Macphie funds key hyperlink in Platinum Jubilee challenge
FOOD components agency Macphie has donated £30,000 in direction of the creation of a brand new coastal strolling route from St Cyrus to Aberdeen in North East Scotland.
The Platinum Jubilee Coastal Path, named in honour of Queen Elizabeth II’s 70 years on the throne, will stretch round 90 miles from St Cyrus to Cullen, taking in 30 settlements and breathtaking surroundings together with castles, stacks, seashores, and waterfalls.
The corporate, presently celebrating 50 years at its rural Aberdeenshire base, pledged to donate £50,000 to good causes as a gesture of gratitude to the communities which have helped the family-owned agency develop into a serious business participant.
The five-figure donation, which has been paid over the course of the final three years, will assist the challenge by facilitating two devoted challenge officers.
James Ferrier, one of many Venture Managers for Kincardineshire who will profit from the funding mentioned: “Our aim is to make sure the coastal route will not be misplaced. The work thus far has benefited the area people by offering paths to hyperlink the settlements and has helped put the world on the vacationer map.
“My colleague Caspar Lampkin and I are chargeable for the event of the path and for creating sustainable methods for the route.
“There’s nonetheless a considerable quantity of labor nonetheless to be achieved over the subsequent three to 5 years and acquiring funding like this from Macphie is important to permit us to progress a challenge of this measurement.”
Whereas many sections of the trail exist already, very important stretches are wanted to affix them collectively. The concept was stimulated by the work of MERCHAT (Mearns Coastal Heritage Path), which is affiliated with Tangleha Artists Collective.
Working intently with Aberdeenshire Council; the group has been upgrading and restoring the route since 2018.
The Lord Lieutenant for Kincardineshire and Chairman of Macphie, Alastair Macphie, has championed the initiative to increase the trail, and believes it’s key to enhancing the amenities for residents, guests, and native companies.
He mentioned: “Macphie has a protracted affiliation with the communities alongside the Aberdeenshire shoreline. We’re happy to assist this thrilling challenge which is able to showcase the area’s pure magnificence and produce advantages to residents and vacationers alike.
“We hope this challenge will go away a legacy inside Aberdeenshire and produce native communities collectively.
“The creation of the Platinum Jubilee Coastal Path over the approaching years will likely be a terrific asset for tourism and social capital and with funding in place, vital progress has already been made on the trail.
“Group teams have developed a number of sections of the trail which we now plan to hyperlink collectively in addition to restore some areas which have suffered from erosion.”
Final 12 months, Macphie donated over £31,000 to over 100 native causes together with youth soccer groups, neighborhood occasions, golf programs, inexperienced areas and play parks throughout Aberdeenshire.
Group teams within the space which might be desirous about receiving assist from the components agency can nonetheless submit requests right here: https://www.macphie.com/community-request
Macphie Ltd is now an internationally famend components producer, producing a variety of merchandise throughout its core classes of sauce, bakery and ice cream inclusions, in addition to providing plant-based and gluten-free choices.
Macphie’s imaginative and prescient is to be the go-to accomplice for meals manufacturers all over the world, turning concepts and creativity into sensible options. Its ardour for making life simpler for cooks and bakers is mirrored in its “merely intelligent” strapline.
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