CalMac's commitment to Ross-shire and other west coast communities is rewarded By Philip Murray | Updated: 10:40, 19 January 2021 Get the Ross-shire Journal sent to your inbox every week and swipe through an exact replica of the day's newspaper STAFF at CalMac are celebrating after the ferry operator won an award for its community work. It has become the first Scottish company to be awarded a Level 2 Social Value Quality Mark for its "commitment to generating social value for its local communities" through initiatives such as the CalMac Community Fund. Recent research has forecast that for every pound spent by CalMac, communities across the network benefit from a social return of £5.14. Last year, the CalMac Community Fund supported 76 different projects that benefited the lives of children and young people living in west coast communities. It is expected to deliver £676,391 of value over three years.