COMMUNITY Matters

Special Extended Edition Autumn 2020

A newsletter by, with, and for local community members in , , and surrounding area.

Welcome to your new community newsletter. A lot has happened over the past few months, so this new edition has lots of extra information. Our newsletter is for all of us, and we aim to ensure that there’s something of interest for everyone. We welcome your contributions, photographs, ideas, knowledge, skills and input. If there’s anything you’d like to see more (or less) of, please let us know.

The last few months has shown that community spirit is alive We’re almost half way through our 2018-2023 5 year action and well in our area, and you can really see this when you read plan (if you would like a copy let us know or you can see it through all the contributions from local volunteers throughout on our website at www.watif.scot). Please let us know what’s this autumn edition. We are delighted to be working in important to you. We’re here to work for you, so please let partnership with the TWA newsletter, to ensure that both us know if you think we’re on the right track, or if you have our community newsletters provide lots of regular and local any ideas on how we can support our community! We also information. A massive thank you to all the volunteers in the have a comments box and poster boards in Woolfords Village area and to all those who contributed to this edition. Hall for all your suggestions, comments and ideas and look forward to your input! www.watif.scot Lockdown (or is it Unlockdown?) Update These are strange times indeed and have been challenging for many of us. As a community, we have pulled together even more than usual and have seen a lovely, heart-warming response from folk living in the area supporting each other throughout the lockdown period. Several new resources have also been developed since the start of the pandemic including:- our community support helpline for friendly phone calls, prescription/shopping pick-ups, and other support needs, the food larder in Woolfords and food benches in Tarbrax and Auchengray, new community veg growing initiatives in Woolfords and Tarbrax, and low-cost sanitiser, free re-usable masks and kids packs distributed.

“To Ilka and Jane. Thank you for the kids packs over the summer. My favourite thing is the lego. I drew a picture of rainbow dash. I love her because she is colourful”. Ashton (7 years old) & Jenson (5 years old) from Auchengray.

Tarbrax Village Hall It is now 5 months since Tarbrax Village Hall was closed course we now have the community growing raised beds and at the time of writing this, it is unlikely that we’ll be and flower planters in the Hall grounds – these were built re-opening the hall this year. The Covid-19 situation and and maintained by local residents. The community beds available guidance is being kept under review by the Trustees have provided a welcome additional outdoor space to meet and the Hall is being up safely, chat, and grow maintained and indeed food together. improved, ready for when we are able to reopen. There have also been some changes to our We have received a grant committee. Our trustee from South Eric Williamson is now Council to help tide us Chair of the board and over this difficult period earlier in the summer, with loss of income and we welcomed two new to, as far as possible, put Trustees who live in the Hall in good shape Tarbrax, James and Steph. for reopening. This grant together with a The Trustees look grant from WAT IF? forward to the time when has allowed us to undertake improvements to the Hall it will be safe to welcome you back to Tarbrax Village during this period of closure, when rules and regulations Hall and in the meantime we welcome and will support permitted. This means we have finally completed the new residents to get in touch with suggestions as to how we can meeting room, painted and decorated the interior of the support safe outdoor activities. Hall and corridors, repaired the patch in the floor of the main hall, replaced all external lights with LEDs and of John Tucker

Big thanks to Susan, Jim, Fiona, Eric, Tommy, Steph, James, John, Barbara, Louise, Catherine (local volunteers and hall trustees who helped to get the hall back into working order after painting work was completed). Woolfords Village Hall

Woolfords Village Hall have kindly agreed to host the food larder, at least until the end of the year. The hall is also a pick up point for community members to pick up books, jigsaws, hand sanitiser, homemade masks and other essential items.

There will be a review in 2021, for now however, the hall is not available for hiring. Please find the Woolfords Village Association on Facebook for keeping up to date with hall activities. Contact Wendy Jones at I PAINTED A PHONE BOX! [email protected] “Wat If? very kindly let me attack this after I both volunteered to actually paint it and won the design competition too - I’ll never get over how amazing it was to paint my own design! While it was definitely not easy and required hours of cleaning first, it’s Bowling Club turned out to be one of my favourite bits of art to date. I’ve been so lucky to do this and have enjoyed every Outdoor bowls has just minute of it - from scrubbing it to drawing designs bigger than me to spending my days up a ladder to finished up, and there are finally getting to stand back today and smile at it all. currently no plans to start And a big thank you has to go to everyone who walked indoor bowls, we will update past and had a quick chat with me, it was so lovely to hear everyone’s comments and see how excited you you if there are any changes all were. to this over the next few If you know the area then the sides will hopefully months. make a bit of sense to you, but if not, let me know on the Wat If? hobbies and leisure FB page and I’ll give you a crash course on the history of each village!”

