Would you move to a scottish island if £50,000 was up for grabs? Any questions? Drop em below 👇

@growingwithfungi

2 жыл бұрын

yes. 😁

@wmblivestock4185

2 жыл бұрын

Yes .

@prabhu6orangekumar865

2 жыл бұрын

How to apply

@L.A.M

2 жыл бұрын

Where we can apply? I have always loved Scotland, when I was younger I lived in Iona, so I would adore to go back

@ZenZones1

2 жыл бұрын

What island is in this program?

Unfortunately you're a bit out of date with that information. As the closing date to apply for any of them Island's was October 2021 .

@gb4939

Жыл бұрын

The closing date on october 2021 was not the closing date to apply, it was the closing date to respond to the survey. BUT, this "Islands Bond" project is not longer available anyway. I called them and it's written on the gov website : "We recognise that there will be some disappointment that Islands Bonds will not be offered, but working to develop a more integrated and collaborative approach to supporting sustainable populations will facilitate greater opportunities for those looking to remain in, or move to our island communities." www.gov.scot/publications/islands-bond-consultation-scottish-government-response/

@129kittykati

Жыл бұрын

Oh man that sucks.

@gb4939

Жыл бұрын

@@129kittykati Yeah for sure 😕

@b_ks

Жыл бұрын

🙄

@nattzzj

Жыл бұрын

I seen on Google the government didn't even end up doing it

Nobody can become financially successful over night. They put in background work but we tend to see the finished part. Fear is a dangerous component, hindering us from taking bold steps we need in other to reach our goals.

As of August 2022, Scotland abandoned the Island Bond program due to strong opposition from local residents. Oh well.

Been on Holiday to Mull and was blown away by how stunningly beautiful it is. I've never felt more comfortable in my life as that I did on Mull. Its somewhere I feel I'm meant to be.

If only I had been forty years younger. I would have jumped at the chance back then if I had known about it. To have made a complete break away from my control freak of a dad and brother. As for what I would have done for a living. Possible landscape artist. As well as being a small farmer.

Done and sold. I don't even need the 50k quid incentive, I'm 100% down to go.

@Kerr.Rawden

2 жыл бұрын

Good luck!

@riksinha5

2 жыл бұрын

How to apply?

@sumanbhandari4244

Жыл бұрын

@@riksinha5 no indians please

Where was this 50 years ago when I was young? I'd have something run down as I can do plastering, dry stone walling and bricklaying, electrical, plumbing and put a new roof on the house extension. I'd even have gone to the Falkland Islands.

My family are from skye - my grandfather grew up there walking to school with no shoes, and the family moved to Manchester after falling out with the ferry boatman. I've been considering a return.

Strange how people weren’t given notice of this info before 2021 quite a significant date, yet info was withheld!?

How positively inspiring. Thanks for sharing.

Dude this is epic, thanks for sharing!

This would be about 55K in American dollars. Not a whole lot when considering moving costs, building a place or having to fix one up (more expensive on an island), length of time to search for another job, etc etc. And what about the internet? I hope the people who sign up for this are able to make it happen

@catwhisperer1524

Жыл бұрын

most islands now have fast speed internet... but you are right costs on an island are almost doubled to doing soemthing on mainland..so if this scheme had gone ahead the amount offered wuld have done little...it certainly wouldnt buy you the land.

@sultankebab1587

Жыл бұрын

They do have internet but to be honest i would give anything if i wasnt introduced to the internet as a child.

@DeeVoeNay

Жыл бұрын

If "internet" is one of the first things you're worried about...this clearly isn't for you. Also, 50,000 is plenty to a savvy person that doesn't need much to survive and be happy with the little things. This shit sounds dope, and if I wasn't leaving the states for Switzerland, I would jump on this in a heart beat.

@duncanbananatyne3890

Жыл бұрын

I would get one mighty fine tent. Only £50k? Better than a Glasgow kiss.

@theonlyD

Жыл бұрын

@@DeeVoeNay Some need the Internet for work.

That was thoroughly interesting. Thanks for that.

Such a shame it was scrapped,I’d have loved to move to the Isle of Arran,my Nan was evacuated there during ww2 and said the people there were fantastic,like a second family.

@bbwoolfy

Жыл бұрын

@Ralph Reilly Well that's a very disparaging view of the people of Arran. Unfortunately the island is being turned into little Britain with almost half the houses as second homes lying empty most of the year. Hopefully we'll see legislation similar to Norway's prevent this happening and the Islands can retain their young people.

