Eday Partnership

How We Started

Eday Partnerhship was founded in 2004, following Eday’s inclusion in the Initiative at the Edge programme.

What We Do

There were 5 pre-exisiting, properly constituted community groups in existence on the island at the time and Eday Partnership allocated 5 Directorships as nominated places on the Board - one from each of the five: Eday Community Council, Eday Community Enterprises, Eday Community Association, Eday Tourist Association and Eday Heritage Centre Association. We have employed an island Ranger, worked with our partner organisations and sourced funding for the renovation and modernisation of our Community Hostel and the building of our island Heritage Centre. A new slipway has been built which will be complemented by the installation of 4 mooring buoys. A new shed and marshalling yard are currently under construction at the pier. We have funded the production and printing of 5 new island brochures, run various courses (dyke building, literary and servewise) and carried out a skills survey. We are currently applying for planning permission for the building of a Gateway House and have had a feasibility study done and identified a site for the erection of a community-owned turbine.

Our Future Plans

Other projects underway/in the pipeline include an oral history project, recycling centre and wind to heat turbines for 3 community buildings.