Caithness public to decide funding for local projects

Your Cash Your Caithness – 29th February 2020

Following the call by the Highland Council for local groups in Caithness to apply for a share of £10,000 to fund projects in their local area members of the public are now being invited to take part in the Your Cash Your Caithness event on Saturday 29th February to decide how the money will be distributed.

At the participatory budgeting event, which will be held in the Main Hall of Thurso High School on Ormlie Road, representatives behind the 25 short-listed projects will have a chance to put their idea to the public vote. There is £10,000.00 on offer with applications received totalling £23,734.00

Registration will be open from 9.30 am and the presentations will start at 10.00 am and last until around about 1.30 pm.

Each applicant will be allocated a 5 minute slot to make their pitch for funding and a vote will take place at the end of the event to determine which projects have been successful. Voting will be open to anyone aged 14 or over on 29th February 2020.

Caithness Civic Leader and Wick and East Caithness Councillor Willie Mackay, who sits on the local implementation working group, said “This is handing decision making to the community and it is the first stage in returning community empowerment to the most local level. I am very heartened by the variety of the applications that have come forward and I would encourage anyone interested in the process to come along and give their support to all the applicants and to make their votes count.”