The Grantown Society SCIO is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation No SC050104
Registered address 2, High Street, Grantown-on-Spey, PH26 3HB
The Grantown Society
The Grantown Society was launched on Friday 31st May 1974. Since then, the Society has worked to promote, preserve and develop this very special heritage. On 23rd April 2020 the Society took on charity status for:
The advancement of education The advancement of community development The advancement of arts, heritage, culture or science The advancement of environmental protection or improvement
With the help of Scottish Land Fund the Society bought Grantown's old Hydro shop in the High Street and since 5th August 2024 has operated from these premises as The Grantown Hub.
Website at present is being rebuilt: please be patient.
The Society is currently entirely managed and run by volunteers
Latest News
The Grantown Society Board of Trustees at their July 2026 meeting agreed a strategy for funding and growth based on the Hub's first two stages of development: "Finding" and "Founding". Despite massive unforeseen obstacles these have been gratifyingly successful. The challenge, the board agreed, is to move now to a long term and sustainable, revenue-based future whilst still meeting the Society's community commitments. The stages are illustrated and explained -helped by AI.
Click here to find out about the Society's story of its first 50 years.
The Grantown Hub
was opened on August 5th 2024
and is now open daily from Tuesday to Friday from 10.30 am to 3.00pm.
Society Projects
The Society manages a range of projects including: providing community and visitor information: organising and running events; encouraging and assisting well-being: promoting enterprise. The Hub also has the fastest broadband in the country, courtesy of Highland Broadband and is also a digital inclusion and IT centre.
Resources are also directed towards encouraging individual and community Well-being
- Personal development and IT help
- Social “3rd Space” drop-in
- Supported Laptop loan scheme
- Safeguarding heritage and culture
- Facilitating active outdoor lifestyles
- Friendly coffee lounge
- Informal and member meetings
- Fostering a healthy environment
The Hub is a place where The Society enables and promotes Enterprise
- Championing fragile enterprises
- Business meeting space
- Printing and IT services
- Pop-up promotions and sales
- ATM and State-of-the-art broadband
- Digital inclusion
- Employment access
- Private office and workspace
Within and beyond the Hub, The Society is responsible for a wide range of Events
- Music and Cycling festivals
- Pop-up Exhibitions and displays
- Formal and casual meetings
- Walks and talks programme
- Art and Craft workshops and demonstrations
- Supporting “Young Society” events
- Research and reminiscent activities
- Competitions and themed evenings
For a huge variety of topics, The Grantown Hub is the place to find Information
- Events diary and what’s on calendar
- Access to health and education services
- Heritage plaques and information
- Living History activities
- Archive and library
- Living History Museum without walls
- Member, Community and Visitor information
- Historical information and stories
Society Management
The Society is a membership organisation with both Standard and Club members It is overseen by a Board of Trustees, elected annually. Its patron is James Ogilvy-Grant, Viscount Reidhaven
and the current Trustees are
Bill Sadler, Bill Steele, Peter Holland, Graeme Stuart, Jenny Steven, Hamish Thom, Jo Fry. Charles Grant
The Grantown Society is a SCIO: that is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation ie a charity. Our number is SC050104 and is registered at 2 high Street Grantown-on-Spey PH26 3HB
Contact
info@thegrantownsociety.org
The Grantown Hub 2 High Street Grantown-on-Spey PH26 3HB Tel: 07709-270044
Grantown-on-Spey
Capital of Romantic Strathspey
Home of the Clan Grant
A Traditional Highland Town
A unique Georgian Planned Town
and a vibrant visitor destination
