Balloch Village Trust
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Balloch Village Trust AGM
Balloch Village Trust needs your support to continue!
BVT is successful, but needs the support of the community to continue.
Since its set up BVT has:
- attained charitable status making it eligible for funding;
- campaigned to make the A96 development favourable for Balloch;
- campaigned to get a cycle path up Culloden Road;
- registered community interest on the field next to the school and hall;
- set up the Balloch Village website;
- secured funds to print up the Local History Project by the end of 2009;
- mapped a series of cycle routes in the Castle Stuart Woodlands which Balloch Primary are to illustrate;
- made a start on consulting about more technical mountain bike trails in the woods;
- organised a litter clean up
- hosted social evenings at the Village Hall
BVT can keep going as an organisation working for Balloch - but only if some more residents are willing to become directors. At the moment there appears to be low demand for BVT to continue its activities.
If BVT is forced to cease operating, Balloch will forfeit its community land registration on the field next to the hall and school.
Balloch Community Groups can only keep going with the participation of residents. Meetings require people. New facilities and events like a fete need people to organise them.
Balloch as a village is more vulnerable than ever. With property developers interested in developing the land around Balloch and pushing to change the planning status of land at the next Local Plan, Balloch will be left vulnerable, especially around Balloch Farm and up at Viewhill.
BVT has its AGM coming up at the end of May. We need only three or four more people to step forward to join the BVT Committee for BVT to be able to continue to look after Balloch's interests and your interests as residents.
Please think about what is at stake and express an interest in helping to run BVT or in simply being involved in some activities. Please email b.v.t@btinternet.com or tel. 792199 before the 1st of May.
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