Susan Aitken

A massive well done to Susan Aitken, for her inspired and talented design on the Woolfords Phone box! Wat If? Shopping, Swapping and Giveaways…

As the saying goes, ‘One man’s rubbish, is another man’s treasure’…If you have something you don’t need or want, or are looking for something second hand, join our FB page where you can swap, give away or look for items locally.

LOCAL shopping! Social Media We have regular updates on the Wat If? Shopping page on If you’re not online or on social media and want to be, Facebook. If you’re not online and would like a list, please let please let us know. Alternatively, if you would like to list us know if you’d like us to send you a paper copy. something, we can do that for you. The list includes:- takeaways, shops and restaurants nearby. See contacts at end of newsletter. The Food Larder and Food Benches

Did you know that • Please ensure any food you leave is in date. If you our community is in spot anything out of date, please remove it. the top 5% of access • Please respect our one at a time, and no mask no deprived communities entry rules at the larder. in ? Did you • We’re working on a plan for winter to make sure know that in Scotland essentials are still available and accessible throughout alone, 600,000 tonnes the winter months. of food goes to waste • We welcome additional volunteer support to make every year? this all happen (see contacts at end of newsletter). Auchengray Food Bench With both these in mind, we are receiving regular food donations to reduce the need for long trips, expensive fuel bills, reducing our carbon footprint and to reduce the amount of food waste going to landfill every year. If we were to reduce our food waste by just half, we could save over 27 million square feet in Scottish landfills every year, as well as the average household enjoying over £200 in extra cash annually.

The food larder in Woolfords, and the benches in Auchengray and Tarbrax are regularly stocked with essential items “It’s been really great to see how much has been on a ‘take what you need, donate if you can basis’. With happening in the community throughout the lockdown food being one of our most costly monthly expenses, the period. The food bench is being accessed by a few benefit of reducing waste is seen in our wallets as well as people, but I worry that many people don’t know that our environment. By utilising our food larder in Woolfords it’s there. and benches in Auchengray and Tarbrax, the better off our I’m pleased we have a newsletter to reach people who may not be on-line. It’s directly outside the primary pockets and our planet will be. school gates, and it’s for all of us to use. Please have a Community members are also using these facilities to look in when you’re passing, and take what you need. You can also call the support number if you need donate food from their homes which would otherwise go to anyone to pick something up for you”. waste. Monetary donations are also gratefully received, and Aileen Mitchell, Auchengray these help us to stock up on other essential items. “The bench has really helped me out throughout Thanks so much to those who worked and volunteered to lockdown, at one point my car had broken down so I was make this all happen, If food isn’t something that brings us relying on people to get me food” all together and makes us happy, we don’t know what is. community member Incredible Edibles

I enjoyed being on the working group to help establish the two community initiatives which have sprung up to grow food locally outside Tarbrax and Woolfords Village Halls. These spaces are for all of us, and it’s been lovely to learn together (kids and adults alike). Lots of us have met neighbours we hadn’t known beforehand, and there’s been great chats and lots of laughs!

Around 30 community members have been involved so far, and more and more are coming down for a nosey every day…., everyone is welcome to join in… at whatever level and whatever time suits you!

The food we grow is on a first come first served basis, so keep having a look to see what’s ready and just harvest yourself. If you’re not sure about anything, Google is your friend or you can just get in touch and ask (contact details at the back of the newsletter). It’s great to have organic fresh fruit and veg right on our doorsteps. So far this year we’ve grown broccoli, tomatoes, cauliflower, green beans, pak We’ve achieved loads together already this year, even choi, lettuce, spinach, courgettes, squash, radishes, turnips, after a late start in the season. Imagine what we can beetroot, chard, dill, rosemary, wasabi rocket, coriander and spring onions. Beautiful flowers, fruit bushes and do if we start in March again next year….Vegetables seedlings have all been donated and are brightening up everywhere! the area surrounding the beds. - James Lindsay (local volunteer) Several children in Tarbrax were asked what their favourite vegetable was. Out of those Fun factoid children who participated in the study, 100% said trees, broccoli and carrots!

