Our founding Partners

ALIenergy

ALIenergy works to address fuel poverty and reduce carbon emissions by promoting and advising on sustainable energy use and renewable energy generation. Now celebrating 25 years in operation, ALIenergy are proud to be supporting several thousand of our most vulnerable households each year and achieve annual total client gains of well over one million pounds, directly to those who need it most.

Lorn and Oban Healthy Options

Healthy Options works to empower its clients for making positive changes in their lives to make long-lasting changes to improve physical, mental and emotional well-being.

This short film, shows how much local people appreciate the benefits of being active thanks to support from Lorn and Oban Healthy Options.

Hope Kitchen

Hope Kitchen provides a safe place for people to get food, shelter and be made to feel welcome at their community café as well as at Green Shoots Community Garden.

Hope Kitchen is the lead partner for Re_Store community shop.

Oban Youth Cafe

Oban Youth Café offers a place for young people to call their own to hang out, meeting friends, cook and over time build relationships with experienced youth work staff.

Additional partners

Oban & District Development Trust

The ODDT is a community-led organisation that works to build local wealth, support sustainable economic and social development, and lead community ownership of assets in the Oban area. The Trust was successfully awarded a Scottish Land Fund grant in 2025 to purchase the Re_Store shop building as a community asset.

Atlantis Community Leisure

Atlantis offer a variety of programmes and services to support mental health, including counseling, support groups, and educational workshops.

Oban, Lorn and the Islands Health and Wellbeing Network

The network is a group of people who represent charities, clubs, organisations and a few individuals, all with an interest in improving the Health and Wellbeing of the communities we live in.

Contact Carol on hwn@obancollective.org and she will add you to the network email list.

Adventure Oban

Adventure Oban is a not-for-profit, community-led outdoor activity charity supporting equal access for all to Oban's natural playground.