Comunn na Gàidhlig (CnaG) has been vital to the development of Gaelic language since we began back in 1984. It was through CnaG’s work that a lot of the most important opportunities arose that still have an impact on Gaelic development today – for example growth in Gaelic Medium Education (GME); or pushing for Achd an Gàidhlig and to give the language protected status. Nowadays, as the work we used to do moved to Bòrd na Gàidhlig (BnaG) in 2005, CnaG started to focus on youth work above anything else. Our Gaelic Initiatives have been especially important to this work, from when they first started in 2009 in 8 areas, with funding from BnaG, that number grew to 13 areas in 2013, and we are now at a place where we hope to work in 19 areas – with a team of 20 Officers. Officially, CnaG is a company with charitable status. Our main office is situated in Inverness with another office in Stornoway. On top of that, our other employees and officers are situated all over the country.

We offer opportunities to young people to use Gaelic in fun, social settings, rather than them only having the opportunity to use Gaelic in the classroom. By doing this we hope to encourage young people to use the language, so that they are willing to use the language more often. We do this through our Gaelic Initiatives, offering different activities like Sradagan (and Campaichean Sradagan), offering the John Muir Award through Gaelic, or working with Comann nam Pàrant (CnamP) and Spòrs Gàidhlig – two separate groups that work as a part of CnaG.