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May issue 2012
PCC Concerns Addressed
Public Meeting 16th April
Craignure Village Hall was packed out with standing room only for the Public Meeting called by Councillor Mary Jean Devon to address concerns in the community over the new Mull Progressive Care Centre. Representatives from all of the funding partners had been invited...
Mary Jean Devon chaired the meeting and began by calling upon Fiona Brown to read out a message on behalf of Mull Community Council and the Ross of Mull Patient Participation Group. This centred on worries over the allocation of the housing units at the new PCC and the fear that Mull jobs would be lost, and also pointed out that the lack of a helipad at the new facility is a grave omission.
In a very long meeting during which feelings ran high, these concerns and others raised from the floor were addressed by the panel... more in the full issue
Following the meeting Fiona was pleased to receive a positive response to her email to Nicola Sturgeon on the subject of the PCC (click here to read this letter).
Hydro Project Launches Logo Competition
Following the overwhelming support given to the proposed hydro project at Garmony by Mull and Iona residents, the Community Trust has submitted the planning application for the scheme and has put in an application to the National Forest authorities to lease the relevant land.
As part of the process for promoting the scheme, members of the Community Trust and volunteers from Sustainable Mull and Iona (SMI) made presentations to local schools. The Trust had a great response from the children and their teachers and has now agreed to go ahead with a schools’ competition to design a logo for the scheme... more in the full issue
Policing Levels on Mull
R&A is pleased to report that a proposal to reduce the number of police officers in Mull considerably (by removing the constable from Craignure and requiring the Tobermory Sergeant to divide his time between Mull & Oban) has been successfully nipped in the bud by an immediate campaign spearheaded by local councillor Mary Jean Devon... more in the full issue