Trust to support isles charities and causes
Shetland Charitable Trust is to pay out grants worth £8.3 million to help fund 26 local projects and organisations next year. Half the organisations have…
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Wills criticises trust’s Stalinist approach
The “bureaucratic procedures” of the charitable trust have been compared to those of Joseph Stalin by trustee Jonathan Wills.
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Charitable trust agrees budget with over a third of million in cuts
Shetland Charitable Trust agrees to disburse over £8 million in funding during budget discussions.
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BP woes, road worker confusion, classic motors and inter-county round up
• BP pull £500 million gas sweetening plant at Sullom Voe Terminal • Yell road diversion points residents on a road to nowhere • A
READ FULL STORYNot in the least caring (Gail McMillan)
Listening to the radio last Thursday, I have never heard so much garbage spoken by two guys who are in charge of Shetland’s money.
READ FULL STORYTrusts pushed to be more open
Pressure is to be put on the publicly funded trusts in Shetland to be less secretive towards the community which pays for them.
READ FULL STORYChristmas bonus to be restricted by trust
By JOHN ROBERTSON An historic spending cut was agreed yesterday when Shetland pensioners’ Christmas bonus was removed from those not on low incomes. The radical…
READ FULL STORYWindfarm could earn community £37m a year – but it will cost more
By JOHN ROBERTSON Shetland could earn £37 million a year from its proposed giant windfarm, according to revised figures in Viking Energy’s planning application, lodged…
READ FULL STORYWindfarm may take half its 25-year lifespan to pay off carbon dioxide emissions caused by its construction
By JOHN ROBERTSON The windfarm could take more than half its lifespan to pay back the carbon pollution it causes if more peat bog becomes…
READ FULL STORYNew school to be funded by leaseback deal
The new Anderson High School will be funded through a leaseback deal with the charitable trust rather than from the council’s own reserves. The deal…
READ FULL STORYTrustees renew calls for ethical investment strategy
By JOHN ROBERTSON SHETLAND Charitable Trust has come under attack again for profiting from the activities of arms manufacturers, tobacco sellers and companies accused of…
READ FULL STORYTrustees still let money go up in smoke
By NEIL RIDDELL A RENEWED call for Shetland Charitable Trust to cease investing in tobacco companies was rejected by trustees this week. For the third…
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