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NOT AVAILABLE IN 2026
Study & Live the Gaelic Life amidst our North Uist Gaelic Community

Maybe you'd like to join us for a few days only, while you are on Uist during the summer, you can check our North Uist packages here.
You can join our summer school students for a shorter period,  or spend the weekend with us, however we can not offer you transport until we have the final student numbers for the summer school confirmed. 

Packages do not include accommodation.
Venue for learning may change (Grimsay/Claddach Baleshare/Kilmuir)
Contact us on info@lovegaidhlig.com 
Full payment is due to secure your place. ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

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Activities:​​​​​​​​​​​
1 full Day excursion (Barra, Lewis or Uist) per week with evening dinner.

Soup and sandwich lunch (anything else you have to pay for)

Study resources, stationary

Water, fruit and snacks provided during the day.

Week 4: Seafood lunch and goodbye dinner

Whatsapp Group Support

There will be optional (free or for a fee) afternoon, evening and weekend activities 
(If you have an all-inclusive package, these are included.)

e.g. Lady Anne Boat trips about £50, Highland Games (free), EDF Music Festival about £100 per evening, Sheep dog trials (free), movie night (optional dinner £15), ceilidh (about £10), peat cutting (free) and sheep experience (free), volunteering with the Re-wilding project on Ronay (free), Gaelic church service (donation or baking appreciated) etc.

If you have specific dietary requirements, you may need to bring your own as it is not easy finding a caterer during the busy summer season.

Bring your own medication as we do not stock everything on the island.

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They just announced that they are closing our last bank in Benbecula on 1st July 2026 and we will only have an ATM in the Balivanich shops or Post Office during their opening hours.

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Teaching & Programme Scope
Love Gaelic programmes are designed and delivered exclusively by Ann Desseyn. Our responsibility and quality assurance apply only to teaching and activities delivered directly as part of a Love Gaelic programme. ​Learning or tuition undertaken independently with other teachers falls outside the scope of Love Gaelic programmes and can only take place outside the Love Gaelic Class Schedule.

Not included:

Accommodation, evening meals (except on excursion days)

Transport for activities outwith the summer school schedule. 

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Transport:

Bus/taxi are available for your personal activities.
Car hire (from airport)
We can go to the shop on your arrival and on return from excursions during the week.
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​Week 1  
We will spend the whole day at the North Uist Agricultural show, as it is the best place you will find all our native Gaelic speakers gathering once per year, old and new. Students will have to push their confidence and try to converse with them as much as possible. I have waterproof boots for students, if needed. You have to bring your own waterproof jacket.

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Week 2  
We go on a trip to the Isle of Lewis and Harris for learning and speaking activities, visit the weaver and travel with the ferry.

Week 3  
We go on a trip to Vatersay/Barra and will have lunch at the airport while watching the plane land or take off.  (dinner at Am Politician in Eriskay)

Week 4  
We go on a trip around North Uist/Berneray/Grimsay (seafood lunch) for learning and speaking activities. Goodbye dinner on Thursday evening.

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Teaching & Programme Scope
Love Gaelic programmes are designed and delivered exclusively by Ann Desseyn. Our responsibility and quality assurance apply only to teaching and activities delivered directly as part of a Love Gaelic programme. ​Learning or tuition undertaken independently with other teachers falls outside the scope of Love Gaelic programmes. If you register for events outwith the summer school, we do not take responsibility for your booking or any injury resulting from that activity.

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​​​​If you are interested in learning or speaking a specific dialect, you could also check out the other Gaelic learning providers on the other Hebridean islands. We can only advise on the protected dialect we use in our classroom and you will be expected to use ours only. Gaelic can differ in vocabulary use, pronunciation, gender of nouns and phrase use, depending on location. The important thing for learners is not to mix them up and respect the uniqueness of each dialect, in order to preserve its characteristics for future generations.

Here are some useful links:
 

Isle of Skye - Sabhal Mòr Ostaig 

Isle of Lewis - Ravenspoint

Isle of Islay - Ionad Chaluim Chille Ìle 

Isle of South Uist - Ceòlas

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We are following the GOC (Gaelic Orthographic Conventions), however we acknowledge that this is optional and not everyone is adapting these. (e.g. in some places, both accents are still in use). We can't give advice or help with learning based on the previous or other learning systems.