@adoculos4521

Жыл бұрын

@Ralph Reilly 👈 Hilariously ignorant and offensive. 'component'?? A country with its own laws, culture and history is not a *****ING COMPONENT! 'Development of the Empire? What freaking Empire? Quite sad really.

@allrounder7003

Жыл бұрын

The people there now aren't the ones then. There's about three times the population there was in the 60/70s. Mainly English retired civil servants and polis from what I can see.

@gpo746

Жыл бұрын

When you go to the chip shop on Arran when they ask if you want salt on your haggis sausage and chips say NO thanks as they literally pour the stuff on ! I loved the Isle of Arran such a beautiful place . I spent 10 days there camping in 1993 .

@funwithFred

Жыл бұрын

It was? Do you know why it was scrapped?

BBC says the idea has been scrapped !

Absolutely wonderful brother thank you so much 😃🌱💚🙏✨🔥

Thank you very much so much for this video. It was very instructive.

The lack of sunshine is a deal breaker for a long term residence. Would love to visit these islands though.

@fastasleepdream8522

Жыл бұрын

Duh, and in summer when the Sun doesn't set?

@beautyandthebudget3642

6 ай бұрын

​@@fastasleepdream8522what are you talking about doesn't set???

@KiwiCatherineJemma

4 ай бұрын

@@beautyandthebudget3642 Good point. I think what the person meant was that, depending on how far North you are, during mid-summer the days can be up to 19 hours long for example, in Lerwick town on Shetland Islands, Scotland. As a comparison, Fairbanks in central Alaska USA, is further North so during mid-Summer day is 22 hours with just 2 hours of "night". (Obviously things are reversed in Winter. So one gets a 2 hour day and 22 hour night, in mid-winter in Fairbanks Alaska say.). Solar Panels, slanted at approx the correct angle, can still generate electricity during some cloudy weather, and during snowy weather especially when the Sky is clear and blue. Their efficiency increases with cold, as long as they have light falling on them. Scottish Island dwellers often use wind generators as they can expect power from them about 60% of the time, day and night, Winter and Summer.. With advances in more affordable Solar and Wind generators, folks who can afford to install such infrastructure straight off, can have a comfortable life even on remote islands. One wind generator will supply some heating and extra Winter lighting to even a large "family sized" greenhouse for example.

You could put up a decent midgie net for £50k, thanks for putting this out.

@bill5328

Жыл бұрын

Midges aren't in all places, and are easily avoided.

@dantevxv1501

Жыл бұрын

You cant avoid z scotish midg

Wow, really interesting and nice concept. 👍

The response sets out the decision that was taken as a result of the consultation and in person workshop feedback. The key findings from the analysis of the consultation suggested that island communities do not support the proposed Islands Bond and as a direct result of that feedback, the scheme will not be taken forward.

Thank you for sharing this video very intresting

This money would be better put into housing to enable young people to stay or return to these places. Having been forced off the housing market by the sheer amount of holiday homes, rather than encouraging more incomers (the actual cause of the issue) plenty of people wish to stay in the areas of their birth, I myself would love to move home and be around aging family but it’s unlikely to be an option

Freeedoooom!!! *william Wallace voice*

Damn, such things just keep getting more popular. I remember this starting with €1 houses of Sicily and other small Italian towns. There’s free-ish homes in Japan. Now I find out about Scotland. 8 billion people, and we have falling population numbers. What a ironic conundrum.

@james2578

Жыл бұрын

started way before sicily...

@pumpkingamebox

Жыл бұрын

@@james2578 Don’t be a smartass. I noticed with Sicily first, and then I saw it ramping up through other countries. Nobody cares where it actually started, and I doubt anyone even knows. What cringe it is to try to correct someone in a meaningless way and also using ellipses.

@strangelyfamiliar1729

Жыл бұрын

Those €1 houses in Italy weren't exactly 'move-in' ready either (atleast not the ones I saw).

@exwaifupillow

11 ай бұрын

It’s not necessarily lack of population than it is lack of opportunity

@sterlingdriggs8806

11 ай бұрын

@@exwaifupillow Yeah if I moved to one of those places, how could I expect to make a living?

There was a scheme to get people into crofting in the Shetland Islands but it was still too expensive for people to go and start up. Depopulation has always been a problem on Scottish islands. Better pay, easier jobs, less hours, more social contact in mainland towns.

@udirt

Жыл бұрын

How good/bad is the internet there for real?

