Badenoch and Strathspey’s views on Burall bequest now being studied by health team
There has been no shortage of ideas about how to spend the £306,000 remaining of the Burall Bequest.
Following both Badenoch and Strathspey meetings - the first in Aviemore, the second in Kingussie - the team handling the endowment to Kingussie’s former St Vincent’s Hospital have begun sifting through the suggestions.
There were good turnouts at both the Aviemore Hub and the Iona Gallery, where three NHS representatives were joined by a colleague from the Highland Health Board Charity to collect the final suggestions from the public.
In 2002 the late Theresa Burall of Seattle left a £330k fortune to the Badenoch hospital as a thank you for the excellent service it had given to her friends and a public consultation was finally organised this year.
“What’s working and what’s missing about health and wellbeing in the community?” the public were asked.
The leading responses were:
Young people accessing specialist support
A community hub for co-ordinated working
Somewhere for local people to stay as inpatients when needed
Mental health support
Community fabric - namely, inter-generational connections
Community projects with wide-rangig impact
Help for elderly people to stay at home for longer locally
Combatting loneliness, creating a sense of connection
Gynack Gardens plus more health and wellbeing spaces
Collaboration - strength in numbers
Physiotherapy - waiting lists needing attention
Children and families mental health support.
Even though the survey deadline has passed, more ideas will be suggested on a Post-it note basis until August 1.
The board trustees will meet on September 1st to take the issue further after considering all the responses.
Check out the survey here
