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COMMUNITY
Community Fund
Our community is very important to Royal Dornoch and we take our role within it
seriously. In 2015 the Council of Management decided that a percentage of the
income generated would be invested in the local community. Local organisations &
groups (within the IV25 postcode) can apply for donations of up to £500. The
applications are determined by a committee which includes the Club Captain, Vice
Captain and Immediate Past Captain as well as two nominees from the Dornoch
Area Community Council. Royal Dornoch donations for 2019 totalled £11,000 and
helped 25 different worthy causes. Since 2015 we have donated money to over 80
different projects, helping over 45 different causes and bringing the total amount to
be donated in the community to over £50,000.
Captain’s Charity
Each year at the Captain’s Invitational Members & Guest and the Captain’s
Weekend there are raffles and auctions to raise money for the nominated charities of
the captains. These raise between £5,000 to £10,000 each year which is then
passed on to help the very important work of these organisations. Charities that have
been supported in recent years have been Oversteps Care Home, Scotland’s Charity
Air Ambulance, Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland. Currently we are supporting
Kayleigh’s Wee Stars and Maggie’s.
Charity Donations
In addition to the above, the club makes many ad hoc donations to lots of local and
national charities and causes. These usually take the form of a 4 ball on the
Championship Course which are highly prized by many and can generate useful
funds. We also help out in the local Dornoch Community by offering the resources
from our staff, equipment and facilities.
Salt Marsh Regeneration
Salt Marshes provide important habitat for a wide range of wildlife and helps protect
coastal land from flooding and erosion. However, shoreline degradation and climate
change are increasingly placing these grassland areas under threat. A number of
gaps in the saltmarsh habitat in the Dornoch Firth means part of the Royal Dornoch’s
Struie Course is vulnerable to flooding and even being lost to the power of the
waves. Royal Dornoch, since 2018, committed to providing £10,000 a year, for 3
years towards a project of restoring the saltmarshes. This project is being organised
and promoted by Dr Clare Maynard, a research scientist at St Andrews University
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