A letter to Community Council Secretaries in North-East Scotland.
Dear Secretary,
You are the person who keeps your Community Council running. You also happen to be in the right place at the right time to do something that genuinely matters for your village.
Why your CC should care
A typical cluster of 9 Community Councils, sharing one charity, could expect around £840,000 a year per gigawatt of nearby offshore wind. Across the project lifetime that's tens of millions of pounds.
That money pays for the things our communities need and the public sector has stopped delivering. It does not need to be a token gesture from a logo on a noticeboard.
What you'd actually be agreeing to
12–24 months
Realistic timescale from first conversation to first community-benefit payment.
Light-touch on volunteers
Most of the legal, governance and operator work is done by NES-CBC, not by your CC.
No upfront cost
The intention is that coordination is funded from the benefit stream, not from CC reserves.
What's done for you
- Charity incorporation and governance setup
- Drafting articles and trustee model
- Coordination across the cluster of CCs
- Drafting the proposal to the operator
- First contact and negotiation with the operator
- Reporting model so every participating CC sees where the money goes
FAQ for Secretaries
How much extra work is this for me?
Realistically: a few hours a month, mostly meetings. NES-CBC writes the documents and handles the operator.
Does our CC have to commit before knowing the figures?
No. The first conversation with Tony is informational. Nothing is signed.
What if the other CCs in our area aren't interested?
Tell us anyway. We can help you talk to them, and a smaller cluster may still work.
Are we replacing our CC's existing work?
No. The charity is a separate vehicle. Your CC keeps doing what it does.
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