Doddie Discofest 2025 - 12th/13th of September
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Coll & The Cosmos 25th/26th October
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Doddie Discofest 2025 - 12th/13th of September 〰️ Coll & The Cosmos 25th/26th October 〰️
Open 9am - 9pm, 7 days a week
An Cridhe is the Isle of Coll’s community centre, opened by HRH Princess Anne on 11th July 2012. An Cridhe means “the heart” in Gaelic as the building is at the heart of life on Coll. It is a multi-purpose facility that caters for the many different needs of islanders and visitors.
An Cridhe makes an excellent venue for a variety of events from meetings and conferences to weddings, parties and ceilidhs. If you’ve got an idea for an event or are interested in holding a function then please don’t hesitate to get in touch – our friendly staff are on hand to help.
Whatever your requirements we are always ready to help so please get in touch if you would like to hire any of our facilities.
An Cridhe is open 9am-9pm, 7 days a week (except Christmas & New Year holidays). This wonderful facility operates on a self-serve system with a booking tablet at reception. Should you need assistance, office hours are 9am-3pm, Monday to Friday, and 9am-12pm Saturday and Sunday.
Click here to find out more about our facilities.
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UPDATE: An Cridhe and Bunkhouse Management
We have an important update for the community regarding the management of An Cridhe and the Bunk House. We are sad to say that Sam Thomas, who has been running the facilities for over 2 years, has decided to pursue a different career path and will leave us on the 19th December.
The board members have discussed the replacement for Sam and are taking the opportunity to reevaluate the role and the cover of tasks across An Cridhe and the Bunkhouse. We want to ensure that more than one person is able to perform all the required tasks and we need to better address the seasonal pressures. As the summer and the winter have very different requirements, we will be looking at how best to achieve this and how best to organise work load going forward. This may result in a different and hopefully more sustainable structure.
As this will take some time to figure out, we are immediately looking to recruit someone on a temporary basis to cover the centre manager role. It is highly likely however that the person we recruit will have the opportunity for a long term position within the team. The temporary role will be for a minimum of 25 hours a week and will commence on the 8th of December (subject to a fair and successful recruitment process).
If you are interested in applying, please contact our chairman, Sam Rutherford at Chair@developmentcoll.org.uk, who can answer any questions you may have and supply you with the current job spec. Given the tight timescales, we intend to close applications by the 21st of November.
There are of course a number of other members of staff within our community besides the manager who work very hard to keep things running and they will continue in their current roles.
We are very grateful to them all as well as all the volunteers who give their time to serve our community.
We would like to thank Sam for his amazing commitment and the work he has done for us all and wish him every success in the future.
The Development Coll Directors
The An Cridhe Staff Team
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Sam Thomas
AN CRIDHE AND BUNKHOUSE MANAGER
Sam first came to Coll in 2011 for a Project Trust selection course, and worked with the charity again in 2014 where he met his partner Rhona who is from Coll.
They moved back permanently in 2023 when Sam took on the role of An Cridhe and Bunkhouse Manager and are enjoying being permanently based on the island.
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Esther MacRae
CENTRE AND BUNKHOUSE ASSISTANT
Esther has lived on Coll for over 40 years, and has been a vital member of the community for much of this time, spending over 30 years as the district nurse, and remains to this day as the islands local registrar, overseeing many of the weddings of those resident on Coll today.
Esther plays a crucial role in the team at An Cridhe, her nursing experience coming in very useful with first aid and health and safety.
Weddings and full building hire
Whether you want to have your big day on Coll and have An Cridhe as the venue, or are looking to celebrate a big birthday, or put on a larger event, An Cridhe is an excellent venue. With a large function hall, stage with fully equipped PA and a bar that can be run by An Cridhe, or by yourself, we’ve got you covered!
For information on full venue hire excluding weddings please see the section below under “price list".
To find out more about hiring An Cridhe as a wedding venue click the button below.
UPCOMING EVENTS
UPCOMING EVENTS
Doddie Discofest 2025
Coll Hotel Garden Party
12th September (evening til late)
Doddie Discofest Main Event - An Cridhe
13th September 8pm - late
Coll and the Cosmos
Coll and the Cosmos
25th and 26th of October 2025
An Cridhe
Visit www.ticketsource.co.uk/ancridhe for tickets and more info!
It all began with an idea, a disco on a small Scottish island to raise funds and awareness about MND.
In 2024 you asked, and we answered, and Doddie DiscoFest was born. So let’s do it all again for 2025! Doddie DiscoFest returns on the 12th and 13th of September 2025, a two day disco party on the idyllic Isle of Coll in Scotlands stunning Hebrides!
The Coll Hotel once again hosts the “Coll Hotel Garden Party” on the evening of September the 12th, with live DJing, dancing and a bar open til late, it’s the only way to kick off the Discofest weekend.
Then join us at An Cridhe on the 13th of September from 8pm, with BBC Radio 2’s OJ Borg headlining once again, party the night away into the early hours for a great cause. Tickets can be found HERE
Coll and the Cosmos returns for another year of stargazing on the Dark Skies Isle of Coll. Coll was designated as a Dark-Sky Community back in 2012, being only Scotland’s second such designated place, and only the 22nd across the world.
Coll and the Cosmos is into it’s 11th year as an event, run by team at the Cosmos Planetarium, the weekend comprises of educational content on our night sky, tours across the solar system in the planetarium, and all night stargazing with Steve and the team. If the stars are out, you can bet the Planetarium team will be out there looking!
This years event takes place over the 25th and 26th of October, visit www.ticketsource.co.uk/ancridhe for more information and to buy tickets.
Booking online
A number of services can be booked and paid for online using the link below
It is our preference that customers use online booking where possible. You can use the online service if you are an individual or locally-registered organisation (excl. local branches/premises of larger organisations), and where the hire does not require any of the following: stage use, gym closure, bar licences, open to public, <9am or >9pm.
Find a list of our services and bookable spaces here
Find our hire price list here
Book space in An Cridhe
For large functions, parties, weddings or conferences please contact us directly to enquire about booking An Cridhe.