Issue - meetings

Discussion facilitated by Vice-Chair

Fiona Gillespie, Bute Resilience, spoke about their involvement in resilience projects, specifically during lockdown. It was noted that Bute Resilience, which comprises of 25 members, helped those receiving palliative care on Bute by driving them to Beatson in Glasgow; assisted 5,000 people with shopping, setting-up computers etc. to aid communication with families that were off the island, performed regular welfare checks, helped the Community Food Project with food parcel deliveries, medication runs and that they had now taken responsibility for the community emergency plan from the community council. The Group noted that Bute Resilience continue to be well supported by local councillors and the council as a whole.

Decision

The Bute and Cowal Area Community Planning Group noted the information.