Calling all crofters

The Crofting Commission is to carrying out an unprecedented data gathering exercise across the crofting community.

The Crofting Commission has a duty to issue an annual notice to all tenant and owner-occupier crofters, which will be known as the Crofting Census.  On October 21 over 18,000 Crofting Census forms will be sent out to all crofts in Scotland.

Crofters are legally obliged to complete the census forms and return them to the Crofting Commission before the end of the three-month completion deadline on January 16 next year.

The Crofting Commission is asking for information on what crofters do with their croft and any common grazing share.

The Commission says that the information will help to establish a clear picture of the current state of crofting and enable them to advise the Scottish Ministers, the Scottish Parliament and other agencies of the value of crofting and its contribution to life in Scotland.