These Scottish Islands Will PAY YOU £50,000 To Live There!
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- Опубліковано 12 тра 2022
- These Scottish Islands will pay you £50,000 to move there! The Scottish Islands Bond scheme is offering individuals and families up to £50,000 to relocate to or stay in a number of Scottish Islands in an attempt to stem population decline in the island communities.
If you like the idea of moving to some remote scottish islands, and being compensated to do so, this video is for you - whether you are interesting in more remote off-grid living or homesteading, or joining a town with a few more people.
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Would you move to a scottish island if £50,000 was up for grabs? Any questions? Drop em below 👇
yes. 😁
Yes .
How to apply
Where we can apply? I have always loved Scotland, when I was younger I lived in Iona, so I would adore to go back
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Unfortunately you're a bit out of date with that information.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 .
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/
Oh man that sucks.
@@129kittykati Yeah for sure 😕
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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.
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.
As of August 2022, Scotland abandoned the Island Bond program due to strong opposition from local residents. Oh well.
Strange how people weren’t given notice of this info before 2021 quite a significant date, yet info was withheld!?
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.
@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.
@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.
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.
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 .
It was? Do you know why it was scrapped?
Done and sold. I don't even need the 50k quid incentive, I'm 100% down to go.
Good luck!
How to apply?
@@riksinha5 no indians please
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.
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.
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
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.
They do have internet but to be honest i would give anything if i wasnt introduced to the internet as a child.
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.
I would get one mighty fine tent. Only £50k? Better than a Glasgow kiss.
@@DeeVoeNay Some need the Internet for work.
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?
Dude this is epic, thanks for sharing!
How positively inspiring. Thanks for sharing.
The lack of sunshine is a deal breaker for a long term residence. Would love to visit these islands though.
Duh, and in summer when the Sun doesn't set?
@@fastasleepdream8522what are you talking about doesn't set???
@@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.
Midges aren't in all places, and are easily avoided.
You cant avoid z scotish midg
That was thoroughly interesting. Thanks for that.
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.
How good/bad is the internet there for real?
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!!! 😂
@@Locutus we have superfast fibre to home internet so not a problem at all
@@udirt Its fibre in most villages now
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.
Absolutely wonderful brother thank you so much 😃🌱💚🙏✨🔥
Thank you very much so much for this video. It was very instructive.
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
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.
started way before sicily...
@@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.
Those €1 houses in Italy weren't exactly 'move-in' ready either (atleast not the ones I saw).
It’s not necessarily lack of population than it is lack of opportunity
@@exwaifupillow Yeah if I moved to one of those places, how could I expect to make a living?
Wow, really interesting and nice concept. 👍
What can you do with 50k these days? Not much! Especially if you’re having to expensively ship goods over to an island.
BBC says the idea has been scrapped !
Thank you for sharing this video very intresting
What an opportunity that would be I'd absolutely love to do something like this
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 .
Freeedoooom!!! *william Wallace voice*
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!! 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.
.....don't forget you get longer daylight hours though in the summer 👍
Not me! Coming from Arizona I would embrace this opportunity completely!
@@zenkiea9663 I just moved back to England from AZ haha
stay where you are, it' a hoax.
Your place is Australia
Very hard to integrate with the islanders they hate incomers. Don’t get too excited
I would move to Lewis, Harris, Barra or Skye tomorrow. But unfortunately, I am too old.
Are you kidding me? I'd pay 50,000 to move to Scotland!
Might want to rethink that. We aren't as free here as people like to think we are.
@@titchwolffenris4077 can you Elaborate on this please?
@@jaketherunner6411
Scotland doesn't have independence, England rules it. But the person might've been referring to something else, I am not sure.
@@jaketherunner6411 you can get arrested in Scotland for a joke. That's not freedom.
@@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.
Island communities many of whom are incomers themselves are very hostile to new incomers so not surprised they complained and cancelled this scheme.