Transport and Taxi Bus Our team are currently exploring a number of options to address the difficulties our community experiences with transport. The feedback many of our community members gave us helped to shape ideas like the taxi bus. In light of Covid-19 we’re revisiting the plan to make sure it’s fit for purpose today. We welcome input from everyone around next steps. If you have any great ideas or just want to get involved, please get in touch with us and let us know. The more people who influence and shape what we do, the more we can make sure that solutions fit for all of us!

The taxi bus service restarted on October 1st, with taxis from our area to only, the cost remains the same at a £2 charge per journey for adults and a £1 charge for children/concessions. We have introduced a fair use policy as we hope to be able to provide this service indefinitely.

To book a taxi, call 01506 433 433, at least an hour in advance of when you wish to travel. The service is available Mon-Sat, between 7am and 9.30pm.

If you would like more information about the taxi bus service please call us on 07494 034025.

If you need help with transport to attend hospital visits or doctors appointments, please get in touch with us on 07494 034025 and we will try to find a solution. Housing Would you like to get involved? We have a new housing team who are currently looking We welcome your input to discussions around affordable into empty and derelict properties as well as development housing, derelict properties, older people or younger sites in the area. If you are aware of any properties or sites peoples’ housing, shared ownership, affordable rentals either about to come on the market, or currently for sale, or any other housing related ideas or discussion points then please get in touch. Also please let us know of any (please see contact at end of newsletter). empty or derelict properties that you have concerns about. “We are very pleased to be moving into Tarbrax & Our first affordable rental property has now been let out are very grateful for the opportunity, we absolutely after receiving a number of applications. We adopted love our new home. We have been welcomed with a well-recognised points scheme to ensure that a fair system was used for allocation, the point system ensures open arms by our neighbours” that tenants considered for the scheme are from the local -Sophie & Callum area. The rental price was determined as an affordable rental rather than an open market rental and was £100 less “I’m really grateful for being a part of a community per month in comparison to local market rates for similar that is able to provide affordable housing to a family rental properties. at a time when they really need it” -James Bryden -Auchengray

Local Defibrillators There are currently 4 public defibrillators in the WAT IF? Area. These are located at Auchengray Primary School, Fishing Club, Tarbrax Village Hall & Woolfords Village Hall. For more information on how to operate these and what to expect in case of emergency, please visit www.watif.scot/local-defibrillators and download the Activation Leaflet.

Paths Update from Charlie Campbell As part of the quarterly community newsletter, the • Developing a path network from Woolfords to Cobbinshaw community paths group will bring you the most up-to- including a new bridge and signage. Thank you very much date information about our local paths consisting of future to the Hamilton family and Guy Spurway for all their hard projects, maintenance days, planned walks and training work. available for those who are keen to lead community walks. • A grass cutting and strimming contract for Ampherlaw, By investing in our local community paths, we will ensure a Fala and Ross Wood (Kings Inn) 4 times a year to maintain welcoming, safe and accessible outdoor environment which the vegetation. can improve our physical, mental and social health. During • Picnic tables purchased and sited around the paths. this year we have achieved a great deal, including: • Structural improvements to gates and fences at entrances.

See an update and the maps on our website: www.watif.scot/pathways Simple things you can do to look after our Community Paths:

• Pick up some litter: Do a 5-minute litter pick on your walk. • Snip overhanging branches & leaves: Trim small branches that are growing across the path. • Make a home for bugs: Children can carry the branches to a quiet spot and build a habitat pile for creepy crawlies. • Look after signage: If you spot a dirty sign or panel on your walk, why not clean it? • Report a problem: If you spot major path problems that you couldn’t simply fix in 5 minutes (flooding, blocked access, damaged path surfaces etc.), then you report it to the WAT IF? office and we will action the issue.

We’d love to know what you like to do on our community paths. For any of these tasks take before and after photos and tell others what you’ve done – you may inspire others to make a difference too.

VOLUNTEERING If you are keen to assist in the paths around our community, contact the WAT IF office for details. WE NEED YOU!!!!

