2010 DEVELOPMENT AND ACTION PLAN FOR SUTHERLAND - OUTPUT OF SUTHERLAND SUMMIT

Sutherland Summit.    On 14 September 2009 we held a momentous event - the Sutherland Summit.  This major conference, which attracted nearly 200 delegates, was attended by Scottish Government Ministers Jim Mather and Roseanna Cunningham, by MP John Thurso, by Constituency MSP Jamie Stone and other MSPs, and by a wide range of other "movers and shakers" from Sutherland and beyond.  Mr Mather's "mind-mapping" session was particularly valuable, and was followed by a series of "break-out" workshops in the afternoon.  Our consultants, "Rural Analysis Associates" did a fine job in producing a report of the Summit, which you can read by clicking here. 

The Summit was also followed up by a series of wide-ranging workshops held across the county in December 2009.  These workshops gave further community views for incorporation into the Development and Action Plan for Sutherland, which will replace the Sutherland Partnership Strategy Document 2005-9. 

This D & A Plan was considered and adopted by Sutherland Partnership Board at its last meeting.  We hope that it will give clear direction to the Sutherland Partnership for the next five years.  Its formal launch took place at the Sutherland Partnership AGM in Lairg on 2 September 2010, at which the principal speaker was John Thurso MP.  To read the Plan, click here.