@Locutus

Жыл бұрын

I don't know what I would do without Internet access, or poor Internet access. The Internet is a huge part of my life. Even for my dad, who is in his 70s, would struggle without his Internet. If his Internet is not working, I am the first person he complains to about it!!! 😂

@catwhisperer1524

Жыл бұрын

@@Locutus we have superfast fibre to home internet so not a problem at all

@Heligany

Жыл бұрын

@@udirt Its fibre in most villages now

Are you kidding me? I'd pay 50,000 to move to Scotland!

@titchwolffenris4077

Жыл бұрын

Might want to rethink that. We aren't as free here as people like to think we are.

@jaketherunner6411

Жыл бұрын

@@titchwolffenris4077 can you Elaborate on this please?

@skipperofschool8325

Жыл бұрын

@@jaketherunner6411 Scotland doesn't have independence, England rules it. But the person might've been referring to something else, I am not sure.

@titchwolffenris4077

Жыл бұрын

@@jaketherunner6411 you can get arrested in Scotland for a joke. That's not freedom.

@derekdavis6508

Жыл бұрын

@@titchwolffenris4077 you are right, I think Swiss Alps is the most free country in Europe but who knows for how long, Scotland almost won independence again with Yes.

Great information, grettings from Indonesia

My great grandparents were expelled from North Uist at the point of a bayonet. They were dumped on Cape Breton Island in October with nothing. Half of them died that first winter. A lottery is the best you got?

What an opportunity that would be I'd absolutely love to do something like this

@sweeta17

Жыл бұрын

same here but on an island with warm hot climate all year round . scotish islands look beautiful but in summer the millions of midgits and cold autums and very cold winters .

Its not going ahead the idea was scrapped

Back in the mid 1980s, I was a regular visitor to Arran, maybe 3 times each year. In 1987, I went to Arran to speciically look for a house to buy and move there. I was aged 26. indind a place was easy. However, when I spoke to locals o about my age, they all told me to think again. The main reason being that rom about October to April, the island is completely dead..

Wow this is amazing would love to live in Scotland off grid. They wouldn’t even have to pay me. Thanks for sharing just found your channel.

wow!! I love the idea but I would struggle with the colder climate and longer darker nights in winter after living in the southwest of England.

@King_Alfred_849

Жыл бұрын

.....don't forget you get longer daylight hours though in the summer 👍

@zenkiea9663

Жыл бұрын

Not me! Coming from Arizona I would embrace this opportunity completely!

@dansimmons21

Жыл бұрын

@@zenkiea9663 I just moved back to England from AZ haha

@bill5328

Жыл бұрын

stay where you are, it' a hoax.

@user-uc5xj2li9d

Жыл бұрын

Your place is Australia

What can you do with 50k these days? Not much! Especially if you’re having to expensively ship goods over to an island.

I would go as long as it has decent internet access

Wow, I am getting a nurse practitioner certificate. I would move there without thinking twice.

@catwhisperer1524

Жыл бұрын

nurses are very much in short supply

Oh wow, this is our family dream, to live off-grid or to start our own homestead. It's certainly worth looking in to. I'm viewing this video 5 months after it was uploaded, I wonder if I'm too late to explore the possibility?

@p0pmoney

Жыл бұрын

Yes u are ended 2021

@adoculos4521

Жыл бұрын

The scheme was scrapped in August 2022.

@udirt

Жыл бұрын

Write to the major, you don't need a KZread video to do it

@adoculos4521

Жыл бұрын

@@udirt What are you talking about??

I would move to Lewis, Harris, Barra or Skye tomorrow. But unfortunately, I am too old.

Time to go back! 😂(I’m descended from Jacobites) been in the states for over 7 generations

Very hard to integrate with the islanders they hate incomers. Don’t get too excited

Whoop whoop. Killing Gaelic. Love it.

Island communities many of whom are incomers themselves are very hostile to new incomers so not surprised they complained and cancelled this scheme.

@TheTwofatgamers

Жыл бұрын

They did and its been cancelled

@bbwoolfy

Жыл бұрын

Nothing to do with hostility. There was a public consultation and it was decided that money would be better spent retaining young people on the islands (preventing further outmigration). It was never going to be a 'free for all' anyway, as the video suggests. It was to encourage people with a connection to the islands back.

Did that for 5 years off Grid ⚡️ Spring H2O 170 inhabitants 🥳🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿😎

@Kerr.Rawden

Жыл бұрын

That sounds bloody amazing

On my way, Scotland has some of the best beauty in the world.

