We are a Scottish charity that provides grants to projects and organisations that promote public recreation, knowledge and safe enjoyment of the mountains, especially in the mountains of Scotland.
Our work is financed by donations from individuals and organisations who share our values, and from the publication of guidebooks for the Scottish Mountaineering Club and other books connected with the Scottish Hills.
Hamish MacInnes had a lifelong love of the Scottish mountains and devoted a large part of his life helping people enjoy those mountains safely.
The Scottish Mountaineering Trust has been chosen by his executors to manage his considerable estate so as to continue his life’s work.
Chairman David Broadhead explained: “We are delighted that the MacInnes trustees have decided to pass Hamish’s legacy to the SMT. We recognise that this is a big responsibility, as Hamish was a complete individual steering his own course through life, and the SMT will ensure that his values and memory will live on through the projects we support.”
This bequest follows on from the publications by the Scottish Mountaineering Press of the award-winning book The Fox of Glencoe, that chronicles his adventures and achievements in the field of mountaineering.
The SMT is delighted to have provided £2700 that enabled primary children from Benarty Primary School near Lochore to enjoy ten 2-hour indoor sessions at the Edinburgh Internatonal Climbing Arena at Ratho.
Kingussie Community Development Company (KCDC) has won a £9000 SMT grant for work on the Creag Bheag path near the hill’s summit. The path is “the jewel in the crown” of the town’s 20-mile path network, and will soon provide an even finer circular hill walk, with fantastic views across the Spey valley.
The SMT has made a £20,000 grant to the Venture Trust charity so that more vulnerable people can benefit from a wilderness journey through highland Scotland. These journeys are the centre of VT’s intensive programme for people who face the barriers caused by addiction, poverty, unemployment, a convictions history, or mental health troubles.
