Issue - meetings

Presentation by Eric Spence, South Kintyre Development Trust

The Group considered a presentation from Eric Spence, South Kintyre Development Trust, which provided information around the work of Kintyre Community Resilience Group, their response to the Covid-19 pandemic and future plans.

Rachel Whyte advised that Islay Community Council had found the provision of hand sanitiser units at local bus stops to be very useful and suggested that this could also be of benefit in Kintyre, if it was not already in place. Eric confirmed that he thought this could be a good idea and agreed to raise it at the next meeting of the Resilience Group.

Councillors Horn expressed her thanks to Eric and the Kintyre Community Resilience Group for their assistance with the local food bank.

Councillor Armour applauded Eric for his co-ordination of the Kintyre Community Resilience Group’s activities and advised that the work carried out had been phenomenal and he had been glad to be a part of it, noting that he had had been particularly heartened to see so many people come together in difficult times to assist those in need.

Sandra MacIntyre expressed her thanks to Eric and the Kintyre Community Resilience Group for their assistance to We Are With You service users in Campbeltown throughout the pandemic.

The Chair thanked Eric for a very good presentation.

Decision

The Mid Argyll, Kintyre and the Islands Area Community Planning Group considered and noted the information provided in the presentation.

(Reference: Presentation by Eric Spence, South Kintyre Development Trust, dated 28^th April 2021, submitted)