has. Like many of us, I enjoy going out…

Paths and Access, People, Training and Wildlife

We’ve ‘Done’ Suilven

20th September 2018, by Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape

Guest blog by Chris Goodman, Path Project Officer for the John Muir Trust I look at my watch, it’s 5.30pm and it’s still a long walk back to Glencanisp from the steep slope on the north side of Suilven. It’s the last day on site of the path repair project and it’s been all hands on deck getting everything finished…