INVERNESS CIVIC TRUST

Communities are made up of groupings, sectional and vested interests, with the local authority being the representatives of the population. In a perfect world, this would ensure that the wishes of the majority were paramount and that governance would sit comfortably with the aims of the populace and the Trust. We live in an imperfect world where the balance of these competing interests can sometimes be influences by external factors. In the recent past, we have seen the administration of Inverness pass from the old Inverness Council to the regional administration, The Highland Council. This council has a remit for administering an area approximately 1/6th of the UK landmass and although Inverness remains the administrative centre, the Council have to consider the interest of the whole region allocating priorities and resources as they deem fit. We have also seen recently the politicisation of local politics, which injects a further change into administrative process. These changes have..

Also known as: Inverness

Registration numbers: SCO21748 (W)

Primary location: United Kingdom