Westray Development Trust's current community projects include;

• Bayview Housing Project
• The Bargain Box - Community Fundraising Shop
• Westray Community Garden - Food Miles to Food Smiles
• I heart Westray - The Westray Defibrillator Network
• Home Help
• Hofn Youth Centre
• Community, Entertainment, Education and Fuel Grant Funding for Westray residents & groups.
• Community Business Loan Scheme.
• Westray Learning Centre Support.

Supporting an island population of approximately 620 the Trust’s charitable objectives are to:

• To provide in the interests of social welfare, facilities for recreation and other leisure time occupation available to the public at large in Westray with a view to improving their conditions of life.
• To advance education and in particular to promote opportunities for learning for the benefit of the general public.
• To protect and/or preserve the environment for the benefit of the general public.
• To provide or assist in the provision of housing for people in necessitous circumstances within Westray.
• To relieve poverty particularly among the residents of the island of Westray.
• To advance the arts, heritage, culture, and science.
• To relieve those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or another disadvantage (includes relief given by the provision of accommodation and care).
• To regenerate the community of Westray by the maintenance or improvement of the physical, social and economic infrastructure.
• To promote, establish, operate and/or support other schemes and projects of a charitable nature for the benefit of the community of Westray.