They did and its been cancelled
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.
I would go as long as it has decent internet access
Great information, grettings from Indonesia
this has now been scrapped ,there is another route called crofting which may be worth a look
PAH!
Have you seen the price of crofts? LOL
Paradise ain't cheap my friend
Wow, I am getting a nurse practitioner certificate. I would move there without thinking twice.
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?
Yes u are ended 2021
The scheme was scrapped in August 2022.
Write to the major, you don't need a UA-cam video to do it
@@udirt What are you talking about??
Would be good if u didn’t have to have the money upfront first to build a house then apply for 50k
Thank you, do you have more info how we can apply ?
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.
Is life easier in Ireland compared to UK?
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
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.
Time to go back! 😂(I’m descended from Jacobites) been in the states for over 7 generations
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.
I just found out the closest pub is 36km and a boat-ride away. Not for me!
What is the weather like you can only grow potatoes, trees and grass
90 islands and 100 hundred people get a place is that really going to secure the future of them islands
Is that Jim Fairfull's place at the 1:14 mark?
Is there a link somewhere to apply for this or is it all still an up in the air idea ? Thanks
Did that for 5 years off Grid ⚡️ Spring H2O 170 inhabitants 🥳🏴😎
That sounds bloody amazing
Our population here on orkney is definitely not dwindling. so idk why the govt is trying to tackle "Population Decline"
Whoop whoop. Killing Gaelic. Love it.
On my way, Scotland has some of the best beauty in the world.
Update: as of the 19th Aug 2022, the Scottish government have decided to discontinue this initiative, stating that it is 'not what the communities need'.
www.gov.scot/publications/islands-bond-consultation-scottish-government-response/
Has Krankie spent all this money on referendum propaganda ?
Its better to build immigration centres on the island as it increases local population and reduces white supremacists, scotland aims to be majority non white by 2030
You just burst my bubble :(
You should pin this
Another failed SNP initiative, these idiots are ruining our country!
I was confused by images in intro, is one from Northern Spain?
I'm from Australia I would love to move to there
They don't like foreigners in uk
@@rdodamiangrin my brother lives in Italy but my son is a Mclellan anywhere near Kirkcudbright?
I'm 60 now but would have considered it 30 years ago.
Can people from the European Mainland apply?
Could I move there an be applicable for the bundle being born in London England?
How’s the fishing between islands and mainland.?
I'll do it. Right now. Who do I talk to? I already have a passport, I'm ready to go.
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 😊
yes i will straight away , how to do it ?
I,d have loved to do that, buy some land start som allotments.self sufficient what a wY tn live
The proposed Islands Bond will not go ahead following responses to a consultation.
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?
@wererealatbeinwat. There should be a few ferry men boats so you don’t feel stuck or obliged …. Hear what your saying though .
Please let us know if these opportunities arise again, tku
What i the status of this program? I'm in USA but seriously looking at a move.
Sign me up did I hear you say , fishing boat ? 😊
Can I bring my trailer house? It comes with a plastic pink flamingo
That was such a good idea why did they stop it would have loved an opportunity like that. Me and my husband would have loved that im a medical professional, he is very businesses orientated and we have 2 children that are young and would have loved to make a home there. If u hear any more please let me know
It was cancelled is it’s not the answer for the Islands problems
There’s a lot a folk who where born and raised on the Islands but have moved to the mainland because there’s no Houses for sale and when houses do come up for sale they Usually sell as second holiday homes or Airbnb lets
That's all well and good but what's the cost of living , a loaf of bread , milk ,eggs , petrol and so on ? TAXES ? Is that deal open to foreigners ?
How Do you contact The said people Who would pay A Person to live on the said island £50,000 ..whats the catch..I would love to move there ..
How’s the internet connection?
I’m thinking to get a remote job. Once I can find local job or have enough money to start a business. I can quit my remote job
Starlink, fellow human
What are the conditions to qualify to get that bond?
