INVERNESS-based Macleod Roofing has launched a new community fund as part of its 35th anniversary year.
The firm said that the move turns decades of informal backing into a clear and lasting commitment to communities throughout the Highlands.
Founded in 1990 by Sandy Macleod as a one-man operation in Golspie, the business has grown into a 60-strong team rooted in the Highlands. From community halls and schools to hospitals and commercial developments, its work spans towns and rural communities across the north and beyond.
Alongside the roofs it’s repaired and built, Macleod Roofing has always backed its local communities – supporting youth teams and sports clubs, contributing to community fundraising events, and stepping in when organisations needed practical help.
In recent years, that has translated into a donation to the Elsie Normington Foundation, funding for a new Highland Hospice support van, backing projects at Raigmore Hospital’s Children’s Unit through The Archie Foundation, and delivering pro bono roofing works for community groups across the region, including the Inverness Sea Cadets.
Now the team’s new community fund brings that approach together under one banner – providing a straightforward route for local charities, non-profits, schools, and community groups to apply for financial support, materials, practical roofing assistance or promotional backing, with an emphasis on projects that will deliver meaningful and lasting benefit for people living in the Highlands.
For Sandy Macleod, MD of Macleod Roofing, the milestone anniversary felt like the natural moment to formalise something that has always been part of the business. Commenting on the fund.
He said, “For 35 years, we’ve worked in Highland communities every single day. We’ve grown because local people trusted us and supported us.
“We’re not a national corporation with endless resources, but we are incredibly proud of the difference we’ve been able to make in our own communities. My hope is that the fund will help ensure the support we give is shared fairly and reaches the projects that need it most.
“Ultimately, it’s about making sure we continue to stand behind the communities that have stood behind us. And if there’s a project that’s making a difference locally, we want to play our part, however big or small.”
Adding to this, as part of its Armed Forces Covenant commitment, the company will continue offering pro bono or discounted roof repairs each year for veterans and military families facing hardship across the region.
To mark its 35-year anniversary and the launch of the community fund, Macleod Roofing has also unveiled a newly sign-written anniversary van, which will travel across towns and villages throughout the Highlands in the months ahead.
