SIS Briefings: Rising Construction and Materials Costs, 23 February 10:00 - 11:30

23 Feb 2023, 10:00 - 11:30

  • Online
  • Support
  • Cost of Living

In this session, we’ll be joined by Oliver Giles of the Tomintoul & Glenlivet Development Trust.

Please note: This session will be delivered as a webinar with private chat function allowing you to pose questions and comments to the webinar host without other attendees knowing. A public live-chat will allow you to post questions and comments in the chat box for everyone to see. The presentation will be delivered in speaker view only - attendees are not visible, giving you complete privacy.

Through a series of briefings, we are here to provide business support to social enterprises, charities and impactful businesses tackling some of the challenging impacts of the cost of living crisis.

You my have to plan and make some big decisions for your organisation now or in the future based on the the current economic climate and impact of the cost of living. What should you be considering? Our experts will provide you with an overview of the detail to help better inform your decision making process and next steps

In this session, we will be joined by Oliver Giles from Tomintoul & Glenlivet Trust. Oliver will discuss the impact of rising costs of construction and materials, which are key if you have or are looking to take on an asset or renovation project. What may have been within your budget may no longer be the case, and estimates are provided rather than actual quotes making it difficult to establish whether you have the budget to complete. 

Through this Q&A session we will draw on Oliver's expertise and experience, the work of the trust, and the feasibility planning undertaken, as well as highlighting their challenges and learnings. We will also highlight where and when you should look for support and work with partners.

Guest speakers

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Kieran Daly, Head of Market Building, Social Investment Scotland

Kieran started his career as a youth worker at The Prince’s Trust, devising and delivering training programmes. He has held senior management roles in business development for a range of arts, volunteering and youth organisations for over 15 years.

Kieran was Chief Operating Officer at food waste and food poverty fighting organisation, FoodCycle. While there, he grew the organisation’s presence from 14 to 30 locations around England in under two years, through a social franchising model. He was also responsible for FoodCycle’s income generation and operational functions.

Most recently, Kieran was Scotland Manager for Big Issue Invest, where he delivered a multi-agency partnership, engaging the private, public and third sectors in mentoring and lending money to early-stage social ventures. He is a keen cyclist who enjoys giving back by being on the Boards of Scottish social enterprises, MsMissMrs and the TIE campaign.

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Oliver Giles, Operations Manager, Tomintoul & Glenlivet Development Trust

Oliver joined the trust in July 2015 from Huntly Development Trust and bring a wealth of experience in community led project management. A keen outdoorsman he’s climbed, biked and paddled all over Scotland and Europe. Oliver is looking forward to supporting the board in getting hands on with the trusts exciting range of community activities and projects.

Oliver’s duties include overseeing projects and future project development, line management of the Business Development and working closely with stakeholders and the board.