Northmavine Development Company Annual Report

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Northmavine Development CompanyAnnual Report
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NDC - Annual Report

• Progress Highlights
• Looking to the Future
• Financial Report

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NDC - Annual Report Progress Highlights

• New Well-equipped Office at Greenbrae
• Community computer for use by whole community
• Footfall 441 since April 06
• Development Worker support to community groups
  and individuals
• Business advice
• Involvement with local halls
• Reviewing potential for childcare provision
• Working with local groups, e.g. Happy Hour Club,
  to stimulate development

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NDC - Annual Report Progress Highlights

• Audit of Potential Benefits from Renewable Energy
  Technologies
• Tourism Plan nearing completion
• Youth Group development plan produced
• Community Wellbeing Survey undertaken report
  nearing completion
• Business Plan for NDC in 1st draft

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NDC - Annual Report Progress Highlights

• Website launched 7,000 hits to date
• Redevelopment of Mavis Grind in progress
• Northmavine Sign being fabricated
• Eshaness Unplugged Houses outline planning
  permission received
• Workshops seeking prospective tenants to enable
  building to take place
• Hillswick Hotel restructuring NDC to allow
  registration under Land Reform Act final
  Memorandum Articles by end Jan 07

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NDC - Annual Report Progress Highlights Youth
Group

• Core group formed
• Youth Development Plan produced
• Constitution drawn up
• AGM set for 12th Feb
• Trip to Westray 23rd Feb to Hofn Centre
• Funding secured from ROA and Northmaven Community
  Council
• Applying for Oxfam Youth International Partnership

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NDC - Annual Report Progress Highlights
Tourism Group

• Tourism Group formed
• Worker recruited to support the group in
  developing an action plan, nearing completion
• Investigating potential for Northmavine
  Interpretative Centre
• Core path network identified for Northmavine
• Active in Mavis Grind redevelopment project
• Work done on interpretation for Northmavine
  culture and heritage
• Input to Shetland Geoparks bid

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NDC - Annual Report Progress Highlights
Crofting Focus Group

• Group formed
• Empty crofthouse survey in progess
• Investigating potential for allotments
• Reviewing the potential for creation of new
  crofts, and demand for crofts
• Planning a trip to visit other crofting
  communities

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NDC - Annual Report Progress Highlights
Looking to the Future

• Final year of core IatE funding possibility
  this will be extended for further year
• Major focus becoming self-sustaining
• Business plan in draft includes options for
  future income generation
• Renewable Energy
• Workshops/Other Facilities
• Hotel
• Further Grant Funding
• Provision of Services

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NDC - Annual Report Progress Highlights
Looking to the Future

• FUNDED PROJECTS 2007/08
• Crofting Trip 2,500
• Youth Gig/s 3,000
• Youth Media Archiving Project 2,000
• Transport 2,500
• Website Future 8,000
• Tourism Projects Established 8,000
• Photo Archive 2,500
• Healthy Eating 2,000
• Learning Journey 4,000