CDT is proud to announce that we are now a Registered Scottish Charity No. SC053878

Message from Tony Miklinski, CBE, Chair

Cupar Development Trust has appointed a new Business Development Officer to help them take the Cupar Food Station initiative to “the next level”.

At the charity’s Board meeting, Simon Baldwin was appointed on a six month consultative contract, picking up on the work undertaken to date by the Trust’s former Development Officer, Anya Armstrong, and the Trust’s working group involved on the project. 

On Simon’s appointment, Trust Chair, Tony Miklinski, says: “Through his leadership of CuparNow, Simon had been instrumental in developing the very concept of the Food Station - bringing together a collaboration of potential partners and deliverables. He brought the idea to the Trust last year and we adopted it. At this crucial stage in the project’s cycle, no one is better placed to take things forward.”

Anja Armstrong has taken up a new position with Kingdom Housing: the Board thanked her for her “dedicated and exemplary work” that helped the Trust to deliver a series of community-benefit projects including not only a Community Action Plan and Youth Charette but also the Local Place Plan - all in the last two years. Tony thanked Anja for her “sterling work” saying: “We could not have delivered so much in such a short timeframe without her commitment. The outputs of the community action plan and local place plan are instrumental in demonstrating that our support for the Food Station is an evidence-based approach to meet the demands and expectations of those in our town and area.”

Simon will be working with the Trust, their Administration Officer, Ian Sloan, together with members of the Food Station Working Group. Combined, they are liaising with community stakeholders and business consultants already involved in a study that is looking at the commercial viability of the project.