Local communities are being invited to help shape the future of a significant legacy donation left to the Highland Health Board Endowment Fund charity (SC016791), the official charity of NHS Highland.
The charity has a generous gift of £306,890 from the late Theresa Burall to enhance health and wellbeing in the area - and they want your input.
The donation was first made in 2002 for St Vincent's Hospital. Before the hospital closed in 2021, the money was used to improve hospital facilities including car parking, toilets, ward spaces, staff changing areas and palliative care services.
This generous gift, known as a legacy (money left to a charity when someone has died), is now available for the benefit of NHS Highland patients, residents and service users across Badenoch and Strathspey.
The Burall Legacy Fund is a fantastic opportunity to invest in projects that go beyond standard NHS care, supporting local initiatives that improve lives from infancy to end of life. From small improvements and added comforts, to major innovations, suggestions will help inform how the fund is spent to benefit patients, residents, service users and the NHS workforce across Badenoch and Strathspey.
Philip MacRae, Chair of the Endowment Funds Committee, said: “This is a truly special opportunity to invest in the health and wellbeing of our community in a way that reflects local needs and aspirations.
“We want to hear directly from the people who live here. Your voices and ideas will help ensure Theresa Burall’s generous gift creates a lasting and meaningful impact for generations to come.”
There is a detailed question and answer guide explaining the fund and the engagement activity which participants are encouraged to read before providing suggestions.
- The survey is now live and will remain open until 13 June 2025.
- People can continue to submit ideas on the engagement page until 1 August 2025.
- There will also be a chance to contribute ideas in-person at a meeting in Aviemore on Friday 9 May.
For all the details, visit our Engagement Hub.