A coordinator, not a charity.
We exist to help groups of Community Councils form the charities that can actually receive and distribute community benefit.
Our mission
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Aid charities set up to receive and distribute community benefits.
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Help charities identify the use of those benefits to best help the people of NE Scotland.
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Help charities make a powerful proposal to operators justifying meaningful amounts of benefit.
Why we are not a charity (yet)
NES-CBC's job is to help others form charities. We deliberately stand outside the charities we help create, so that we can negotiate with operators and advise multiple Community Council clusters without conflict of interest.
We may register as a charity in future. For now we are a coordinator.
Funding model
Our funding model is being finalised. The intent is that NES-CBC's coordination cost is funded from the community-benefit stream itself, on transparent terms agreed up front, with no upfront cost to participating Community Councils.
Leadership
Tony Ware
Tony has spent his career in industry, making things happen. He started NES-CBC after hearing that oil and gas community-benefit opportunity slipped away. He would like to work with Community Council Secretaries.
Advisor — TBC
Will oversee the charitable structure and reporting model used by participating CC clusters.
Advisor — TBC
Operator-side experience to help structure proposals operators recognise and respect.
Independence
NES-CBC takes no money from operators in exchange for advocacy. We work for the Community Councils. Where we negotiate with operators, we do so openly on behalf of a named cluster and a named charity.
Talk to Tony. 20 minutes. No commitment.
We'll explain what's possible for your Community Council and what the next step looks like.
Get in touch with Tony