The Tingwall, Whiteness and Weisdale Community Council (TWWCC) was created to promote the well-being of our community: by finding out what you want, representing this to the Shetland Islands Council, and by taking whatever actions are practical to help the interests of the community.
Meetings are held on the third Wednesday of each month and are generally open to the public. The next meeting will be 7:00pm on 15th May 2024, at Whiteness & Weisdale Public Hall.
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About the TWWCC
The Tingwall, Whiteness and Weisdale Community Council is one of 18 Community Councils in Shetland: voluntary organisations set up by Shetland Islands Council as the most local tier of elected representation. Our role is to act as a voice on behalf of local communities, and we aim to represent a full cross-section of the community and encourage people to get involved regardless of gender, race, age, disability, nationality or sexual orientation. Members are all people who live in the area and the Community Council is both non-party political and non-sectarian. The Community Council is made up of:
- Elected members: Members with full voting rights, open to any local residents who are over 16, on the electoral roll, and who would be eligible to stand for election for local government. If there are fewer than nine elected Members, the Community Council can decide to co-opt people. The Chair and Vice-Chair are both elected members. Community councils sit for a four year term and, at the start of each four-year term, the elected members decide who will be the Chair and Vice-Chair
- Associate members: There may be occasions where the community council wants to add somebody to the group who is not eligible to be an elected member. In this case, the community council can add associate members. Associate members take full part in the community council meetings but cannot vote.
- Local Councillors for Shetland Central: ex officio (non-voting) Members.
Current Members
- Andrew Archer (Chair)
- John Clarkson (Elected Member)
- Margaret Cooper (Co-opted Member)
- Charlie G Hodge (Elected Member)
- Catherine Hughson (Ex-Officio)
- Neil Leask (Elected Member)
- Moraig Lyall (Ex-Officio)
- Martin T Randall (Elected Member)
- David A Sandison (Ex-Officio)
- Ian Scott (Ex-Officio)
- Linda Tulloch (Vice-Chair)
- Birgit Wagner (Elected Member)
Contact details for the members can be found on the Shetland Islands Council TWWCC page
Minutes
Below are the Minutes from previous meetings of the Tingwall, Whiteness and Weisdale Community Council. Also available are the Minutes of the Viking Wind Farm Community Liaison Group.
Previous TWWCC meetings
- MAR 2024 PDF file, 431K
- FEB 2024 PDF file, 146K
- JAN 2024 PDF file, 165K
- NOV 2023 PDF file, 423K
- OCT 2023 PDF file, 423K
- SEP 2023 PDF file, 426K
- AUG 2023 PDF file, 420K
- JUL 2023 PDF file, 424K
- JUN 2023 PDF file, 415K
- MAY 2023 PDF file, 444K
- APR 2023 PDF file, 79K
- MAR 2023 PDF file, 429K
- FEB 2023 PDF file, 104K
- JAN 2023 PDF file, 433K
- NOV 2022 PDF file, 473K
- OCT 2022 PDF file, 424K
- SEP 2022 PDF file, 426K
- AUG 2022 PDF file, 84K
- JUL 2022 PDF file, 93K
- JUN 2022 PDF file, 153K
- MAY 2022 PDF file, 95K
- APR 2022 PDF file, 378K
- MAR 2022 PDF file, 266K
- FEB 2022 PDF file, 281K
- JAN 2022 PDF file, 265K
- NOV 2021 PDF file, 310K
- OCT 2021 PDF file, 309K
- SEP 2021 PDF file, 309K
- AUG 2021 PDF file, 262K
- JUL 2021 PDF file, 268K
- JUN 2021 PDF file, 266K
- MAY 2021 PDF file, 262K
- APR 2021 PDF file, 270K
- MAR 2021 PDF file, 444K
- FEB 2021 PDF file, 440K
- JAN 2021 PDF file, 433K
- NOV 2020 PDF file, 334K
Viking Community Liaison Group (VCLG) meetings
- OCT 2023 PDF file, 264K
- JUL 2023 PDF file, 123K
- FEB 2023 PDF file, 119K
- JUL 2022 PDF file, 440K
- APR 2022 PDF file, 175K
- JAN 2022 PDF file, 169K
- NOV 2021 PDF file, 440K
- JUL 2021 PDF file, 202K
- APR 2021 PDF file, 149K
- JAN 2021 PDF file, 259K
- NOV 2020 PDF file, 238K
Applying for a grant
There are two main sources of funding:
- Each Community Council has a limited amount each year to support local community projects. To apply to the TWWCC, please download a TWWCC grant application form and send it to the Clerk (the address is included in the form).
- The Shetland Community Benefit Fund (SCBF) Advanced Grant Scheme is open to groups, organisations, charities, as well as some businesses and individuals, throughout Shetland. All applications are made to SCBF, who then share these with the Community Council for a funding decision. To apply to the SCBF, please go to ‘How to apply to the SCBF Advanced Grant Scheme’.
