AIMS & OBJECTIVES

v To provide and promote sports, recreation, leisure & learning facilities for the whole community.

v To work in partnership with other sports providers at national, regional & local level to develop the range and quality of sporting activities on offer and thus improve individual & community health & fitness, so contributing to the social environment of Aberchirder and the surrounding area.

v To encourage & develop full use of the facility, 7 days a week, both daytime and evenings for a range of community needs.

v To meet a wide range of action points highlighted in the Community Action Plan (we have identified 6 actions points that can be met by this project)

v To operate and maintain the facility, ensuring a sound financial basis, thus sustaining the facility in good repair for future generations to use.

TARGETS FOR 2007-8

v Increase the range of sporting activities on offer in the village and surrounding area.

v Further develop the new sports of netball & badminton at both youth & adult level

v Develop links with Princess Royal Sports Trust to enhance the services we can provide to the community

v Develop links with learning providers such as Banff & Buchan College to ensure a professional delivery of the educational element of our programme

v Further consultation with the community to ensure that we are meeting current needs and requirements

NOT FOR PROFIT COMMUNITY PROJECT

This project will initially be run & maintained by a committee of people drawn from St Marnans Sports Club & Aberchirder & District Community Association. The extension will emulate the pavilion in that it will not be run for profit, making this facility a true community project, affordable to all and self sustaining. Our aim is to create paid employment positions to assist in the running and upkeep of the facility, to meet the needs of the community, our partners and the targets set by the funding bodies.

TIMESCALE

The concept of a learning & recreation centre in Aberchirder commenced in September 2006 following an initial idea to provide an All Weather Sports Facility. Discussions with funding bodies led to the project being developed further to meet many more identified needs and provide a more viable, sustainable facility for the local community. This project is now a quality product with partners in place, users identified and demand outstripping facilities, thus once completed this facility will immediately be a viable enterprise. The timing of this project will, ultimately, be dictated by funding rounds and planning department timescales. The committees aim is to have a learning & recreation centre in Aberchirder for full use by the local community as soon as absolutely possible.