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.
😍😍😍😍 OMG Cya!
I am here looking for humourous footage to poke fun at Boxers with ! Perhaps some jousting grouse !
Struth, Can Aussies move there and start a distillery?
Hello does this work for foreigners, non eu citizens too?
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
I'm all in.
Does it come with a ghost, or a lake monster?
I'm Australian but I would go now
Yes please!!
Iwant to live this place how to i can apply for that?
If you can find someplace without nasty winds, overwhelming cold, and a strong delivery service from UPS and Amazon, then we can talk. I am tired of being cold!
That's why I was taken to England the furthest point near Dover, at 15 , I miss the scotch pies and fish suppers out of the chippie, bridies and tattiescones .
Hi.
I'm interested to move and live in one of those islands. Please tell me how to apply. Currently i live in Indonesia. Do you think this program eligible for people from outside of Scotland?
Probably not unless you're a British citizen?
@@AsteroidM749A No I'm not 😔
@@al-fajrprasetyo481 Make it a dream my friend! Your English is excellent - and if you're good at IT/programming, then you can always get a job over here. All the best, Al-Fajr :)
Nobody can apply, British citizen or not, because the gov changed his mind. I called them. But you don't need to call them, it's written on the gov website (bottom of the page) : www.gov.scot/publications/islands-bond-consultation-scottish-government-response/
Its not going ahead the idea was scrapped
Yes!!
Oh yes! Some my ancestors came from there. I wonder why the don’t do this in England? This would be one way to deal with abandoned buildings. 50k is more than for the frugal to fix up a place. fantastic if they would! it would certainly deal with the homelessness aspect and give peeps a foot on the property ladder.
Heck if you as cheeky as I, find out if you got royal ancestry. As there might be a royal covenant in Magna Carta that could be exploited. The royals are meant to look after their own. Sure there unlikely things out there and doubt many would reach accent the throne. As most people can in the Anglo sphere have at least one royal connection. It might be possible to claim the ancient rites of shelter.
I suspect it might be possible? but would have little to no clue how to go about it. With loads of unclaimed land, derelict and abandoned properties. it must be possible. Believe the the line is, i here by give land to my heirs and future generation. Acknowledging the fact not all royal patronage has legitimate origins. As many kings were notorious for having mistresses. It was reckoning most people born after 1945 would be related. Edward the 3rd is commonly mentioned. Some British can trace the ancestry back to the house of Wessex. So might be even able to claim on Saxon laws. Weregeld perhaps? It would also have implications with regards to council tax. As royal law would take president. Would definitely be nice to have 50k in the bank. Be even nicer if the royals took heart and bailed everyone out of this mess. Helping out their cousins. As you do a good job here. Might be funny to find out? When I did my homework. it would seam I would connect in through Baldwin 2nd of Jerusalem and his daughter. One occasion I can say thanks mum! Though I can’t tell much about my dads side but if the Stokes have anything to do with it? Norwegian royalty circa 960. Dreux the Norman is an ancestor that links Me in to this. With the de mello being the key link. So I have to wonder how many brits could do this? I know a few people that would love a secluded spot. Would love a to be king on a island. To have a humble abode all their own. I know I would. Escape the rat race live of the land. It be awesome.
Ridiculous comments
@@margaretlavender9647 I did some homework. I know the important details it’s I’m dealing with intolerable people. Can’t you take a mans excitement for what it is? Wft happen to divine right then? Royal college of arms knows more than I do. Yes it mental. But when you think about what was gifted by previous monarchs it not so mental. Practical the only reason human right were invented was was to protect the heirs to the the heir to the the crown. All the heirs. From past to present. You get the statement of sovereign individuals. Basically if the kings ever bequeath the land to his heirs and Decedents then. The country and prehaps the whole of the United Kingdom itself belong to everyone. The queen in this instance wouldn’t be sole owner. But a stake holder. So if history is rediculous? Then I question your credentials? If some are aware of exactly how many people thought themselves a common man only to find they were member of the aristocracy. Mathew pinsent, Danny dyer, Courtney cox. To name but a few. 1.3 billion in the Anglosphere alone. It normally comes with privileges. If I was to argue it further? everyone was defrauded once they came of age.