“The paths at Ampherlaw and Falla used to be overgrown and impossible to walk comfortably. They are now a delight to walk in and kept in great condition despite some recent felling” -John Tucker

“Many thanks to Charlie and the team for the tremendous work on the paths and picnic areas” -Fiona Hewlett (Tarbrax) Fishing We are delighted to announce that a new Community Membership initiative has been agreed with Cobbinshaw Angling Association. This initiative means that residents of the WAT IF? area can try their hand at fishing on Cobbinshaw Loch without (immediately) having to take out a full membership with the club. Residents can take advantage of up to four outings per year under this new scheme, which is partially subsidised by WAT IF?

You can read up on prices, rules & regulations by downloading the Community Membership Rules from our website www.watif.scot where you can also download the booking form.

Alternatively you can email us on [email protected] for further information. Grants - Grant Schemes Our four grant schemes have been running as per usual, with several awards already having been handed out this year. A few examples of Community Grants being awarded are: Tarbrax Common & Village Hall Trust, to help create a new meeting room at the hall, the Auchengray Primary Parent Council, to help fund kids activity packs being distributed to pupils during lockdown, and Cobbinshaw Angling Association, to help fund the purchase of a new wheelie boat allowing disabled people/people with limited mobility to participate in fishing on the loch. This last one also resulted in an agreement between WAT IF? and the fishing club to set up a Community Membership, meaning locals (and family/ friends) can take advantage of up to 4 fishing outings a year at Cobbinshaw at a reduced rate.

Others benefiting from the grant schemes this year included some of our young people in the area who were awarded a grant towards driving lessons. Also, our popular WAT Next Bursary grants have been awarded to young people to assist them with their education.

The four schemes (Community Grants, WAT Next Bursary, WAT Next Education Grant and Driving Lesson Grant) are expected to continue, however we are working on some new grant ideas to introduce next year, which we hope will be of great benefit to the local community. Watch this space!

Broadband Borders online have installed a new mast on Blackhill and therefore now residents in the area can enjoy faster broadband speeds with more reliable connections. This is really timely given the amount of people currently working from home.

Our offer of £120 off installation costs for WAT IF? residents is still ongoing. If you would like to take advantage of this, please see the form on our website www.watif.scot/broadbandsignup Sew‘n’Chat We are a small, friendly, social sewing group usually meeting at Auchengray Church Centre Wednesday afternoons from 1pm to 4pm. We ‘shut down’ when COVID struck but will be starting up again when COVID restrictions allow. If you are interested in sewing, dressmaking, or patchworking – or would like to learn more about these hobbies – come and join us.

You only need a basic sewing machine to make most things. If you are only just starting to sew, you can start with something easy, like a simple quilt for Project Linus ( projectlinusuk.org.uk ) or - slightly more complicated, a Fidget Muff for people suffering with Dementia. Or you can just drop in for a chat, everyone is welcome. If you wish to have a try at making some items for a craft stall or as gifts or even as family heirlooms - have a go, there is no limit! For more information contact Patricia on 07809 681038 or [email protected] Photo competitions Auchengray Caring Knitters As part of our Wellbeing project, we ran a photography These wonderful knitters are making jackets, competition on social media over the months of June, July booties, hats, mittens and blankets for St. John’s and August 2020, which covered a different subject every Hospital premature babies, to give them a cosy start couple of weeks. It has been wonderful to see so many in the world. Knitted socks go to refugees and they people engaging and sending in their snaps. Not only did have knitted for various other charities. The group we see some real talent for photography but it was also very are not physically meeting right now, but are still entertaining to see the lighter side of lockdown in some of knitting up a storm. the pictures. Some had us downright in stitches! It has been If you would like wool, or to chat about ways to knit a wonderful way of keeping in touch with people within together in the future please call June Bulloch on and around the community whilst in lockdown, and a wee 01501 785074 reminder that although things have been a bit different, life goes on! Outdoor activities There are a number of opportunities to participate We want to say a huge thanks to all of you who entered and in outdoor activities throughout Autumn. Some those who took the time to cast your “votes” for the pictures are regular weekly events, some are one offs! Our you liked best, and here’s a wee recap of just a few of our What’s On guide is continuously being updated so winning pictures: please check with facilitators prior to attending. “Your Local View” Winner Gregor McPherson “Lockdown Baking” Winner Catherine Parkinson “What have you made during lockdown” winner Leila Peter We look forward to holding future competitions so look out for more opportunities to get involved.

