The BBCF grant was very much welcomed by Forres Friends of Woods and Fields and was a great encouragement to a newly founded charity. Initially the neglected state of the woodland we had acquired seemed overwhelming and our first attempt at clearing it with volunteers made a tiny inroad. Now, however, we can “see the woods for the trees” and can begin to look forward positively to the development of our community woodland.

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The funding awarded by the Berry Burn Community Fund to the Forres Heritage Trust has been instrumental in allowing the Trust to carry out essential maintenance work on the Forres Clock Tower and help fulfil the second stage in a three stage process which will make it possible for local people and visitors to ascend to this excellent viewpoint and survey the town from a new and most interesting angle. It is hoped that this attraction will help increase footfall on the Forres High Street.

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Thanks to funding received from Berry Burn, Grantown YMCA Community Centre now has a fully functioning state of the art fire alarm system.  This gives all user groups of our facility real peace of mind for their safety and wellbeing.  We can now operate with full confidence in our fire safety.

The Trustees and volunteers of Moray Baby Bank are very grateful for the generous grant received from Berry Burn.  With it we have bought a washing machine, tumble drier, several cot and pram mattresses, paid the monthly rent on our shop and storage container, paid for public liability insurance and various other small items required to operate the charity.  Having the grant money has enabled us to help 260 families throughout Moray who would otherwise really struggle to provide essentials for their babies.

Thank you very much.

Thank you Berry Burn Community Fund for your donation of £2,500 towards our hands-on nursing service in that community. Our nurses are there to care for a patient at the end of their life, a time when both patient & family need to be cared for, supported and prepared for what lies ahead. Your financial support is hugely appreciated by all at Marie Curie at this time especially, making sure that terminally ill patients can remain at home surrounded by their loved ones.  

The T-Exchange is grateful to the Berry Burn Community Fund for their support in helping our members with a hands-on project in which valuable experience was gained in the technologies required for recycling waste plastics for 3D printing.

To provide additional funding for information boards to be installed around the Nature Reserve

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Cairngorms Orchestra was formed in 2018 by a group of enthusiastic local amateur musicians and our players are aged from 14 years to late 70s, with a wide range of abilities and experience. Under the baton of our professional conductor, our aim as a community orchestra is to entertain local audiences with a wide variety of classical music. Cairngorms Orchestra is grateful to BBCF for providing the funding to purchase three timpani, which will enhance the overall sound of the orchestra and enable us to explore a wider range of music for the mutual benefit of players and audience.

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Moray Concert Brass, after 28 years as part of Moray Council’s music instruction service recently became a community band and gained charitable status following the retirement, on medical grounds, of its Musical Director Glenn Munro. They therefore had to purchase percussion instruments to be able to continue performing, as they could no longer borrow them from the Council.  A generous grant from Berry Burn Community Fund has allowed the band to buy the instruments, including a xylophone, a glockenspiel and bass drum and once Covid 19 restrictions are lifted will be heard playing again across Moray.

Forres & District Men’s Shed has been established as a community group designed for men over the age of 18. It has been set up as a safe place to come together and promote the opportunity for friendships, social engagement, skill sharing in a safe and enjoyable environment.  It is a way to combat and prevent social exclusion. The shed is a place where members can meet, make creative projects, sharing skills whilst also learning new skills from others.

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