So no it not ridiculous, when there is a debt of honour yet to be bestowed. Heck it means many in Britain are related by rights to Odin. To be a king you had to demonstrate your were some how godly. It might even be the job of the king to ensure the faithful are rewarded. Maybe another purpose for Bona vicantia? to ensure no one goes homeless. I’d say my enquiring mind in essence is trying to be practical.
An American blabbering nonsense yet again. Semi-illiterate of course as well.
@@hugofitzwilliam8197 oh you think I’m American? Nope definitely European. Northern European mainly. I did a lot of digging in to my own backgrounds I went way back. If your educated? You know your surname has some standing? Fits William put you in with the normans. England is the inheritance. For most of my kith and kin. By extension most of the United Kingdom is as well. It not nonsense it just honouring what has been. I wonder if you mis-spoke? No damned way I’m American not with the aristocratic links. Capt James Bentleys royalist army. Captain of horse. Hand chooses by the king himself. Which is funny because they have links to Wessex and Mercia going way back. Daughters of Wessex features prominently. It get better as a feeder branch takes us back to Sweden and Denmark. House of munso. Robert d’ouilly was the link. Because of his marriage to a de wallingford I’d been doing my homework. As for my dad side his mam was a stokes that goes back to the Kingdom of Norway and the Hebrides. I know the Hayman’s played a prominent part in history. On multiple occasions. If I did my homework right every Christian prayer end saying something simmer? Honestly a story there! The men that build enclosures. Then men that built Eden. Yep if the source are true? So not nonsense? Just to seek and ye shall find? Heck with Roman emperors, Welsh princes, Irish kings. House of savoy. It a pedigree like no other? Lands are bequeathed to all descendants. The inheritances is the dirt. Sorry if I put your nose out of joint? No man not even s king can deny you this. It very much Shakespeare Henry v . Yours today, mine tomorrow. Has been like this for Everyone born since 1945.. there are billions of us out there. My old vike group used to call me Genghis for some strange reason? But that like likely to be on my fathers side? If that mongol turns up? Really needs to know your past if you have a slightest chance of a future? William the conqueror started the process of distributing assets. As far as I know that practice is unchanged to this very day? As for being semi literate? Never got past gcse English. Did basic instead. But really should be speaking a mixed younger. As it suit the background better. If you going to drop insults? Make sure to clean your backside first? It 7k each time? It seems like You don’t mind helping a distant cousin out? Really could deal with the help? I digress. I had one change since I went to school. I can do my homework a lot better. It not nonsense birthrights be what they are. It might need someone to hold a thing? A blot? Or summon someone of interest? In this instance I think your team might cry own goal in your direction? I can’t help but smirk. It ok, we all put our boot in it every once in a while. I just happened to flyte like the best of them? Yep it funny you think I’m American. Frankly don’t give a hoot what you think I am? Just happened to know better.
@@jasonhaymanonthedrawingboard As you are semi-illiterate, I thought you were American but thanks for proving you are an ex SEN pupil with your reply. I lost count of the grammatical and spelling howlers in your obviously mentally unhealthy, sadly deluded and grossly inappropriately patronising rant.
You're also such a pathetic, desperate and floundering ignoramus, you post your opinion assuming I know about my ancestors as fact.
You are, of course, 100% wrong and put YOUR 'boot in it'.
Try not to psychologically project, you laughable Dunning-Krugers case.
Is the for real I would love to come to Scotland and I have the horticultural knowledge to successfully work land
am in orkney here i ome shetland xxx
When they pay £50.000 pound every year forever its ok.
I'll enjoy the stay to make art and sometimes some holidays 🤗