Issue - meetings

That Council -

Congratulates Lower Deeside resident Sir Jimmy Milne CBE, DL, DHC Hon, FRIAS on his recent honour of a Knight Bachelor in the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Birthday Honours 2022 for services to business and charity.  

Notes the success of the Balmoral Group under the leadership of Sir Jimmy Milne.

Agrees that Sir Jimmy Milne’s charity work as joint founder and chairman of Friends of ANCHOR, a charity established in 1997 which supports Aberdeen’s cancer and haematology care unit, as well as financing many ground-breaking research programmes makes Sir Jimmy Milne a worthy recipient of this honour.

Further notes that since 1997 the Balmoral Group has funded all the fundraising team and administrative costs of Friends of ANCHOR. The charity, being in its 25^th year, is on course to reach a record project target of £2m that will help make the difference in Aberdeen’s new cancer care centre due to open in 2023.

The Council resolved:-

to approve the notice of motion.

The Council had before it a notice of motion by Councillor Malik in the following terms:-

          “That Council -

Congratulates Lower Deeside resident Sir Jimmy Milne CBE, DL, DHC Hon, FRIAS on his recent honour of a Knight Bachelor in the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Birthday Honours 2022 for services to business and charity.

Notes the success of the Balmoral Group under the leadership of Sir Jimmy Milne.

Agrees that Sir Jimmy Milne’s charity work as joint founder and chairman of Friends of ANCHOR, a charity established in 1997 which supports Aberdeen’s cancer and haematology care unit, as well as financing many ground-breaking research programmes makes Sir Jimmy Milne a worthy recipient of this honour.

Further notes that since 1997 the Balmoral Group has funded all the fundraising team and administrative costs of Friends of ANCHOR. The charity, being in its 25^th year, is on course to reach a record project target of £2m that will help make the difference in Aberdeen’s new cancer care centre due to open in 2023.”

The Council resolved:-

to approve the notice of motion.