NCDT want to say a huge thank you to Scottish Borders Council (SBC) for agreeing to pay any interest charges incurred over the course of the project. This is a great help as we can now confidently arrange an overdraft facility to ensure that our contractors can be paid in a timely manner.  One of our grant funders makes their grant payments in arrears which would have made prompt payment of invoices impossible.

The plans for our new centre were well received at our recent local meeting, with many questions asked and a number of ideas discussed.  Our planning application has now been submitted to SBC.

At long last the prepayment conditions of our Big Lottery grant have been agreed and we have received our first payment.  This start up grant has enabled us to pay the fees to lodge the planning application and will allow us to pay for pre-planning survey work and professional fees.