Community Shop Details
Eday Community Co-operative
Millbounds, Eday, Orkney, KW17 2AB
Telephone: 01857 622 283
Email: info@ece-shop.co.uk
The Island of Eday is situated around 16 miles from Kirkwall and has a population of 150. The Eday Community Co-op was established in 1981 by Eday Community Enterprises Ltd in response to the threatened loss of the island’s only shop. Money was raised locally through the sale of £25 shares, and this together with funding from the Highlands & Islands Development Board and Orkney Islands Council enabled the community to buy the business and extend the existing building.
The shop sells a wide range of goods and is estimated to account for 90% of the islanders’ food shopping. It currently employs 9 part-time staff and in 2009 installed a 6kw wind turbine to help towards electricity costs and eventually as another source of income.