IF the mood ever takes you to become the chair of an island development trust, can I recommend that you seriously consider something more relaxing…
IF the mood ever takes you to become the chair of an island development trust, can I recommend that you seriously consider something more relaxing and less fraught, like bomb disposal or crocodile training? I hear that those roles are also paid positions.
Now, of course, there is a role for voluntary groups and local committees, as there has been since the dawn of people living in close proximity, but there is a line where volunteer willingness begins to enable statutory neglect. To run all these services in an orderly fashion we need the staff, but we also need a main board of directors for the Trust. We require four subsidiary companies which must all have their own boards of directors. For childcare and housing projects, and building business units, we needed steering groups to make sure community input was there at all stages.
I count at least 22 volunteer groups there, and I will have missed plenty. So, when we say that communities like Tiree are running on fumes, we’re not exaggerating. At the last census, our population was 650. That includes children, and our population is ageing fast.Which is all to say, that when I read the phrase “community empowerment”, a little bit more of my soul leaves my body.
A wise man regularly reminds me: “We don’t do it because we enjoy it. We do it because it’s important.” It is important. And so we do it.
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