CHRISTMAS JOY AS UISTWIND FUNDRAISER PASSES £400,000

North Uist will get its community-owned wind farm next year, after our fundraising campaign passed £400,000 on Christmas Eve.  The total raised by UistWind was £408,000 by close of play on December 24.

​Our final fundraising drive was launched early in December and our NUDC development officers working on the project were greatly encouraged when the share offer hit £345,000 on December 19. By Christmas Eve, though, what was cautious optimism had given way to sheer delight.

Mustapha Hocine, chairman of North Uist Development Company, said: ‘It is the best possible Christmas present for North Uist that we have exceeded our target for the community share offer, and that we are now at £400,000.

‘This means that more people will benefit from the target interest rate of four per cent and it means that the community benefit will be even greater. Thank you to everyone who has invested in the project so far.’

See: https://www.obantimes.co.uk/2019/01/05/christmas-joy-as-uistwind-fundraiser-passes-400000/