August 2023 Update

Sunart Community Benefit Fund: APPLICATIONS OPEN NOW!

The Sunart Community Benefit Fund is accepting grant applications ahead of our Autumn 2023 grant round.

The fund supports community projects benefiting those living in Sunart, and has previously supported projects such as MaAD Pipe Band, Dualchas Sunart Heritage Group, and The Men’s Shed.

Applications must be submitted to enquiries@sunartcommunitycompany.co.uk by no later than the 1^st October 2023. For more information, or to download an application form, please visit www.sunartcommunitycompany.co.uk/document-category/scbf

Polloch Phone Box:

We received a defibrillator, jointly funded by Sunart Community Benefit Fund and the Community Council. This was installed by Cameron Morris in the Polloch phone box recently – thank you Cameron for your help, and thank you to SCBF and Sunart Community Council for their generosity!

Applications must be submitted to enquiries@sunartcommunitycompany.co.uk by no later than the 1^st October 2023. For more information, or to download an application form, please visit www.sunartcommunitycompany.co.uk/document-category/scbf

Dualchas Heritage Group/Community Church Building Buyout

Thank you to everyone who attended our July Community Consultation event, regarding the community purchase of Strontian Church. 27 people joined us, and it was great to see so much support from the community to proceed with negotiations of the purchase. To view a recent financial feasibility study conducted, please visit the following link: https://sunartcommunitycompany.co.uk/directory/dualchas-sunart-heritage-group/

Volunteer Vacancies:

Directors – We are looking for new committee members based in Sunart! We even have spaces for folk who actually don’t live here permanently but would like to do their bit – please get in touch!. The committee meets every 6 weeks to work on community initiatives and help manage our local properties.

Awarding Grants – can you spare FIVE HOURS PER YEAR? Yes  – that is all the commitment we are asking for to help sit on the Sunart Community Benefit Fund Panel. The community company does all the admin so all you need to do is read the meeting papers and come along twice a year to a meeting to help decide how much money to give to community groups from the cash donated by the Sunart Community Hydro. Email enquiries@sunartcommunitycompany.co.uk to find out more.

Sunart Show

The Burger Stall was a sell-out of absolutely everything and raising well over £1000 for the community company. Thanks go to John MacDonald (Strontian) for supplying the venison and Lochaber for assisting with the beef burgers, as well as all the volunteers who helped on the day. Photo evidence of the last burger being enjoyed by a Mull ‘chick’: