Ballater and Crathie Community Action Plan 2023

BAL­LATER & CRATH­IE COM­MUNITY ACTION PLAN 2023

INTRO­DUC­TION

This is the 2023 Com­munity Action Plan for the Upper Deeside area of Bal­later and Crath­ie. It has been developed under the lead of the Bal­later and Crath­ie Com­munity Coun­cil work­ing with Marr Area Part­ner­ship and Aber­deen­shire Coun­cil. A Steer­ing Com­mit­tee, known as the Com­munity Action Plan Team, rep­res­ent­ing vari­ous com­munity groups was estab­lished and this group has under­taken the task of enga­ging extens­ively with the com­munity and stake­hold­ers to pro­duce this Action Plan.

Deeside con­tin­ues to be a very suc­cess­ful tour­ist des­tin­a­tion and its eco­nomy boos­ted by the hos­pit­al­ity and retail sec­tors. The sad death of Her Majesty, The Queen at Bal­mor­al in 2022 focussed the world’s atten­tion on our com­munity and we con­tin­ue to bene­fit eco­nom­ic­ally and cul­tur­ally from that focus.

The area has now recovered well from the flood­ing caused by Storm Frank in 2015 and its resi­li­ence has served it to good effect dur­ing power out­ages and oth­er sub­sequent cli­mate related events. How­ever, ever more vigil­ance and pre­par­a­tion is needed.

WHAT IS THE COM­MUNITY ACTION PLAN (CAP)?

The CAP is the Plan which loc­al com­munity groups use to deliv­er what our loc­al com­munity wants and needs to deliv­er our Vis­ion. The BCCC is the single point of Lead­er­ship and Account­ab­il­ity for the imple­ment­a­tion of this Plan. Most of the 2018 CAP was very suc­cess­fully delivered and this 2023 CAP is aimed to build on that success.

WHICH COM­MUNITY GROUPS?

The CAP is led by Bal­later & Crath­ie Com­munity Coun­cil, and sup­por­ted by:

• Bal­later Roy­al Deeside (offi­cially Bal­later (RD) Lim­ited) — a loc­al char­ity that is also own­er of the sub­si­di­ary com­pany Bal­later Com­munity Enter­prise Lim­ited which runs Bal­later Cara­van Park;
• Vis­it Bal­later Busi­ness Asso­ci­ation — which runs the Vis­it Bal­later Web­site on behalf of busi­nesses and for com­munity groups;
• The Vic­tor­ia & Albert Halls (Bal­later) Trust a char­ity that is respons­ible for the main­ten­ance and devel­op­ment of these land­mark Halls; and
• The Com­munity and Her­it­age Hub — the object­ives for which are cur­rently evolving.

The inten­tion is that oth­er Com­munity Groups will engage with this Plan.

PLAN TIME­FRAME

The CAP will be at least a 5‑year plan with some Stra­tegic Pro­jects requir­ing a longer-term invest­ment. Our Vis­ion sets out our aspir­a­tion for the long term — this is not a finite goal rather an infin­ite goal to bene­fit the cur­rent com­munity and future generations.

VIS­ION

Bal­later & Crath­ie is uni­ver­sally recog­nised as a sus­tain­able, vibrant com­munity, which works togeth­er, to cre­ate a pos­it­ive and inclus­ive envir­on­ment in which to live, work and visit.

VAL­UES

• We work together.
• We make a pos­it­ive difference.
• We strive to be inclusive.

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STRA­TEGIC, OPER­A­TION­AL, TACTICAL

Our plan aims to be a SMART (Spe­cif­ic, Meas­ur­able, Achiev­able, Real­ist­ic and Time­bound) and iden­ti­fied under the head­ings of Stra­tegic, Oper­a­tion­al and Tac­tic­al based on impact, scale, invest­ment, com­plex­ity and prac­tic­al­it­ies. Whilst we have designed the plan to be aspir­a­tion­al and ambi­tious we have also sought to bal­ance what is real­ist­ic and achievable.

FOCUS AREA 1

RECRE­ATION & SOCIAL LIFE

Our Recre­ation & Social Life aims to ensure that we offer a range of activ­it­ies which:-

Are diverse to cater for a vari­ety of interests, Offer Inclus­iv­ity and Access­ib­il­ity to all People, Provide envir­on­ment­ally friendly and sus­tain­able solu­tions, and Remain rel­ev­ant, util­ised, and well maintained.

STRA­TEGIC GOALS — MON­AL­TRIE PARK

We will define and imple­ment a devel­op­ment and main­ten­ance plan for improved use of Mon­al­trie Park through a Man­age­ment Group which engages rel­ev­ant user and interest groups and will determ­ine how to:-

1. Bet­ter cater for young people and young adults,
2. Improve over­all inclus­iv­ity and access for all indi­vidu­als and groups,
3. Max­im­ise the bene­fit for the whole com­munity, and
4. Ensure it is val­ued as an attract­ive, enga­ging, and viable place to be and to use.

Sur­vey Suggestions

Con­sid­er­a­tion of pump track, zip wire, child facil­it­ies, toi­lets, Cof­fee Shop. All sug­ges­tions will be con­sidered by the Man­age­ment Group.

STRA­TEGIC GOAL — PRO­GRAMME OF EVENTS

We will max­im­ise our inher­ent attrac­tions of art & cul­ture, his­tory & her­it­age, food & drink, action & adven­ture, and wild­life & nature to devel­op a rolling pro­gramme of events which is co-ordin­ated and util­ises our ven­ues in a con­sidered and empath­et­ic way which is:-

1. Inclus­ive and diverse,
2. Sym­path­et­ic to our envir­on­ment and community,
3. Fin­an­cially and com­mer­cially viable, and
4. Sup­ports and funds the main­ten­ance and improve­ment of all our venues.

The Man­age­ment Group will con­sist of key private, pub­licly fun­ded and non-profit enter­prises to ensure an integ­rated approach.

Sur­vey Suggestions

Con­sid­er­a­tion of use of The Halls as a centre for Com­mer­cial Events Pro­gramme / Com­munity Cre­at­ive Play / Safe Space and Resi­li­ence Centre / Busi­ness and Com­munity Group Admin Centre.

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OPER­A­TION­AL GOAL — OUT­DOOR SPACE ASSETS

We will define a plan to con­sist­ently main­tain and ensure rel­ev­ance for our out­door recre­ation­al space (e.g. The Greens), Foot Paths & Cycle Paths Net­works, and Sig­nage, includ­ing pro­vi­sion of suf­fi­cient toi­let facil­it­ies always in con­sid­er­a­tion for the sus­tain­ab­il­ity of our envir­on­ment and sym­pathy for our com­munity, and

Sur­vey Suggestions

Improve toi­let facil­it­ies in The Square, Crath­ie and oth­er suit­able locations.

TAC­TIC­AL GOAL — BENCHES.

We will ensure that there is suf­fi­cient pro­vi­sion of Benches to ensure inclus­iv­ity and access for a diverse pop­u­la­tion our out­door space through provid­ing access to rest areas, with clear own­er­ship of assets with­in an assigned com­munity group / author­ity for main­ten­ance and upkeep.

TAC­TIC­AL GOALS — LIT­TER & DOG POO

Provide Lit­ter and Dog Poo Bins with­in our vil­lage space and recre­ation­al facil­it­ies cog­nis­ant of the poten­tial neg­at­ive impact on our com­munity and envir­on­ment, with clear own­er­ship of assets with­in an assigned com­munity group / author­ity for main­ten­ance and upkeep.

SOT	Goal	Descrip­tion	Own­er Group	Part­ners
Stra­tegic	Mon­al­trie Park	Devel­op­ment and Improve­ment Plan	BRD
Stra­tegic	Events Pro­gramme	Devel­op­ment of Event Pro­gramme enga­ging for broad range of interest areas	The Halls
Oper­a­tion­al	Out­door Space, Paths and Cycle Tracks & Signage	Devel­op main­ten­ance and improve­ment plan	BRD
Tac­tic­al	Improve inclus­iv­ity and access to our out­door spaces through pro­vi­sion of adequate benches in our out­door space	Define need, con­sult with appro­pri­ate agen­cies includ­ing CNPA and secure fund­ing to provide and maintain.	BRD
Tac­tic­al	Provide adequate lit­ter and dog poo bins in our out­door space	Define need, con­sult with appro­pri­ate agen­cies includ­ing CNPA and secure fund­ing to provide and maintain.	BCCC

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FOCUS AREA 2

THE COM­MUNITY & HER­IT­AGE HUB

We received great feed­back as to how best now to use The Hub.

The Com­munity Groups are in dis­cus­sion as to how best to man­age and sus­tain­ably run the Hub for the bene­fit of the Com­munity. We will strive to make The Hub an ener­get­ic cata­lyst for ser­vices and events in the com­munity as well as provid­ing a focus for loc­al her­it­age. Bal­later (RD) Lim­ited and the Vic­tor­ia & Albert Halls (Bal­later) Trust are work­ing to cre­ate an own­er­ship and man­age­ment struc­ture and form­al­ise its rela­tion­ship with both so that The Hub will be fin­an­cially viable and any cost shared fairly.

It is pro­posed that The Hub will provide ser­vices such as design, print­ing and tick­et sales, both remotely and dir­ectly pro­mote the cre­ation and deliv­ery of attract­ive events in the com­munity, as well as being a place for inform­a­tion to be cent­ral­ised and giv­en out. Our aim is that the Hub will be an attract­ive place to vis­it and will use space avail­able to dis­play loc­al her­it­age items.

As Bal­later (RD) Lim­ited and the Vic­tor­ia & Albert Halls (Bal­later) Trust make pro­gress with this excit­ing pro­ject, we will do our best to keep you informed and seek fur­ther feedback.

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FOCUS AREA 3

OUR LOC­AL ECONOMY

Our loc­al eco­nomy drives and under­pins Bal­later & Crath­ie as a great place to live, work and vis­it. A vibrant eco­nomy is essen­tial to ensure the health and well­being of ALL the com­munity. We will strive to ensure that our eco­nomy thrives so that our people have access to oppor­tun­it­ies for edu­ca­tion, skills, employ­ment, social con­nec­tion, qual­ity of life. We will focus on com­munity owned enter­prise whereby money cir­cu­lates loc­ally, and wealth is dis­trib­uted more equally.

STRA­TEGIC GOAL — AFFORD­ABLE BUSI­NESS UNITS

We will attract and sus­tain new busi­ness enter­prises (build­ing on such as the estab­lish­ment of example Mox­on Archi­tects) through pro­vi­sion and mar­ket­ing of com­munity owned busi­ness units. We will ensure that these new enter­prises are:-

1. In keep­ing with our com­munity environment;
2. Sus­tain­able and relevant;
3. Viable; and
4. Avoid exacer­bat­ing the already lack of afford­able housing.

Sur­vey Suggestions

Green Indus­tries, Geo­therm­al tech­no­logy, Altern­at­ive Ther­apies, Pop Ups, Dent­ists, Chiro­pod­ist, Out­door Exper­i­ences, Learn­ing Out­side, Crafts and Artisans.

STRA­TEGIC GOAL — SUS­TAIN­ING HOS­PIT­AL­ITY & TOURISM

We will work with loc­al enter­prise to devel­op our unique offer for world class sus­tain­able hos­pit­al­ity and tour­ism, sup­port­ing smal­ler enter­prises by devel­op­ing and delivering:-

1. Solu­tions to resource short­fall of skills by work­ing with schools, col­leges, uni­ver­sit­ies, busi­nesses and enterprises;
2. Pro­grammes for train­ing young people, adults and retir­ees to deliv­er a world class standard;
3. Col­lab­or­at­ing with togeth­er to identi­fy cre­at­ive solu­tions in sup­port of all con­trib­ut­ors to a healthy economy.

Sur­vey Suggestions

Hos­pit­al­ity Train­ing for young people and adults, Con­sor­ti­um of Busi­nesses to provide train­ing, trans­port and accommodation.

