Autumn on the land has been beautiful with the seasonal change of colours and fungi making their presence known with their fruiting bodies once again present to our eyes – the natural world has been busy and so have the FHT human team with so much going on. This busyness was particularly evident during our […]
It has taken over a year of planning, fundraising, connecting with other organisations and similar projects, gathering and reading background material, disseminating information to raise public awareness, writing articles, organising information sharing events and simply thinking about our Dune Restoration project. It is with a great feeling of relief and pride that on Wednesday 20th November we finally finished the first phase – converting 0.8ha of dense gorse back to open sand dunes.
Neil and his wife Heather have newly arrived from living in Auroville in the south of India and are now living in Kinloss. With his background in science, plants and communities he was naturally drawn to the work of the FHT and was voted onto the board of trustees at our September AGM. Welcome Neil […]
It was the 12th of April, 2021 when both the Community Centre and Sanctuary, the heart and soul of what is now called the Park Ecovillage Findhorn, went up in flames through an act of arson. Over three years later the new Sanctuary is being built by Greenleaf Design and Build as part of the […]
Last Year’s Activities and Achievements I did a similar thing last year to reflect on the many events and successes of the Trust by sharing the text that will be sent to the charity regulator in the FHT annual report from 1st April 2023 to the 31st March 2024. I think it important to share […]
This summer I was once again away from Findhorn for the whole month of July in the privileged position of being able to explore the magnificent country of Scotland by sailboat – this year Shetland, the Orkney Islands, round Cape Wrath to the far northwest of the mainland, all down the Outer Hebrides from Lewis […]
Birgit has lived in the Park Ecovillage Findhorn with her daughter Olivia for about seven years and has been involved with the FHT for the last three. She is a valued and important member of the FHT team who enriches our organisation with her smiling face and positive attitude as well as the marketing and […]
Sometimes looking at figures visually can be fun and revealing which is what David Hammond FHT Treasurer with the help of Trustee and Bookkeeper Christopher Raymont have done here by putting together simplified figures from 2023-24 data on the trust’s income and expenditure. What are some of the observations that we can draw from this […]
It has been another whirlwind spring season as far as the Findhorn Hinterland Trust and the various activities on the land go. The ‘When the Bough Breaks’ film, which starred our trustee Alan Watson Featherstone and the rewilding work he was previously involved in with Trees for Life, took place on the 16th March in […]
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The Findhorn Hinterland Trust (FHT) is a charity (SC045806) set up as a SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation) in July 2015 and as such is regulated by OSCR (Office of Scottish Charities Register). (more...)
Chair’s Report – Winter/ Spring 2025
It seems a long time since our winter gathering event at the Woodland Shelter, when a good crowd coalesced around the fire collecting Christmas trees, and the other event around that time, when Santa Claus was once again installed in the Conservation Hub as part of the Christmas trail put on by Laura Pasetti and […]