{"id":1014,"date":"2013-09-24T19:16:06","date_gmt":"2013-09-24T19:16:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gatliff.org.uk\/?page_id=1014"},"modified":"2024-11-28T14:39:47","modified_gmt":"2024-11-28T14:39:47","slug":"the-trusts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gatliff.org.uk\/?page_id=1014","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Gatliff Hebridean Hostels Trust was set up by the Gatliff Trust in 1988 to look after the Gatliff or Crofters\u2019 hostels.\u00a0 The first Gatliff Hostel was the hostel at Rhenigidale.\u00a0 It was set up by the Gatliff Trust in 1962.\u00a0 Until July 2024.\u00a0 The Gatliff Trust had a controlling interest in the Gatliff Hebridean Hostels Trust. This is sometimes referred to as the Gatliff Trust being the parent body of the Gatliff Hebridean Hostels Trust.\u00a0 However, with the consent of the Gatliff Trust, the Gatliff Hebridean Hostels Trust changed its constitution in July 2024.\u00a0 As a result the Gatliff Hebridean Hostels Trusts now operates independently of the Gatliff Trust.<\/p>\n<p>A copy of the Articles of Association adopted on 6<sup>th<\/sup> July 2024 can very downloaded <a href=\"https:\/\/gatliff.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GHHT-Articles-of-Association-adoped-6th-July-2024.pdf\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Gatliff Hebridean Hostels Trust can operate on any island off the west coast of Scotland.<\/p>\n<h2>The Gatliff Hebridean Hostels Trust<\/h2>\n<p>The Gatliff Hebridean Hostels Trust is dedicated to running Berneray, Howmore and Rhenigidale hostels, in partnership with islanders, to a sound basic standard.\u00a0 Its goal is to provide hostellers, including young people of limited means, with the opportunity to stay a while to get to know, &amp; maybe come to love, the unique culture &amp; natural environment of the islands. (We are proud to be part of the Hostelling Scotland family.)\u00a0 The Gatliff Hebridean Hostels Trust was founded in 1988. \u00a0(<a href=\"http:\/\/gatliff.org.uk\/?page_id=981\">Read more<\/a>\u2026)<\/p>\n<h2>Gatliff Trust<\/h2>\n<p>The\u00a0Gatliff Trust is the original Trust founded by Herbert Gatliff (1897-1977) in 1961.\u00a0 Herbert was an early enthusiast for the outdoor movement and youth hostels in the 1930s but his interests are best described as eclectic<\/p>\n<p>In April 2023 the Gatliff Trust decided to wind up their work, pass all their assets to the Gatliff Hebridean Hostels Trust and seek deregistration.\u00a0 This process is currently on going.<\/p>\n<p>The Gatliff Trust\u2019s current contact details are shown on their page on the web site of the Charities Commission for England and Wales:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk\/en\/charity-search\/-\/charity-details\/202782\/contact-information\">https:\/\/register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk\/en\/charity-search\/-\/charity-details\/202782\/contact-information<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Gatliff Hebridean Hostels Trust was set up by the Gatliff Trust in 1988 to look after the Gatliff or Crofters\u2019 hostels.\u00a0 The first Gatliff Hostel was the hostel at Rhenigidale.\u00a0 It was set up by the Gatliff Trust in 1962.\u00a0 Until July 2024.\u00a0 The Gatliff Trust had a controlling interest in the Gatliff Hebridean <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/gatliff.org.uk\/?page_id=1014\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1014","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gatliff.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1014"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gatliff.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gatliff.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gatliff.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gatliff.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1014"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/gatliff.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1014\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4488,"href":"https:\/\/gatliff.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1014\/revisions\/4488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gatliff.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}