Tired of the four walls around you? Why not step out and enjoy the open sky, fresh air, good company and discover your local area. Following Covid-19 guidelines, these free walks are on Mondays for all abilities and on Tuesdays and Wednesdays for more experienced walkers. Interested? Get in touch with Susan at [email protected] or BeeMaja on messenger and FB. Spotlight on our star baker Janina

Drum roll please!! We had the pleasure of catching local volunteer Janina for a quick interview. She’s not just a great baker, she has a wonderful quirky sense of humour too….. Here’s what she had to say... What made you start baking and cooking? What are the most popular things you make? Well I’m not officially a cook or anything I just like to please Well it seems to be the old fashioned home baking that’s the people and that makes me happy. My mum was an excellent most popular, things like bread and butter pudding, treacle cook, we grew up in a small town and had an allotment sponge, fruit cake and rocky road seem to go down well. and chickens so I like good home-grown food from scratch, Sometimes I package up treats with ribbons like coconut I’m not that keen on packet food. I generally tend to stick ice, ginger biscuits and flapjacks, they go quickly too! to recipes but I’ve been enjoying getting adventurous and Fortunately, no one has said they don’t like anything (ha ha thinking laterally with the food stocks that have been ha I’m a formidable woman, maybe they’re too frightened) available at the larder. So when there’s loads of potatoes but seriously it’s nice to get feedback. in, you’ll see things like sausage and mash appearing from time to time, loads of peaches?…..time for peach crumble Is there anything you don’t like about baking? Janina laughs….’well I don’t have a commercial kitchen, What’s it been like baking for our local community just working from my home, so I use loads of pots and throughout lockdown? pans…..and don’t like all the washing up that much. I’ve really enjoyed doing it, it’s helped me get through a difficult year and I really love cooking and baking. It’s kept Do you think you’ll keep doing this? me happy and busy! I love the new Community growing Well I’d really like to, so no reason why not. Towards beds at Tarbrax, they remind me of my childhood just pure Christmas, I usually make lots of Christmas cakes anyway. good food...I’ve harvested for cooking, broccoli, chard, beetroot leaves and salad- all are beautiful and fresh with Your interview is going to be in the community newsletter, no chemicals. I’d like to provide a nice mix of things, healthy is there anything you want to say to folk? as well as sweets and treats I want to say thanks so much to the people who brought me flowers to say thank you, that was really thoughtful. And We hear so much when we’re out and about from folk also to a lovely person I didn’t even know offering to fetch telling us how much they’ve enjoyed your baking, do you me things from the shops, all of this has really brought the get much feedback yourself? community together. This experience has made me so much I’ve had lots of lovely feedback, people I don’t even know more aware of all the people in the village, and I’ve got to stop me on the street sometimes, last week a couple stopped meet so many more people this year. There is a wonderful me to say they enjoyed my sausage rolls and would I be community spirit around right now making them again, others ask me what puddings I’m Well, everybody loves a treat, especially in these hard times. making each week

Winter Fuel Update As you know, many of our homes and businesses in rural are not served by the mains gas network and rely on more expensive forms of heating for their homes and hot water. By bringing together the collective buying power of users of oil fuelled heating in Lanarkshire, The Rural Development Trust are working to help householders across the county to access competitive prices to reduce their heating bills. For more information, visit www.lanarkshireoilclub.com or contact Wat If? (contact at end of newsletter) Local advice and support We’re delighted to be working in partnership with Forth Community Resource Centre (FCRC) who provide a wide range of services, support and advice including:-supporting elderly and vulnerable people to ‘do it online’, crafts for WAT IF? Community Trust kids, reducing high fuel bills, support with employment, Our main page for all the latest updates & information supporting people with social security and benefits issues, about what’s happening in the area. linking people to online chats and get togethers, making and supplying face masks and helping businesses to go WAT IF? Shopping, Swaps & Giveaways online. Please see their website or Facebook page for more For regular updates on local supplies, the food larder, information Forth Community Resource Centre 57 the food benches, fresh veg and fruit. This page is also Hawkwood Terrace, Forth ML11 8AT Tel: 01555 811002 used to advertise anything local residents want to sell, (and please leave a message). swap or give away to a good home.