OPER­A­TION­AL GOAL

We will pro­mote Bal­later & Crath­ie as inclus­ive des­tin­a­tions through encour­aging the pro­vi­sion of more diverse access­ib­il­ity facil­it­ies with the aim of secur­ing nation­al accred­it­a­tions. We will facilitate:-

1. Edu­ca­tion pro­gramme for busi­nesses and organisations;
2. Spe­cif­ic guid­ance for res­id­ents and vis­it­ors; and
3. Part­ner­ship with rel­ev­ant groups and organ­isa­tions to fast-track improvements.

Sur­vey Suggestions

Stra­tegic Part­ner­ships; Edu­ca­tion; Advice on Grants and Funding.

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SOT	Goal	Descrip­tion	Own­er Group	Part­ners
Stra­tegic	Afford­able Busi­ness Units	Devel­op a Plan to attract new indus­tries aligned to our area and provide afford­able busi­ness units	Busi­ness Association
Stra­tegic	Sus­tain Hos­pit­al­ity & Tourism	Stra­tegic Plan to improve the resource pipeline	Busi­ness Association
Oper­a­tion­al	Diversity & Accessibility	Increase pro­vi­sion of access­ible ven­ues and attractions	Busi­ness Association

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FOCUS AREA 4 THE ENVIRONMENT

The CAP TEAM will focus on improv­ing the Resi­li­ence of our Com­munity to cope, with­stand and pro­tect us from envir­on­ment­al threats of flood, drought, fire and storms, at the same time as pro­mot­ing sus­tain­able use of energy.

FLOOD­ING, DROUGHT, FIRE AND RESILIENCE

We will strive to make Bal­later and Crath­ie as safe and resi­li­ent a place in which to live, work and vis­it, as we can

GOALS — Flood­ing and Drought

Storm Frank was a trau­mat­ic event for much of the com­munity, and the res­ults of the sur­vey reflect this. So that we are all pro­tec­ted so far as pos­sible from extreme weath­er events, and in the event of dam­age, that the com­munity is able to bounce back quickly, we will con­tin­ue to devel­op and imple­ment the exist­ing BCCC work­streams on Flood­ing and Drought to:-

A. Bet­ter ensure pre­ser­va­tion of life — The First Pri­or­ity — Oper­a­tion­al, B. Improve take up and install­a­tion of prop­erty level pro­tec­tion — Tac­tic­al, C. Ensure that sup­port for Option 3A by Aber­deen­shire Coun­cil is with­drawn — Tac­tic­al, D. Put in place short term loc­al pro­tec­tion for Bal­later against lower level more fre­quent flood­ing — Stra­tegic, E. Devel­op real­ist­ic altern­at­ives for medi­um term loc­al pro­tec­tion — Stra­tegic, and F. Explore upstream stor­age options — very long term Strategic.

STRA­TEGIC GOALS – Medi­um and long term medi­um and high­er level protection

We will sup­port medi­um term actions to ensure that the impact on the vil­lage of high­er fre­quency high water events remains low. We will con­sult and engage with all stake­hold­ers on all pos­sible options includ­ing dredging and repro­fil­ing the river; and on mov­ing, improv­ing and main­ten­ance of exist­ing and new river banks and bunds, par­tic­u­larly in con­junc­tion with pro­pos­als for a sus­tain­able river­side path. These actions could also mit­ig­ate the impact of lower fre­quency high water events.

We will also pro­mote upstream ini­ti­at­ives for water man­age­ment in the Dee catch­ment area. We will con­tin­ue to co-ordin­ate with oth­er Com­munity Coun­cils and land own­ers a multi-com­munity pos­i­tion for the Dee Catch­ment Area regard­ing flood­ing and drought and estab­lish a list of the areas of con­cern and request sup­port from the Scot­tish Gov­ern­ment for a water man­age­ment feas­ib­il­ity study to address the chal­lenges of cli­mate change.

