Steinmeyer Legacy Consultation
Proposals made at Public Meeting 14.3.17 and Silver Circle Meeting 16.3.17
(Note: Does not include 266 Survey Responses)
- L/T Capital Expenditure
- Several Small Projects
- Spend Legacy Immediately
- Invest Part & Extend Leg.
- Project Sustainability Vital
- Create Legacy Trust
- New Trust Unjustified
- General
- Village Environment
- Garden
- Benches
- Meeting or Care Space
- Loop Systems
- Rural Hall
- White Church
- Silver Circle
- Advice Service
- Care & Support
- Carers & Respite
- Computer Support
- Handyman
- First Response
- Visit Accommodation
- Transport
- Coco Bus
- Bus Trips
- Exercise & Activities
- Arts And Culture
- Young And Old
Fund Policy
L/T Capital Expenditure
Capital expenditure towards something sustainable – not spending all in short-term
Seedcorn – Large Project
Seedcorn funding for larger project
Several Small Projects
Need for criteria to decide how to allocate funds – not all to go to one big project but several – if possible, something that will regenerate and be sustainable;
Spend Legacy Immediately
Use Legacy funding now rather than later
One-hit Comrie
Invest Part & Extend Legacy
Investing part of the money to extend the legacy
Investing money in short term
Project Sustainability Vital
Long-term use of legacy with sound finances to ensure long-term sustainability
Create Legacy Trust
Separate Trust for the legacy
New Trust Unjustified
Does the amount justify setting up a trust? How would decisions be made? What criteria?
General
Something good for all – although firstly benefits older people
Professionals, paid, therapeutic, sustainable and can attract more funding from others
Legacy funds not to be given to individuals but rather to benefit many people
Start with inventory of what’s happening now
Define elderly, e.g. age?
Define boundary – just Comrie?
Is fund totally ring fenced – interest?
Raise awareness
Will there be further chances to make proposals after green forms submitted?
Legacy used as match funding with other charitable funds
Pay someone to coordinate and develop some of these ideas
Environment
Village Environment
Picnic tables on Boulevard
Village lanes upkeep – issue of paths never adopted by the Council
River Ruchill parts – upkeep
Bottle bank plus skip in village in the Field of Refuge car park – currently too far away for some people
Comrie in Colour – provision of planting – replacement and maintenance
Christmas Lights
Garden
Scented garden where people can sit
Modest memorial garden in memory of Steinmeyer at St Kessog’s Square
Plaque or seat commemorating Heinrich, with Comrie in Colour garden around seat
Garden at Cultybraggan with benches
Garden/community garden with raised beds, worked on and cared for by older people
Benches
Benches around sheltered housing
Benches at bus stops
Public benches – provision and maintenance throughout village
Benches throughout the village
Social Places
Meeting/Care Space
Daycare centre, using one of village halls – (would elderly come out from home?)
Respite for carers of those with Alzheimer’s – day care centre;
Purchase and reopen Ancaster and use as club for older people during the week and pub at the weekend – named The Heinrich Centre
A specific building for use by the elderly of Comrie – day centre – or refurbished WRI Hall
Daycare centre – Parish Church or weight church weekly/fortnightly (Silver Circle only two hours)
Drop-in centre in village to bring together facilities for the elderly, e.g. CAB
Drop-in centre for elderly and carers
Activities to get community together with church or affiliated groups – perhaps cinema with old films, games e.g. dominoes, crafts
Heated glass building in St Kessog’s Square – sitting area to enjoy plants and company
Meeting place single-storey eco-building, potentially including a cafe in St Kessog’s square
Christmas lunch
Loop systems
Deaf loop system for halls in White Church
Loop system installed in public venues
Hearing assistance – loop – to be provided in rural Hall, Church and elsewhere
Sound systems at White Church, WRI Hall
Deaf loop system in each of public halls
Loop system to all venues
Upgrade loop system in all public meeting places
Rural Hall
Rural Hall – heating and disabled access and disabled toilets
WRI Hall upgrades to toilets, disabled access including to entrance
Rural Hall – disabled access plus toilets – new heating system
Classic films in the afternoon at WRI Hall – access through Coco bus
Donation or loan the WRI Hall to improve it
White Church
Upkeep of white church and maintenance of lift
Silver Circle
Funding for Silver Circle outings
Donation to Silver Circle towards speakers and day trips
money for Silver Circle – more outings – maybe longer
Mobility
Transport
Community free bus with mobility access owned by the village – could be Coco bus funded
Mobility scooter based at surgery
More transport options, such as a bus for trips to Perth Theatre
Car plus volunteer drivers to transport patients to and from Comrie Medical Centre and outpatient hospital appointments (donations to sustain the car)
Patient transport for hospital visits – wheelchair accessible
Transport for the elderly to Ninewells and PRI – increased rates for volunteer drivers
Transport for shops et cetera to Comrie and Crieff
