Successful applicants discuss their grants
24 July 2019
Ten of the eleven successful applicants for the 2019 application round for the Vattenfall Unlock our Future Fund were able to attend the launch of the awards at Murcar Links Golf Course, Bridge of Don (adjacent to Vattenfall's European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre in Aberdeen Bay), where they were interviewed about their projects and the difference that a grant will make to them.
Andrew McCartney of Meldrum Amenities Improvement Group and Hamish Vernal, chair of the Fund Panel.
Lori Manson of the Fund Panel, Aoife Rowan-Dempsey (Industry Liaison for PrototAU), Stuart Watt (Mechanical Manager of PrototAU) and Liz Hodge of the Fund Panel.
David Thomson, Chairman of Westhill and District Men's Shed with Hamish Vernal and Donna Speed of the Fund Panel.
Aberdeenshire Sailing Trust treasurer Willie Mitchell, director Angie Fraser with Emily and Rien Kutterink.
Mike Brooks (Chairman) and Phil Lay (Treasurer) of Aboyne and District Men's Shed with Lori Manson of the Fund Panel.
Liz Hodge of the Fund Panel, Pauline Brown of Fittie Community Development Trust, Hamish Vernal, chair of the Fund Panel, Anne Coles of the Trust, and Lori Manson of the Fund Panel.
Hamish Vernal, chair of the Fund Panel with Mary Scott and Debbie Haefner of Huntly & District Development Trust.
Liz Hodge of the Fund Panel, Robert Brown, renovations project manager for Strachan Village Hall, and Donna Speed of the Fund Panel.
Lizzie Bacon, Yvonne Davidson, Lizzy Shepherd, Colin Devine, Lindsay Stewart, Megan Albon, Martin Leahy (best young international beekeeper 2019), and Sarah Leahy of Tarland Development Group.
The grant awarded was actually £10,000, not £15,000 as is stated in the video clip.
Liz Hodge of the Fund Panel, Marty Herretty, David Craig, Ronnie Leggett, all of Tigh a'Chomainn Camphill Limited, and Lori Manson and Donna Speed of the Fund Panel.
For further information see Unlock our Future Fund.