Sur­vey Suggestions

Drain­ing and dredging, build­ing bunds, river bank main­ten­ance, land man­age­ment and tree plant­ing, upstream flood plain, bal­ance lakes, con­sider the impact of the Bal­later Bridge. Work­ing with the whole of Dee Val­ley on long term options. Work on Loch Muick, Loch Cal­later, the Gairn, Dee plain around the Linn. Crath­ie asks not to be forgotten.

TAC­TIC­AL GOAL — Prop­erty Level Protection.

In order to aid prop­erty own­ers hav­ing the best pro­spects of self-help, we will con­tin­ue to pro­mote the install­a­tion of Prop­erty Level Pro­tec­tion (PLP) includ­ing flood gates and non-return valves, through­out the whole com­munity, with the ongo­ing assist­ance of the Scot­tish Flood For­um. With the Resi­li­ence Groups we will enhance actions and pro­cesses relat­ing to SEPA flood warn­ings, includ­ing the use of a watch list to assist occu­pi­ers with spe­cif­ic needs.

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Sur­vey Suggestions

Prop­erty level pro­tec­tion is import­ant but not always affordable.

TAC­TIC­AL GOAL — Option 3A.

In the light of over­whelm­ing com­munity oppos­i­tion, as well as the con­sid­er­able eco­nom­ic impact, BCCC will oppose AbCo Option 3A, and press AbCo Marr Area Com­mit­tee to act­ively with­draw Option 3A and devel­op a dia­logue with AbCo as to alternatives.

Sur­vey Suggestions

Over­whelm­ing oppos­i­tion to Option 3A.

TAC­TIC­AL GOAL — Short term low level protection

We will sup­port short term actions to ensure that the impact on the vil­lage of high­er fre­quency high water events remains low. We will use the final RPS addi­tion­al report to engage with all stake­hold­ers to deliv­er prac­tic­al actions on the ground as soon as pos­sible. These actions could also mit­ig­ate the impact of lower fre­quency high water events.

Sur­vey Suggestions

Num­bers of sug­ges­tions for improve­ments to the exist­ing vil­lage bund.

OPER­A­TION­AL GOAL — Pre­ser­va­tion of Life

We will con­tin­ue to improve the exist­ing ini­tial response plan set­ting out lines of com­mand and emer­gency response and fur­ther devel­op links with SEPA and under­stand­ing of flood risks.

Sur­vey Suggestions

Quick response to remove cara­vans from the Cara­van Park.

OPER­A­TION­AL GOAL — Fire

In con­junc­tion with the emer­gency ser­vices, we will define a plan to reduce the use of bar­be­cues and fires on the hills dur­ing dry sea­sons and improve the avail­ab­il­ity of prudent fire-fight­ing equipment.

Sur­vey Suggestions

Sug­ges­tions regard­ing sig­nage, inform­a­tion and facilities.

STRA­TEGIC GOAL — Resilience

We will assist the exist­ing Resi­li­ence Groups to ensure that dur­ing emer­gen­cies so far as pos­sible every­one in the com­munity is safe, that those who need assist­ance to activ­ate Prop­erty Level Pro­tec­tion receive it and that every­one in the com­munity is suf­fi­ciently warm, fed and watered.

Sur­vey Suggestions

Emer­gency Relief Fund. Con­cerns about loss of tele­phones and com­mu­nic­a­tions in emer­gen­cies, check­ing on outly­ing prop­er­ties. Con­sid­er­a­tion of a com­munity envir­on­ment­al plan.

