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SSE Renewables investment benefits local communities By Contributor Published: 09:30, 07 January 2021
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Community projects across the Highlands have benefited from millions of pounds worth of funding from SSE Renewables and the contribution from the energy giant has made a huge impact.
SSE Renewables, which is one of the largest energy companies in the UK, wants to help communities facing the unprecedented challenges during the coronavirus pandemic. It invests in the areas in which it operates â particularly where its onshore windfarms are located â and, as the organisation is very active in the Highlands, it has channelled much of its funding from its Community Investment scheme to the area.
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Updated: 15:48, 06 January 2021
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A wind farm worker set himself a year-long physical fitness charity challenge that ended last week with a solid 20-hour workout session and £2130 raised for local children living in poverty.
Thirty-year-old Bryan McKiddie is a control room operator with SSE on the Beatrice offshore wind farm and works around his shifts as a fitness coach running classes and online training as BMckFitness and Coaching. I set myself [the challenge] of completing burpees every day for each day of the year, said Bryan.
Wick supermarket donates ingredients for festive food By David G Scott
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Updated: 15:12, 16 December 2020
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This morning, a Wick supermarket shared seasonal goodwill through its charity campaign, Little Acts of Christmas Spirit.
Wick Coop manager Modris Karklins and the store s member pioneer Jamie Robson gave trolleys filled with festive food to kids in Keiss and the elderly people of Lybster through two local representatives from each village.
Treasa Hamilton, secretary of Keiss Primary School Parent Council said: We had spoken to Modris at the Coop and asked if they could donate treats for the children. It s been a very difficult year and we just thought it would be nice if we could give them an end of term treat.