Trust hosts Energy Summit

August 6th 2010

Shetland Charitable Trust is co-ordinating and hosting an Energy Summit for local agencies to conserve energy & save public money.

Under the community planning umbrella, Shetland Charitable Trust (SCT) is co-ordinating efforts by a wide range of local agencies to conserve energy, reduce the isles’ carbon footprint and ultimately save public money.

SCT manages the Shetland Maintenance Forum, consisting of NHS Shetland, Shetland Islands Council, Shetland Recreational Trust, Shetland Arts, and Shetland Amenity Trust. The Forum has recently been expanded to include Highlands and Islands Fire and Rescue Service and Northern Constabulary.

With all agencies trying to become more energy efficient, SCT is planning an Energy Day on Friday 6 August, which will include a visit to Shetland Amenity Trust’s new wind turbine at their Staney Hill workshop, a visit to the council’s heat pump at Gremista, as well as a number of presentations on renewable energy and energy conservation.

For further information please see the full press release (click here).

Testimonials

The funding COPE Ltd receives from the Shetland Charitable Trust supports us in many ways. It allows us to develop and maintain a strong foundation to our core business and assists us to provide on-going employment skill development opportunities to people with disabilities living within Shetland. COPE Ltd highly values the support provided to our organisation by The Shetland Charitable Trust.

“The substantial grant made to us by Shetland Charitable Trust every year allows us to provide first-class facilities and dedicated staff to underpin sporting success among people of all ages and abilities in the islands.”

Having this core funding from the Charitable Trust means that we can use that money where we need it at any given time. It's multi-year funding which really takes the pressure off. To have the funding to keep going is really important as it is improving the lives of disabled folk in Shetland.

The funding that we get from the Charitable Trust pays for part of staff support and matching with other funders. Without local funders we wouldn't have national funders, and without either of those funders, we wouldn't be able to do this, so funding from the Shetland Charitable Trust is incredibly important.

The funding Shetland Arts gets from Shetland Charitable Trust is about making sure the organisation can thrive, access other funds, and deliver on behalf of the community of Shetland. Our funding from the Shetland Charitable Trust really helps us with our conversations with national funders because it shows that we're working on behalf of what the local objectives and priorities are.

The Access to Leisure scheme was introduced to allow folk to be able to get access to classes and activities for a lower cost. I feel that the SRT play a critical role in every community across Shetland and that's all down to the funding of the Shetland Charitable Trust that we're able to maintain that.

Unpaid carers do an amazing job looking after people 24/7 in their own homes, keeping them living at home safely, and they really need help to do that. Thanks to the funding from Shetland Charitable Trust, we've been able to employ a deputy manager, recruit more care attendants, and provide overnights. We're also really grateful for the funding because it means that everybody can get the service for free.