Turadh offers the opportunity for rest, renewal and nature connection to anyone working for the common good in Scotland.

We believe that everyone benefits from time to slow down and soak up the beauty of wild places, and that this should not be an unaffordable luxury for only a few.

We run three beautiful holiday homes where we welcome people from across all walks of life in Scotland: community leaders, campaigners and carers, land workers, health workers, community artists and activists. Many of those who stay with us come for a much-needed break from running community organisations such as food-banks and advice centres, or from working in challenging and often underfunded public services. Some guests come looking for space and time to complete work or plan a new project. Others are simply seeking a place to press pause and experience the deep nourishment of being in the wild.  

We welcome applications from anyone based in Scotland who is working to make life better for people and planet. We also accept applications from families who may have not been able to afford a holiday in recent years. Most guests are referred by partner organisations, but we also accept self-referrals. You can find out more about all our accommodation as the process of applying to stay with us here.

“The rest this cabin has afforded me has felt sacred. It is such a haven, a place of deep care, kindness and replenishment.”

— Guest staying at Nead Bernera

“Turadh restores your faith in everything that’s good, beautiful, hopeful and generous in the world.”

— Guest staying at Taigh Whin

For individuals

We welcome applications from individuals, couples, families, friends and colleagues. If you are working for the common good in Scotland and feel yourself in need of restorative time in nature, you are welcome to apply to stay with us here.

For organisations

We partner with organisations across Scotland who refer staff, volunteers and beneficiaries for low- cost (and sometimes no-cost) breaks with us. If you would like to explore a possible partnership, please do contact us.

Do you hear the call of the wild? Plenty of windy days ahead. Come and stay by the sea, listen to the birds and blow the mental cobwebs away.
Winding through the Turadh garden in Glenelg, our guests discover a line of pink pebbles collected from nearby Bernera Beach. The pebbles along Bernera are endlessly varied and beautiful. They include many examples of gneiss and schist, metamorphic
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View out of the window at Feada Coille this morning 🦌
Congratulations to @kathillauthor whose powerful and moving book BOTHY has been shortlisted for the 2024 @wainwrightprize for nature writing. Kat stayed at Nead Bernera earlier this year and wrote very generously about what we are doing: “S
A magical moment for last week's guests at Feada Coille 🦌
As you can see, our woodland cabin Feada Coille is tucked away in a secret forest location. This is a remarkable part of Scotland, where lush rainforest meets spectacular sandstone mountains. This unique and dramatic landscape provides astonishingl
What a beautiful collage made for us by @tierneylloydcreativemedia who stayed in Nead Bernera this summer. It's all in here: the squelchy, the salty, the slimy, the scaly, the infinitesimally small and the incomprehensibly vast. Tierney works for
A beautiful note from a recent guest who came to us after an exceptionally tough year. It means such a lot to us to provide spaces of sanctuary and healing to those who have endured the worst of life's storms.
HELP US FIND SCOTLAND’S ANGELS THIS CHRISTMAS. Who do you know or work with that has been toiling away making life better for others all year and deserves a magical reward this Christmas. Turadh offers rest and renewal to the people who do m