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Over the last seven and a half years the Pentland Community Chest (PCC) has awarded more than £50,000 to local organisations to use for projects that benefit the community. After yesterday’s meeting to review the most recent tranche of applications,…

The Pentland Community Chest (PCC) Committee met last night for the fourteenth time to consider sixteen applications that have been made between 1 December 2023 and 31 May 2024. Eleven applications met the funding criteria and will receive awards. The…

The Pentland Community Chest (PCC) reached a milestone yesterday evening when the 100th award was made. The PCC committee met to review the thirteen applications that were made in the period 1 June to 30 November 2023 and were able…

Yesterday evening The Rotary Club of Currie Balerno (Rotary) hosted members of the Balerno Village Trust (BVT) board and the BVT Pentland Community Chest trustees at their weekly dinner at the Baberton Golf Club. The evening provided an excellent opportunity…

At a meeting this evening, the Community Chest trustees decided to seek permission from the parent organisations (Rotary Club of Currie Balerno (Rotary) and Balerno Village Trust (BVT)) to change the name of the organisation from the Community Chest to…