The Swan Trust SCIO

The Swan Trust SCIO is a registered Scottish Charity based in the Shetland Islands. The Trust owns and operates Swan LK243 - a traditional Fifie fishing boat, built in 1900 and restored in the early 1990s to operate as a sail training vessel. 

The Trust is run by a voluntary board of Trustees and part time paid staff with the following objectives:

- The advancement of education by encouraging people (particularly young people) to sail on the Swan, and thereby teach and keep alive the technique of sailing and working a traditional Fifie such as the Swan;
-  The advancement of heritage and culture, in particular by maintaining the Swan as a working vessel so that she may be preserved and open to public as part of our maritime and fishing heritage for future generations;
- The advancement of public participation in sport, by organising sailing trips on the Swan for members of the public.