Transport to for example swimming pool
General mobility equipment stored and managed locally – In Comrie Medical Centre
Provide mobility support, e.g. bus, scooter, lifts, chiropody services;
Mobility scooter placed at Cameron Court for anyone who needs it
Have more than one wheelchair bus to pick up elderly once but twice a week for shopping visits to Crieff and village
Short-term practical help needed, for example getting to the bank;
Volunteer drivers to allow people to get to existing activities in the village, e.g. social, physical and cultural, such as music;
Electric car provision, including maintenance
CoCo Bus
Finance Coco bus to bring people into the village to shops a couple of days a week – finance for drivers, fuel, upkeep of vehicles
Dale-a-lift service established using the Coco bus or via private voluntary service
Coco bus for weekly outings to different places
Coco Bus – hospital visits – shopping – tours – day trips – funding and maintenance
Coco bus – secure future – upkeep and replacement
Coco bus extended use not private enterprise
Coco bus – expand use – petrol money – drivers – speakers
Coco bus lifts to church and social occasions
Upgrade Coco bus or a bigger one
Local bus – maybe Coco bus to take people to village
Bus trips
Bus tours
Weekly trips, e.g. Bertie – perhaps bus two days around Comrie
Outings for those who don’t or cannot get out too much;
Support to People
Advice Service
Something along the lines of Abbeyfield worker, e.g. home visits for benefits advice
Support and enhance Abbeyfield outreach service
Further resources for outreach assessments by Abbeyfield for elderly people who need practical help;
Extending Abbeyfield outreach work
Weekly group benefit provision – official – information with forms available
Care & Support
A locally led care cooperative
Drumearn purchased for reinstatement as a care home
Care cooperative – legacy seed-corn funding to help establish direct care services providing personal and domestic assistance, social support to counter loneliness and carer respite services
Extended homecare for housebound
Care cooperative – commercial care provision – involvement of PKC and Medical Centre district nurses, physios and chiropodists
Volunteer visitors to the elderly and housebound
Befriending group – visiting housebound and following up on any problems if needed
Chiropody – more money and subsidised
Carers & Respite
Respite care for short-term needs within the village
A local base for carers
Assistance with care – respite
Computer Support
Digital communication improvements – with government match funding? – E.g. high-speed broadband, and somebody to advise older people – my also encourage younger families to stay in Comrie
Computer and printer for Cameron Court for public use
Computer purchase and use for training – skills for skyping and online shopping et cetera
Handy-person
Local handy person to do small jobs using list of local contacts, include retired tradesmen
Village handy person – funding plus contributions
Handyman availability for small practical household tasks
Handyman service for minor repairs – even replacing light bulbs
Handyman for small jobs
Register for people to apply for help with jobs, gardening, elocution, plumber, shopping – perhaps retired tradesmen on an available list and fund to cover expenses
Development of time banking scheme, with volunteers sharing time to support each other
Repair scheme, paying retired trades-people to do some practical jobs
First Response
First response – more money
First Response
First Response – ensure future
Scotland’s Charity Air Ambulance
Leisure
Exercise & Activities
Model boating pond and cafe – crazy putting green
Fitness equipment/activity for elderly
Exercise weekly classes
Share skills in a ‘man shed’;
Provide alternative therapies – massage, tai chi, aromatherapy, yoga
Arts and Culture
Art for Heart – donation
Art classes
Young and Old
Encourage intergenerational activities to involve young and old
Young/old club where young and old of the village come together to exchange skills and knowledge
Cafe/meeting Space for interactions between old and young, with some work for cooking
Primary School – Cultybraggan project about the background.
Individual
Grants to Individuals
Divide out the money to pay all people on pensions one of amount of £200 per person
Madeira for two weeks for all over 70
Payment of vets bills if hospitalised
Christmas hampers for elderly reinstated
Visit Accommodation
Reduced rates for converted Nissen huts for families visiting – special Steinmeyer hut (when grandparent/parents have limited accommodation)
Place for families to stay when visiting grandparents et cetera
Groups
Common Good Fund – fund management and annual applications for good causes
Grants to local organisations which already work with elderly people
Commemoration
Hold special event annually to commemorate Steinmeyer
Annual Steinmeyer day on his birthday
Maintain friendship between Scotland and Germany, e.g. with veteran military connections
Minutes the Inaugural Meeting 19 January 2017
Minutes of the Interim Committee 24 January 2017
Minutes of the Interim Committee 8 February 2017
Minutes of the Interim Committee 10 March
List of Proposals