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SOT	Goal	Descrip­tion	Own­er Group	Part­ners
Stra­tegic	Medi­um term high­er level flood pre­ven­tion works	Con­sult with stake­hold­ers on all prac­tic­al altern­at­ives and devel­op a plan for fund­ing and impementation	BCCC	AbCo, CNPA, Scot­tish Government
Stra­tegic	Long term high­er level flood pre­ven­tion works	Pro­mote upstream ini­ti­at­ives for water man­age­ment in the Dee catch­ment area.	BCCC	AbCo, CNPA, Scot­tish Gov­ern­ment, Scot­tish Water, Estates, River Dee Trust
Tac­tic­al	Improve Prop­erty Level Protection	Pro­mote PLP enhance actions and pro­cesses relat­ing to SEPA flood warn­ings, includ­ing the use of a watch list.	BCCC	SEPA, SFF, AbCo
Tac­tic­al	Oppose Option 3A	Press AbCo Marr Area Com­mit­tee to act­ively with­draw Option 3A.	BCCC	AbCo
Tac­tic­al	Short term low level flood pre­ven­tion works	Use the final RPS addi­tion­al report to deliv­er prac­tic­al actions.	BCCC	AbCo, CNPA, SEPA, Bal­later Golf Club, BCE and BRD
Oper­a­tion­al	Pre­ser­va­tion of Life	Devel­op exist­ing response plan and devel­op links with SEPA	BCCC	SEPA, Emer­gency Services

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THE ENVIR­ON­MENT AND ENERGY

We will strive to make Bal­later and Crath­ie as resi­li­ent, self-suf­fi­cient and car­bon neg­at­ive a place in which to live, work and vis­it as we can.

STRA­TEGIC GOALS — The Envir­on­ment and Energy

We will invest­ig­ate the pro­vi­sion of loc­al energy sup­ply wheth­er ground source, sol­ar, hydro-elec­tric or geo- thermal and how best to improve the pro­vi­sion of trans­port with less car­bon diox­ide generation.

TAC­TIC­AL GOALS – The Envir­on­ment and Energy

We will invest­ig­ate the feas­ib­il­ity of provid­ing loc­al facil­it­ies for garden­ing, allot­ments and com­mun­al composting.

We will pro­mote the insu­la­tion of prop­er­ties and ways to assist reduc­tion in the need for energy.

We will invest­ig­ate the feas­ib­il­ity of provid­ing the shar­ing and repair­ing of tools and oth­er facilities.

Sur­vey Suggestions

Con­sid­er­a­tion of wood / log club, how best to insu­late gran­ite houses. Deal­ing with garden waste par­tic­u­larly Autumn leaf fall. Car shar­ing scheme and encour­aging more cyc­ling. Encour­age devel­op­ment of old build­ings rather than demolition.

SOT	Goal	Descrip­tion	Own­er Group	Part­ners
Stra­tegic	Loc­al Energy Supply	Feas­ib­il­ity Plan	BRD	Estates, CNPA, CAN
Stra­tegic	Low car­bon transport	Define need, con­sult with appro­pri­ate agen­cies includ­ing CNPA and secure fund­ing to provide and maintain.	BCCC	AbCo, CNPA, CAN
Tac­tic­al	Improve loc­al facil­it­ies for garden­ing, allot­ments and com­mun­al composting	Define need, con­sult with appro­pri­ate agen­cies includ­ing CNPA and secure fund­ing to provide and maintain.	BRD	CAN
Tac­tic­al	Pro­mote prop­erty insulation	Define need, con­sult with appro­pri­ate agen­cies and secure fund­ing to provide and maintain.	BCCC	AbCo, CNPA
Tac­tic­al	Shar­ing and repair­ing of tools and oth­er facilities	Define need, con­sult with appro­pri­ate agen­cies includ­ing CNPA and secure fund­ing to provide and maintain.	BRD	CAN

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FOCUS AREA 5

COM­MUNITY SUPPORT

We will con­sist­ently pro­mote the health and well­being of all res­id­ents, striv­ing to ensure an inclus­ive envir­on­ment for social con­nec­tion, to sup­port and sus­tain the diversity of our population.

We will deliv­er sus­tain­able, rel­ev­ant and cohes­ive options in ser­vice of all.

STRA­TEGIC GOAL — CHILD­CARE PROVISION

We will work with loc­al com­munity groups & busi­nesses and the rel­ev­ant agen­cies to cre­ate a frame­work for Child­care Pro­vi­sion based on cur­rent need but aspir­a­tion­al require­ments to attract the young­er / fam­ily demo­graph­ic to the com­munity. We will deliv­er the iden­ti­fied require­ments from par­ent & tod­dler / playgroup/​childminder/​crèche /​nursery/​breakfast and after school clubs. We will ensure that the framework:

1. Iden­ti­fies cre­at­ive solu­tions to meet com­munity needs (think out of the box);
2. Remains rel­ev­ant and sustainable;
3. Access­ible for all; and
4. Provides prac­tic­al and tan­gible sup­port for par­ents and guardians.

