On February 13th 1931 the Scottish Youth Hostel Association was formed.
Following preliminary meetings in 1930s, the Scottish Youth Hostels Association was formed in Edinburgh in1931at a public meeting chaired by Lord Salvesen ‘To help all, but especially young people of limited means living and working in industrial and other areas, to know use and appreciate the Scottish countryside and places of historic and cultural interest in Scotland, and to promote their health, recreation and education, particularly by providing simple hostel accommodation for them on their travels.’
District Committees were formed in early 1931 in Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen and, later that year the first hostel was opened at Broadmeadows in the Borders. By 1936, there were 48 hostels with a membership of over 12,000.
In 2018 the SYHA , as such, ceased to exist in its current guise and was rebranded as Hostelling Scotland.
The new logo is said to reflect the internationally-recognised symbol for youth hostelling, with a blue background using the colour of the Saltire flag. They have over 60 youth and affiliate hostels, the second pic showing the new logo is in Aberdeen.
