Welcome

Our mission is to safeguard, enhance, and promote Shetland's heritage, ensuring it is accessible to be enjoyed by all.

Shetland Amenity Trust constantly strives to preserve and enhance everything that is distinctive about Shetland's cultural and natural heritage, promoting access to it whether physical or intellectual.

The Trust was created in 1983 and has since delivered an extensive range of high quality heritage and culture projects, in partnership with a range of local, national and international agencies.

We continue to be pro-active in seeking new opportunities and identifying new funding sources, to further enhance the heritage and culture experience for local Shetland people and visitors to our islands.

We are part of a community which takes great pride and pleasure in our cultural and natural heritage, embracing traditions, dialect and our physical environment in all of our activities.

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• 23Mar

  Da Voar Redd Up returns this April

  Back for its 36th year, Da Voar Redd Up is Shetland’s most successful annual community beach and roadside spring clean-up.

• 21Mar

  Sumburgh Head to reopen for the season with a blast of the foghorn

  Spring is nearly here which signals the start of the season at Sumburgh Head Lighthouse and Visitor Centre. Join in the celebrations on Saturday 1 April as the popular lighthouse destination reopens for 2023. The foghorn will be sounded to mark the start of the season and members of the public will get the chance to win a competition to be the lightkeeper’s assistant on the day.

• 13Mar

  Shetland Heritage Conference

  Last weekend over 80 delegates took part in discussions to help us shape the future for Shetland’s local culture and heritage.  There were a number of presentations and group discussions which covered topics ranging from how we tell Shetland’s story to digital heritage.  Discussions often highlighted concern that aspects of our heritage may be at risk of being lost such as oral traditions, traditional crafts and our living heritage.  Shetland’s rare plants, breeds and crofting techniques were felt to be especially important to preserve and promote.