Sur­vey Suggestions

Busi­ness and Com­munity Con­sor­ti­um to provide nurs­ery; recruit­ment of child­mind­ers; fund­ing for pre and after school clubs.

OPER­A­TION­AL GOAL — FOOD PANTRY AND COOK­ERY CLASSES

The Food Pantry is open to all the com­munity with the aim of encour­aging reduc­tion of food waste, and offers classes to cre­ate cre­at­ive dishes on lim­ited budgets.

We will work togeth­er with loc­al food and drink busi­nesses includ­ing both retail and hos­pit­al­ity to ensure:-

1. Mar­ket Food Pantry, Warm Space and Cook­ery Lessons,
2. The qual­ity of pro­vi­sion in the food pantry pro­motes health and well­being in our diet;
3. The usage of the food pantry is known to all com­munity to sup­port reduc­tion in food waste; and
4. The food pantry becomes a hub for reg­u­lar / guest cook­ery demon­stra­tions show­cas­ing how to cre­ate nutri­tious and eco­nom­ic meals.

Sur­vey Suggestions

Pro­mote as open to all community.

OPER­A­TION­AL GOAL — TELE­PHONE AND BROAD­BAND CON­NEC­TION & USAGE

We will work with the rel­ev­ant agen­cies to ensure we have the optim­al tele­phone and broad­band con­nec­tions to ensure:

1. the com­munity infra­struc­ture is the best in the coun­try for all digit­al activities.
2. we have altern­at­ive ana­logue solu­tions to provide resi­li­ence in times of hard­ship or crisis,
3. we provide facil­it­ies to edu­cate all the com­munity to keep abreast of digit­al devel­op­ments, and
4. we provide cyber­se­cur­ity edu­ca­tion and reg­u­lar updates.

BAL­LATER & CRATH­IE COM­MUNITY ACTION PLAN 2023

Sur­vey Suggestions

Best in class pro­vi­sion for home­work­ers, more education.

SOT	Goal	Descrip­tion	Own­er Group	Part­ners
Stra­tegic	Child­care Provision	Devel­op solu­tion to lack of child­care to enable par­ents and guard­i­ans to work locally
Oper­a­tion­al	Food & Pantry Classes	Pro­mote and increase use of Food Pantry and Cook­ery Classes
Oper­a­tion­al	Tele­phone and Broadband	Optim­ise Tele­phone and Broadband

BAL­LATER & CRATH­IE COM­MUNITY ACTION PLAN 2023

FOCUS AREA 6 AFFORD­ABLE HOUSING

The Hous­ing Sub Group of the BCCC will focus on AFFORD­ABLE HOUSING.

They will con­sider how to lobby and/​or work in part­ner­ship with loc­al landown­ers, the loc­al author­ity, CNPA and busi­nesses to ensure the pro­vi­sion of adequate afford­able hous­ing, to attract and retain the young­er demo­graph­ic, essen­tial to the sus­tain­ab­il­ity, health and well­being of our com­munity. The solu­tions must be cre­at­ive, envir­on­ment­ally friendly, sus­tain­able, and relevant.

The Cairngorm Nation­al Park Author­ity is com­mit­ted to redu­cing the pro­por­tion of second homes in new devel­op­ments by ensur­ing that new hous­ing devel­op­ment is tar­geted at meet­ing loc­al needs as far as possible.

