FIVE THINGS FOR A FRIDAY | 05 August 2022 | Stratherrick & Foyers Community Trust

FIVE THINGS FOR A FRIDAY

Friday, 05 August 2022

This weeks Five Things presents the highlights from this weeks Board meeting...

GARETH JONES BECOMES CHAIR

Gareth Jones agreed to become Chair and wished Kirsty Balfour well. Mark Sutherland took on the lead Director for Riverside Field project. Maire Brown was co-opted back on to the committee.

GRANT AWARDS

Student Grants were awarded to Vaugh Devlin and Justin Sharp. A non-constituted grant was awarded to Alison Randall for Bowling for All and the Community Council decision would be by email. The Board were pleased to see the results of the work on the Wade Bridge.

COST OF LIVING

SSE have informed the Trust that we share a policy with them on supporting individuals during the cost of living crisis. Once agreed we can support individuals with grants of up to £250 (£500 per household) on food and fuel over two winters. We will have discussions with SSE about the Boards suggested approach, using recognised local organisation to distribute the funds.

INVESTMENTS

A subtle change was made as part of the investment review, ensuring funds are in place for the community beyond the life of the windfarm. Our investors Clarendon are comfortable with that change, which may lead to more benefit for the community. Thanks went to Ken Sinclair and Maureen McGuire for their work on this.

DATES FOR EVENTS

Dates were set for future events such as the Fireworks and Winter Wonderland. A date will also be set for the Highland Gathering. It was recognised this years Gathering was planned in only five months and would need a full twelve months planning. Lessons were learnt and recommendations for support to make it happen in 2023 will also be made, based on a meeting set for 18^th August.

The Trust will be holding a reception in the Wildside Centre on 18^th August for those people who worked and volunteered above and beyond the call of duty for events such as Winter Wonderland, Jubilee and the Highland Gathering. The work put in by community volunteers was recognised and thanked by the Board.

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