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25/04/08 - NDC becomes NCDC
As of 1st May 2008 the Northmavine Development Company will be
known as the Northmavine Community Development Company.
The new title is a bit of a tongue twister, so for day to day
business we'll be known as the NCDC. On the face
of it nothing will change - other than the name - and our aim
is still to make Northmavine a more attractive place to live,
work in or visit.
The main reason behind the change is to make the structure of
the company more efficient and we are now a limited company without
share capital with charitable status. Anyone who was a member
of the NDC is now a member of the NCDC.
Incorporation of the company is complete and OSCR has approved
our charitable status. The final fiddly bits of paperwork will
be complete in the next few days and we'll be ready to begin work
as the NCDC on 1st May.
We'll now be able to concentrate fully on the three main priority
projects for Northmavine -
The company still belongs to the folk of Northmavine and we're
always blyde to hear ideas and thoughts from folk so please contact
the office if you have anything you'd like to discuss.
Maree Hay, Project Worker - NCDC
05/08/07 - Changes at Greenbrae
Pam Abernethy, Admin Support Worker & Maree Hay, Project
Worker.
The Northmavine Development Company (NDC) office at Greenbrae,
Collafirth has seen a number of changes over recent months. Some
employees have moved on to pastures new and the new recruits are
busy getting up to speed with life at the NDC.
Alex Purbrick, admin worker, and author of the Health &
Wellbeing Report left us some months ago to have a baby.
Peerie Ronan is growing fast and is keeping Alex fairly busy.
Ingrid Laurenson, author of the Tourism Action Plan and
general office-doer-of-everything has sadly moved on to Orkney.
Last but not least “wir Pat”, Pat Christie, has taken
up a post in the Sooth End, nearer to home. Pat has shown a huge
commitment to Northmavine during the past two and a half years
and will be a real miss. The NDC would like to say a huge thank
you to the lasses for the work they have done and wish them all
well in their new ventures.
Pam Abernethy from Brae has taken over as admin support and will
probably find her job description increasing as the weeks go by!
Pam has office experience from a variety of posts and looks forward
to working with the Northmavine community. The post of project
worker has been filled by Maree Hay from Sullom. Maree has served
as a director of the NDC for 2 years and has been instrumental
in achieving the improvements at Mavis Grind. The new appointment
has resulted in a vacant seat on the NDC board of directors.
The NDC have spent the past two and a half years gathering ideas
and information from the community to inform the Northmavine Development
Plan and reports have been published on Tourism, Health and Renewable
Energy. The company is now turning its attention to future sustainability
and how it can begin to operate as a sustainable community company.
Maree said, “I feel this is an exiting time for Pam and
me to join the NDC workforce. In the beginning it was essential
to find out how Northmavine folk saw the future. Much time has
also been spent establishing a base line, by researching existing
facilities and amenities in Northmavine. The challenge now is
to look at which projects are able to generate employment and
an income for the community.”
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