Governance | Riaghladh
Ionad Hiort | St Kilda Centre is a community-led charity and Community Interest Company, guided by a Board of Directors drawn from the local community and individuals with specialist expertise.
Board members are elected through Ionad Hiort | St Kilda Centre’s community membership model, with additional members co-opted where specific skills are required. The Board meets monthly and has led the project’s strategic development for over a decade, overseeing feasibility work, partnerships and long-term planning.
The organisation is deeply rooted in the Uig community. Members of Ionad Hiort | St Kilda Cenrte helped establish the Uig Community Centre in 1995, and the group continues to engage widely through consultations, public presentations, community appraisals and regular updates in the Uig News. The organisation also collaborates with the local school to involve young people in developing project content.
Ionad Hiort | St Kilda Centre owns the land for the proposed Visitor Centre, ensuring local stewardship of the site. Its governance structure keeps decision-making grounded in the community while drawing on wider experience to support delivery. The registered office is located at Uig Community Centre on the Isle of Lewis.
Tha Ionad Hiort na charthannas air a stiùireadh leis a’ choimhearsnachd agus na Chompanaidh Ùidh Coimhearsnachd air a stiùireadh le Bòrd-Stiùiridh air a tharraing bhon choimhearsnachd ionadail agus daoine aig a bheil eòlas sònraichte.
Tha buill a’ bhùird air an taghadh tro mhodail ballrachd coimhearsnachd Ionad Hiort, le buill a bharrachd air an co-thaghadh far a bheil feum air sgilean sònraichte. Bidh am Bòrd a’ coinneachadh gach mìos agus tha iad air a bhith a’ stiùireadh leasachadh ro-innleachdail a’ phròiseict airson còrr is deich bliadhna, a’ cumail sùil air obair comasachd, com-pàirteachasan agus dealbhadh fad-ùine.
Tha freumhan domhainn aig a’ bhuidhinn ann an coimhearsnachd Ùig. Chuidich buill de dh’Ionad Hiort le bhith a’ stèidheachadh Ionad Coimhearsnachd Ùig ann an 1995, agus tha a’ bhuidheann a’ leantainn air adhart a’ conaltradh gu farsaing tro cho-chomhairlean, taisbeanaidhean poblach, measadh coimhearsnachd agus cunntasan anns a’ chuairt-litir ionadail, an Ùigeach. Bidh a’ bhuidheann cuideachd ag obair còmhla ris an sgoil ionadail gus daoine òga a thoirt a-steach gu bhith a’ leasachadh susbaint a’ phròiseict.
Is ann le Ionad Hiort a tha an talamh airson an ionaid agus tha sin a’ dèanamh cinnteach gun tèid stiùbhardachd ionadail a chumail suas. Tha an structar riaghlaidh feumail gus co-dhùnaidhean a chumail stèidhichte sa choimhearsnachd agus aig an aon àm a’ tarraing air eòlas nas fharsainge gus taic a thoirt do lìbhrigeadh. Tha an oifis chlàraichte suidhichte aig Ionad Coimhearsnachd Ùig, Eilean Leòdhais.