Whalsay - Cash for the community
A community council PB Project based in Whalsay to distribute £3000, undertaken in February 2019.
The aims of the project were:
• Community Activity
Strive to increase the level of community activity that takes place in the area including social and physical activity. We will look at enhancing all opportunities for social interaction and improved health for the community to improve community togetherness.
• Community Services
Build a strong confident community, which celebrates our diversity and improves support and access to services for the most vulnerable residents.
• Community Communications
Encourage greater communication in our community to make the best of what we have available through keeping everyone informed about the opportunities and activities that make our community strong.
Whalsay Community Council worked in partnership with Shetland Islands Council to deliver this project.
Applications were invited form local groups through local advertising, word of mouth, email and social media. The PB event took place on the evening of Wednesday 6th February with 209 people attending and voting.
A total of 11 applications were received with all of them going forward for the public vote. Each of the groups applying provided a stall to promote their project and to share information with the wider community.
Voting took place throughout the evening with refreshments and entertainment provided during the vote counting process. Due to the unexpectedly high turnout of people the counting took longer than anticipated. An announcement was made to explain the delay and all the groups decided to leave as they would be notified of the outcome later in the evening.
Once the count was complete the chair of the Community Council contacted each of the groups to let them know the results.