The Shieling Project is an off-grid learning centre in the Highlands of Scotland

Do you want to live sustainably, learn new skills, and spend time outside? Learn how to milk a cow, weave a basket, build a bothy or investigate our recent past at our off-grid learning centre. Come outdoors and get stuck into the shieling life with us.

The Shieling Project is an off-grid learning centre in the Highlands of Scotland.  The project is all about outdoor living – from looking after our livestock to making real buildings and weaving baskets to making burgers from the meat we have raised here. You can help with seasonal tasks like planting, moving the cattle, making hay, or harvesting the crops. The tradition of the shieling where folk lived outdoors all summer herding the cattle, gives us a window onto the past, but also helps us look forward to a sustainable future. Alongside our schools provision, we offer lots of courses and events throughout the year from craft weeks to family camps.

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Do you want to milk a cow, build a bothy, or plant a forest? Be an archaeologist, a poet, a weaver? Come outdoors and get stuck in to shieling life with us.

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If your kids aren't quite ready for a week away from you but you love the idea of our camps you might like our family camps. Come as a family and share a cabin together. 
Kids can still build up their independence as we take them away from 10-3pm and provide activities such as basket weaving, natural wool dyeing (using foraged plants), felting, turf building, nature walks, drama and making firesticks. This gives you a chance to relax, go for a hike in our beautiful surroundings or take part in an activity yourself. The camp as a whole is run in a relaxed and informal way, so if there’s something you want to do, all you need to do is ask.
Camps run Sunday to Friday, 5pm to 5pm. The cost is £1100 per cabin, which can accommodate 6, so that's just £180 per person for a full week of wonderful activities and food.
More information here: https://www.theshielingproject.org/.../camps/family-camp
(Please note our family camp on the 30th July is sold out but we still have availability on our 9th-14th of July camp).Got questions about our camps? Want to know more about food, where you will be staying, how to find us and what a typical day looks like? We have all this and more in our FAQ's section. Scroll down on our camp pages to find out more. 
https://www.theshielingproject.org/en/events/camps/family-campWe have 5 spots left on our 1st kids camp this summer (2nd - 7th July) and 3 spots left on our 2nd kids camp (23rd - 28th July). We have a great group of youngsters ready to make lifelong friendships and learn outdoor skills in beautiful Glen Strathfarrar. Do you know a young person who might benefit from our summer camp? Making new friends and building confidence and resilience, all in a beautiful and supported setting. Our staff are highly trained and 24hr supervision is provided. 
Check out the Camps tab on our website (linked in our stories) for more details.On our school residential this week, we've done a waulking song workshop, learned about the different ways tweed can be used and designed our own products!

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#ecofriendlyDo you know we have a blog on our website? Click over to www.theshielingproject.org/posts to read more. Read about Dùthcas and what it means, about working towards healthy communities and about upland flora and slowing down outdoors.May 1st - Beltane. In the times of the Shieling, a family's main residence was in the 'wintertown' located in the low, arable ground. Following Beltane, the family would move with their animals up to the summer pasture on higher ground. Once everything was moved and the shielings repaired, the menfolk would return to the wintertown to carry on the farming work of summer, repair and thatch houses and cut and dry peats whilst the women and children would remain at the Shieling looking after the animals, milking and making butter and cheese. Shieling life was well established for at least 2000 years in parts of Scotland and is still a fairly recent memory for some in the Western Isles.

📷 - remains of an old Shieling at Farr.

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