West Kintyre Windfarm Trustees
Argyll and Bute Council · 21 October 2024
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WEST KINTYRE COMMUNITY COUNCIL WFT AGM OF UMBRELLA TRUST ANNUAL REPORT OF COVENER 2023 24 During the financial year April 1st, 2023 – March 31st, 2024, The West Kintyre Windfarm Trust received £80,738.10 funding from five windfarm developments which is broken down as follows: • Beinn an Tuirc 2 - £41,216.60 • Deucheran - £11,862.62 • Beinn an Tuirc 1 - £23,031.27 • Tangy 1 - £1,500.00 • Tangy 2 - £3,127.31 TOTAL _ £80,738.10 10% of this income totalling £8073.81 was transferred to reserves as has been normal practice since the fund was set up. This reserve fund will ensure that grant funding can continue for a period once the life of the agreement with developers comes to and end and regular funding is no longer being received into this fund. Applications for grants help saw an increase in applications from the previous 2 years due to groups feeling more confident and operating “normally” following the pandemic and their initial reticence to return to “normal” activities and meetings of groups immediately following the end of the pandemic. A Total of 23 grants were paid out or set aside from funds received during this period totalling £61,605.52 of which £25,000.00 was aside towards the costs of the architect’s and planning fees for exciting Tayinloan toilets project. This project will be a groundbreaking achievement for the community in that we are in the process of purchasing the toilets at Tayinloan ferry terminal ( which we have been running and paying for its upkeep for several years to save their closure) from Argyll & Bute Council. Once the legal agreements are signed and the building becomes owned by the community we intend to demolish the old toilets which are currently unsuitable for modern day needs and have no access for those with a disability. We will then rebuild on the same site a new fit for purpose energy efficient building suitable for all abilities and become a legacy project from windfarm benefits payments. The whole project is currently estimated to cost in the region of 100k of which 75k is set aside from the West Kintyre Community Fund and 25k from the windfarm trust. This year’s extracurricular primary school project was called “Our Ancient Kintyre Farmers,” the school worked with Kilmartin Museum staff exploring ancient farming practices in Kintyre from 6000AD to date. The children had a wide variety of experiences including archaeological investigations/dig, how to preserve archaeological artifacts tool and cloth making, how plants were used to dye materials, music, diet, roles in society, language and song and the effects on
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the landscape up to 21st century. this work culminated in the children’s work including their cloth making/dyeing, jewellery making archaeological work culminated in them putting on an exhibition at Campbeltown Museum which will be moved to Kilmartin Museum in the future. Each pupil was also awarded a silver Heritage Hero certificate of achievement by Archaeology Scotland on the day of the opening of the exhibition. (Copy of report from school and Archaeology Scotland attached to this report.) Other grants were made to a wide variety of groups and projects throughout the area such as floral displays for the centre of Clachan, Swimming lessons for primary and pre-school pupils in the area, youth leader course, Campbeltown Christmas lights and brass band, Kintyre Way, replenish of flood sacks for our flood pod defences at Clachan following their use to help stop flooding during a period when the burn overflowed.. redecoration of village halls. A full list of all grants is found within the annual accounts attached including those of Tangy 1 which must be accounted for separately. We have pleasure in submitting this report to the AGM of the trust. Margaret Pratt Convener WKCCWFT October 5th, 2024. Encs: 1. Annual audited accounts 2. Report from school “Our Ancient Farmers” 3. Report from Archaeology Scotland “Heritage Hero award”