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WHAT
THE TRUST DOES
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BCT
undertakes a wide range of activities in Birse parish
to promote the local common good and deliver wider
public benefits. |
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Trust’s main involvement is managing of land and
buildings on behalf of the community at a dozen sites
across the parish (map of
locations). They are all sites that are important
to the identity, well being and future development of
the community. The sites include a range of historic
buildings and monuments: Birse
Kirk and Birse Community Hall, Finzean
Old School, the Ballogie
Soutar’s Shop, the three water powered wood
mills in Finzean (Sawmill, Turning
Mill, Bucket Mill)
and Corsedardar
with the parish War Memorial and other standing stones.
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| BCT also
manages 1,000 ha of woodland on behalf of the
community. Over half of this area is the native
pinewoods managed by BCT in the Forest
of Birse Commonty, where BCT also holds rights over
a further 3,000 ha of open hill. The other woodland
consists of Balfour
Forest (241 ha), Slewdrum
Forest (167 ha), Finzean
Community Woods (15 ha) and School
Wood (< 1 ha). |
| In addition
to managing the twelve sites, BCT also carries out a
wide range of projects to support community development
and promote the natural
and cultural
heritage of Birse parish. These have included
establishing a Parish Archive at Finzean Old School,
where BCT now looks after fascinating collections of
old photographs, post cards and other documents and
records, as well as different types of items of local
historical interest. |
| The Trust
organises a variety of different meetings and events
each year and sends each household in the copies of its
full colour newsletter, BCT Update, its Annual Report
and other mailings. |
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To order a
sample copy of BCT Update please click
here |
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© Birse Community Trust 2010. All
rights reserved.
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