STRA­TEGIC GOAL — AFFORD­ABLE HOMES

We will engage the appro­pri­ate skills and tal­ent onto the BCCC Hous­ing Sub-Group to identi­fy cre­at­ive solu­tions to address­ing the hous­ing need, and work with Hous­ing Asso­ci­ations, Loc­al Author­it­ies, Cairngorm Busi­ness Part­ner­ship, Landown­ers, and oth­er appro­pri­ate bod­ies to deliv­er a pro­gramme of pro­vi­sion for afford­able hous­ing over 5 to 10 years. Con­sid­er­a­tion will be giv­en to the fol­low­ing non-exclus­ive list:-

1. Learn­ing from Brae­mar Com­munity Enter­prise in estab­lish­ing afford­able housing;
2. The CBP scheme for pro­vi­sion of hous­ing to employees;
3. Sco­tia Homes devel­op­ment pro­vi­sion for 45% afford­able housing;
4. Re-clas­si­fic­a­tion of hol­i­day homes due to changes in Short Lease legislation;
5. Pre­vi­ous pro­jects shelved; and
6. New oppor­tun­it­ies.

Sur­vey Suggestions

Reduce second homes; increase afford­able rent­al properties.

SOT	Goal	Descrip­tion	Own­er Group	Part­ners
Stra­tegic	Sig­ni­fic­antly increase Pro­vi­sion of Afford­able Homes	Work in part­ner­ship with all stake­hold­ers to define a multi strand stra­tegic plan	BCCC	CNPA

BAL­LATER & CRATH­IE COM­MUNITY ACTION PLAN 2023

FOCUS AREA 7 INDE­PEND­ENT & ASSISTED LIVING

A New Assisted Liv­ing Sub-Group will focus on INDE­PEND­ENT & ASSISTED LIVING

They will con­sider how to lobby and/​or work in part­ner­ship with loc­al landown­ers, the loc­al author­ity, CNPA and busi­nesses to ensure the pro­vi­sion of Assisted Liv­ing Pro­vi­sion to cater for the age­ing and dis­abled demo­graph­ic for both inde­pend­ent and assisted liv­ing, essen­tial to the sus­tain­ab­il­ity, health and well­being of our com­munity. The solu­tions must be cre­at­ive, envir­on­ment­ally friendly, sus­tain­able, and relevant.

STRA­TEGIC GOAL — CARE HOME

We will engage the appro­pri­ate skills and tal­ent onto the BCCC Inde­pend­ent & Assisted Liv­ing Sub Group to identi­fy cre­at­ive solu­tions, and work with Hous­ing Asso­ci­ations, Loc­al Author­it­ies, Cairngorm Busi­ness Part­ner­ship, Landown­ers, and oth­er appro­pri­ate bod­ies to deliv­er a pro­gramme of pro­vi­sion for a loc­al care home over 5 to 10 years. Con­sid­er­a­tion will be giv­en to the fol­low­ing no-exclus­ive list:-

1. Assisted Liv­ing Enterprises
2. Private Care Home Enterprises
3. Com­munity Led Facilities

Sur­vey Suggestions

Approach nation­al providers.

OPER­A­TION­AL GOAL-INDE­PEND­ENT LIV­ING AND SUP­POR­TED LIVING

We will work with loc­al busi­nesses & com­munity groups and rel­ev­ant agen­cies to cre­ate a frame­work for sus­tain­ing inde­pend­ent liv­ing for our age­ing demo­graph­ic and those with dis­ab­il­it­ies, and identi­fy options for pro­vi­sion of sup­por­ted liv­ing infra­struc­ture. We will aspire to provide:-

1. Friend­ship and social activity;
2. Pre­scrip­tion col­lec­tion / deliv­ery service;
3. Shop­ping and bank­ing support;
4. Trans­port pro­vi­sion for med­ic­al appoint­ments and times of need;
5. Warm and friendly space dur­ing winter; and
6. Train­ing for res­id­ents in needs of individuals.

Sur­vey Suggestions

Approach nation­al providers.

SOT	Goal	Descrip­tion	Own­er Group	Part­ners
Stra­tegic	Pro­vi­sion of Care Home to replace lost resource	Work with Part­ners and Stake­hold­ers to devel­op Strategy	BCCC
Stra­tegic	Great­er pro­vi­sion of inde­pend­ent and sup­por­ted living	Work with Part­ners and Stake­hold­ers to devel­op Strategy	BCCC