90 islands and 100 hundred people get a place is that really going to secure the future of them islands

I am here looking for humourous footage to poke fun at Boxers with ! Perhaps some jousting grouse !

I'm 60 now but would have considered it 30 years ago.

Couldn't come up with this scheme 40 years ago, before I got so acclimated to the tropics?

May grandma father last name is Callaway I am not for sure which part of Ireland that they were from but maybe one day I can figure it out and maybe I come there to visit it

I'm all in.

I moved to Ireland 20 years ago from the UK and now am on a very small offshore island in a rental. I was never offered that kind of money and am a disabled pensioner.

@rdodamiangrin

Жыл бұрын

Is life easier in Ireland compared to UK?

Would be good if u didn’t have to have the money upfront first to build a house then apply for 50k

😍😍😍😍 OMG Cya!

Oh…I wish. Scotland is glorious.

Scotland gets terribly cold in the winter. Colder than London.

I just found out the closest pub is 36km and a boat-ride away. Not for me!

Sign me up did I hear you say , fishing boat ? 😊

Let’s goooooooo!

Yes please!!

Thank you, do you have more info how we can apply ?

I'm from Australia I would love to move to there

@rdodamiangrin

Жыл бұрын

They don't like foreigners in uk

@carmelcream7662

Жыл бұрын

@@rdodamiangrin my brother lives in Italy but my son is a Mclellan anywhere near Kirkcudbright?

I'm Australian but I would go now

this has now been scrapped ,there is another route called crofting which may be worth a look

@stevenuibhist

Жыл бұрын

PAH!

@Heligany

Жыл бұрын

Have you seen the price of crofts? LOL

@Kingtrollface259

8 ай бұрын

Paradise ain't cheap my friend

Yes!!

I'm on my way!

@adamkhan7234

2 жыл бұрын

John and Jean Kerr Rawden commenting on *Kerr*bear's video....hmm...is that the parents helping you beat the algorithm? 😂

Is there a link somewhere to apply for this or is it all still an up in the air idea ? Thanks

What is the weather like you can only grow potatoes, trees and grass

@wererealatbeinwat. There should be a few ferry men boats so you don’t feel stuck or obliged …. Hear what your saying though .

Is that Jim Fairfull's place at the 1:14 mark?

I'll do it. Right now. Who do I talk to? I already have a passport, I'm ready to go.

sounds interesting

yes I would

Yes I would

Our population here on orkney is definitely not dwindling. so idk why the govt is trying to tackle "Population Decline"

Sold!

As an Englishman, Id happily go to Scotland to live for free, but youd have to pay me more than £50,000 to live in Wales..... apparently its full of Welsh people

The wicker man 👀😳

what crop grow there? do they let you set up a vacation rental? so many questions unless you have a ton of money to just retire and bring your kids to breed there too.

💖💖💖💖💖💖. 🚨. Actually landed here by accident wanted actually to go to Isle of Skye on a trip . Anyway here now. 💖💖💖. 🚨. Trip to Skye up next. 💖

On my way

am in orkney here i ome shetland xxx

Yea why not..

They should just sell land cheap with planning on it for self building smallholders. 100 new incomers to such a vast area won't make the slightest difference and expecting people to waste their time writing detailed begging letters with such terrible odds of success is a typical govt piss take.

Am i too late? Since everyone around the world are now fighting for their rights and some sort of compensations how about give us back our land in the highlands

Perhaps they should extend this

How’s the fishing between islands and mainland.?

I'm coming Scotland.....hold on........here I come!!!

I,d have loved to do that, buy some land start som allotments.self sufficient what a wY tn live

I want to move there.

YES

If you don't use to climate you won't last long looks good on tv but reality every day live is different thear is reson declining of population people living because of rough climate.

Just curious .... but what type of employment would be present? Say I got a plot and a cabin with my 50k, but I am still of working age and would need to work. I am willing to contribute if I come, but what work would be available to a man say, in his early 40s?

Most Sasannachs couldnae handle... The midges! 😉

Can people from the European Mainland apply?

Can I bring my trailer house? It comes with a plastic pink flamingo

I was confused by images in intro, is one from Northern Spain?

You should have told me 30 years ago I would have been there in a shot mum is from largs and dad from Glasgow I'm 62 now is it too late 😢 I would like to open a bait shop 😊

Could I move there an be applicable for the bundle being born in London England?