
GRANTS AWARDED
The following grants were approved by the Board Meetings held during January – August 2020
Julie Murray, Energy Saving – £339.16
Student Grants: Robert MacLeod – £366, Roxanna Elgar – £500, Meg Somerville – £500, Hannah-Kelly Tay – £500, Alannah Graydon – £380, Adam Tulloch – £500
Olivia Grant, Sporting – £250
The following grants were approved by the Board Meetings held during October – December 2019
Jan Bain, Children’s Christmas Party – £820
Kirsty Balfour, Baby and Toddler Group – £472
Stratherrick Lunch Club – £2,200
Strathgorfoybridge Outdoor Sporting Association – £1,000
Stratherrick Primary School Parent Council – £5,042
Student Grants of £500 to Anna Yeats, Davie Macpherson, Leah Graydon, Gill Gray, Lesley Robertson, Angus Grant Macgruer, Chris Finlay, Verity Cameron, James Haston Emily Bloodworth, Roma Yeats, Samuel Mortimore, Jane Brown, Heather MacDonald, Millie Ferguson and Ruari Tweedlie. Student Grants of £300 to Maire Brown and £100 to Alexander Brown.
Energy Saving Grant of £500 to Lesley Robertson
Sporting Grant of £187 to Alex Sutherland
The following grants were approved by the Board Meetings held during July – September 2019
Wellbeing Group – £8,245 (yoga equipment, additional sessions of yoga and mindful movement, meditation day, mindfulness courses, refreshments)
Student Grants of £500 to Luke Burgess, Jessica Main, Isabel Slater and Amy Craven
An Energy Saving Grant of £500 to Jill Bryant
The following grants were approved by the Board Meetings held during April – June 2019
Glenurquhart High School £500
Boleskine Community Care £75,755
Student Grants of £500 to Roxy Elgar and Hannah-Kelly Tay
Energy Saving Grant of £500 to Carolyn Grant
The following grants were approved by the Board Meetings held during December 2018 – February 2019
Stratherrick and Foyers Community Council £19,538 (confirmed in full) for toilet design, administration costs and fencing at Foyers Cemetery.
The Knockie Trust £970 for annual management costs.
Stratherrick Primary School Parent Council £9,332.47 for transport to swimming lessons, skiing lessons, a pantomime trip and an outdoor learning project.
Stratherrick and Foyers Lunch Club £2,200 for annual running costs and outing to Inverewe Gardens.
Friends of the Inverness Royal Academy £3,326.25 for pupil tutoring.
Student grants of £500 to Christopher Gehrke, Duncan Macpherson, Cameron Simpson, Andrew Stocks, Luke Burgess, Angus Grant MacGruer, Gavin Gilchrist, Gavin Greer, Chris Finlay, Anna Yeats, Hannah Burgess, Iona Macpherson, Lisa Haston and Roma Yeats.
Spin and Chatter Group £1,000 for equipment.
Kilchuimen Academy £52 for an extra curricular trip (Stratherrick and Foyers pupil).
Foyers Primary School £433.97 for the Loch Insh Trip for final year pupils.
Foyers Primary School Parent Council £1000 for bus transport to swimming lessons.
Energy Saving Grant of £500 to Mrs E MacDougall for a replacement heater.
The following grants were approved by the Board Meeting held on 3 October 2018
Stratherrick Public Hall £12,446.51 (Constituted Group) Repairs and Maintenance / upgrading the Hall – Corriegarth Windfarm
Stratherrick and Foyers Wellbeing Group – Mindfulness Courses etc. £1,970 (Constituted Group) – Dunmaglass Windfarm
Children’s Christmas Party £961.11 (Non Constituted Group / Kim Burton) – Dunmaglass Windfarm
Margaret Cormack of Errogie, Windows £500 Energy Saving Grant – Glendoe Hydro Scheme
Student Grants of £500 will be offered to the following. All awarded from the Glendoe Hydro Fund
Ewen Fraser, Ruari Tweedlie, Ciaran Jake MacMillan, Isabel Slater, Meg Somerville and Verity Cameron.
