List of Proposals (Public Meeting and Silver Circle)

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

The Survey Template (Blank)

List of Proposals

List of Proposals (Public Meeting and Silver Circle)

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