We have recently had a change of faces at Strathdearn Community Developments Ltd, and we would like to welcome Isobel (surname required) as our new Facilities Co-Ordinator at The Strathdearn. Isobel will bring much additional assistance to The Strathdearn team as we start to open up for events.
Maureen McDonald-Cooke our Project Manager (Fixed Term Contract) for the Affordable Housing and Paths has decided to seek a new challenge and leaves us to take up a permanent post, handing over these projects in excellent order for the next phase. Whilst she takes up her new position in the coming few weeks, she has agreed to help by working for a day a week on these projects until such a time that we have a new Project Officer in position. This will ensure that the projects progress smoothly in the interim.
In that time, she has achieved some milestone events, such as legal ownership of the land, appointed a contractor in place for the development, and secured a significant grant funding package.
The paths project has also gathered momentum, along with the proposed traffic calming and speed reduction measures we hope to introduce to Tomatin. We look forward to providing a safer route, especially for the children accessing the facilities in the centre of the village, and of course to and from the school. We are delighted to announce Maureen has also negotiated funding from Safer Routes to School to assist with this other big community project. More details will follow in the coming weeks.
Mhairi McSween has been with SCD for over 4 years as our Executive Assistant and has contributed an enormous amount of hard work and support to the Board, as well as significantly assisted on some excellent projects throughout that time. For those of you who know Mhairi, she also contributed greatly to the Children’s Committee, Community Events and kept the community up to date via our social media. Mhairi and her family are moving out of the area, and also has an exciting new job opportunity to look forward to shortly.
We would like to thank Maureen and Mhairi for all of their hard work and send our best wishes for the future. We also extend a warm welcome to our newest member of staff Isobel.
Stan Falconer
Chair of SCD