The following grant was approved by the Board Meeting held on 5th September 2018
Inverfarigaig Residents’ Association £7,345.20 (Constituted Group) for work on community fields
The following grants were approved at the Board Meeting held on 1 August 2018
Student grants of £500 to Abigail Kirkland, Samuel Mortimore, Hannah Kelly Tay and Christopher Tay.
In addition £2,000 was allocated to the purchase of fireworks for the annual display. £2,465 was allocated to the upgrading of the path between the roadside south of the Whitebridge Hotel and the Fechlin Bridge. Local contractor Hitrac, who have just completed the pathwork at Loch Tarff for Visit Inverness Loch Ness, will be attending to the defects shortly.
The Trust Board also agreed to extend and improve the current Broadband Scheme serving the Whitebridge and Wester Drummond area. Plans to include homes around Errogie, Ault na Goire and Torness were discussed.
The following grants were approved at the Board Meeting held in June 2018
Elemental Singing Group £606 – Non Constituted Group (Christiane Morley)
Energy Saving Grant of £500 to Kenny Hay
Student Grants of £500 to Jessica Main, Robin Morley, Matthew Simpson and Amy Craven.
Sporting Grant of £225 to Alex Sutherland
The following grants were approved at the Board Meeting held in April 2018
Foyers Primary School £489 towards the costs of the annual joint activity break for pupils ‘moving up’ to secondary school. Funded by SSE’s Glendoe Hydro Community Benefit Fund.
Stratherrick Guides and Brownies £562.63 towards the costs of their train trip to Edinburgh. Funded by SSE’s Glendoe Hydro Community Benefit Fund.
Stratherrick and Foyers Wellbeing Group £4150 towards the costs of a wide programme of activities at the Stratherrick Public Hall. Funded by SSE’s Corriegarth Windfarm Community Benefit Fund.
M. MacDonald and L. Morrison £500 Energy Saving Grant – towards the costs of installation of solar panels. Funded from the Green Highland Knockie Hydro Fund
The following grants were approved at the Board Meeting held in February 2018
Stratherrick Primary School Parent Council (Constituted Group) – £1,400 to meet the cost of the bus hires to swimming lessons for this session. The funds have come from the SSE Glendoe Community Benefit Fund.
Stratherrick and Foyers Community Council (Constituted Group) to meet the costs of their Minute Secretary for the year ahead. £1,215 was approved, which comes from the SSE Dunmaglass Windfarm Community Benefit Fund.
Student Grant for Iona Macpherson – £500. The money to fund this grant came from the Easter Aberchalder Partnership’s Community Benefit Fund.
Grants Awarded August 2016 – December 2016
- Grant Award Notice Oct – Dec 2018
- Grant-Award-Notice-June-July-August-2018
- Grant-Award-Notice-February 2018
- Grant-Award-Notice-October-2017
- Grant Award Notice – June 2017
- Grant Award Notice – December – February 2017
- Grant Award Notice – September to November 2016
- Grants Awarded – May to August 2016
Grants Awarded July 2015 – June 2016
- Grant Award Notice – June/July 2015
- Grant Award Notice – September/October 2015
- Grant Award Notice – December 2015
- Grant Award Notice – February 2016
- Grant Award Notice – June 2016
Grants Awarded July 2014 – June 2015
- Grant Award Notice – October 2014
- Grant Award Notice – January 2015
- Grant Award Notice – March 2015
Please note that as of October 2014, the Directors decided to include the names of those awarded grants on the public Minutes. The only exceptions are those awarded Hardship grants and student grants on proof of low income whose names will remain confidential. (Note – Anonymity now applies only to Hardship Grant Recipients)
Specific Grants Awarded for 13/14
Page updated 24th August 2020