KEEP IT LOCAL! WAT IF? Hobbies and Leisure Our community is full of amazing people with wonderful For regular updates on hobbies, leisure activities, photo and diverse skills, strengths, knowledge and passions. It’s competitions and more. Feel free to share information been all too easy to turn to the “big guys” like Amazon for with us too about events or offers which may be of a lot of our shopping and DIY fixes during these difficult interest to the locals. and unprecedented times. No doubt they will make it out the other side unscathed, but what about the little guys? You WAT IF? Travel and Weather might be living next door to the guy who can fix your heating For current updates on weather and travel in the areas or the woman who can mend your fences. The maker of the including road closures, places to avoid, power cuts, or best jam or producer of the tastiest broccoli could be living any other (emergency) incidents. in the next village. Let’s make sure that all the small, local and family businesses come out the other side too. Let’s WAT IF? Kids work together to support each other and all our amazing For details of upcoming events for children, ideas local businesses and enterprises! for entertaining them at home, offers & any useful www.watif.scot/local-enterprise-list information for parents/carers and youngsters.

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A Message from Scottish Ambulance Service If you need emergency medical assistance please call 999. Leave your lights on and your curtains open, and display your house number/name in a clearly visible place to speed up the emergency services attending to your needs. A big thank you goes out to our funders at Tormywheel, Healthy Valleys Harburnhead, Pearie Law and Muirhall Windfarms, A community led healthy living initiative with a focus on as well as Coop, DTAS and the Scottish Government for supporting rural South Lanarkshire communities. Visit grants awarded to WAT IF? to allow us to run our Community their website at www.healthyvalleys.org.uk or visit their Support plan with initiatives such as the Community Larder Facebook page @HealthyValleys at Woolfords Hall and provision of Kids Packs during the school break, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Esteem A support group who help people who have experienced With regards to the Kids Packs, we’d like to extend a special mental illness. You can email them on work.esteem@ thanks to Anne at Forth Community Resource Centre for outlook.com, call them on 01555 729033 or visit their the donation of craft packs & lovely ideas, to June and Jane Facebook page @ESTEEM.Clydesdale for their generous donations of craft materials, Polbeth Hub for donating the colouring books, and of course our lovely Forth Community Resource Centre local volunteers who distributed the packs. They run various training services and community groups helping & supporting people. You can call them on Thanks to all the volunteers, residents 01555 811002 or visit their Facebook page and friends who open and close the @ForthCommunityResourceCentre larder, help put donations away and Care and Repair South Lanarkshire drop off food donations. A charitable organisation that provides information, advice and assistance to help people who are older or disabled to Our gratitude also goes out to South Lanarkshire Council, stay in their homes. You can call them on 01555 666200 or FareShare, Tesco and Aldi for their ongoing food donations email them on [email protected] to the larder. And thanks too to Gin distillery for hand sanitiser. South Lanarkshire Council Community Wellbeing helpline Please bear in mind that we are still here to support you A helpline which is available for individuals living in South through our Community Support Plan, and that there are Lanarkshire who are self-isolating/vulnerable and whose other local groups who you can also call on for various kinds usual support network is no longer available. of help & support: Call 0303 123 1009. Auchengray ChurchCentre Missing You! It will be so good to chat over a cuppa again and we hope it won’t be too long before that can happen. Thermal Upgrade Project We are delighted that the building project has now resumed and is progressing well. We are looking forward to re-opening once it is safe to do so. Meanwhile if you would like us to make “socially distanced” contact, you can get in touch with any of the trustees: Campbell Fisher (Chairman) 07907 696 404 • Stephen Hunter (Treasurer) 01501 785 094 Linda Fisher (Secretary) 01501 785 413 • Betty Gowans 01501 785 218 • Myra Dick 07931 611 158 For further information call us on:- 01501 785 194 or 07494 034 025 If you don’t get an immediate answer please leave a voice mail message. Alternatively you can email us on [email protected]. We will be happy to help! Thank you so very much to Rhona Tennant for her most excellent eagle-eye proofreading skills!

WAT IF? is funded through Community Benefit Fund agreements with Muirhall Energy (Muirhall Windfarm Extension and Muirhall South), Harburnhead Windfarm, EDF (Pearie Law) and Tormywheel Windfarm. Supported by the Scottish Government and Voluntary Action Fund. ”WAT IF? is a registered Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation, SC043606