|**MAPA SCOTLAND**|**2024-25**|**ACCOUNT**|**SUMMARY**||
|---|---|---|---|---|
||**credit**|**debit**|**total**|**£**|
|**Balance at 31 Mar 24**|||**9753.7**||
|**INCOME**|||||
|interest|100.85||100.85|**9854.55**|
|**EXPENDITURE**|||||
|Clover School||2300|||
|Clover School||850|||
|Clover School||2300|||
|KB Krakow Univ Conf||250|||
|Heart internet sub||160.65|||
|Cibo Restaurant lunch event||550|||
|meeting||155|**6565.65**|3288.9|
|**closing bank**||**31-Mar-25**|**3288.9**||
|_treasurers a/c_|||_38.05_||
|_deposit a/c_|||_3250.85_||





MAPA- Chairman's Re
ort 2024- 2025
It is my great pleasure as Chairman to present this report on the
happenings with Mapa Scotland SCIO since our last AGM on 21stApril
2024.
We anticipated having a quiet year, and although we have not had a
lot of work on the map, much has been done behind the scenes and
by email to finalise distribution of funds, the winding up of Mapa
Scotland and ensuring that the map was left in good condition with
all possibility of future care.
May 2024.
attended a 4 day conference at the
Jagiellonian University in Krakow and gave a presentation on the
reinstatement of the map. Much of the conference centered on the
map and much of this was led by
at the University. She has been a huge supporter of the
map, visiting it many times, and she has now printed a 3D model of
the map. Printing of the 3D model was aided by permission from
Historic Scotland to
for use of their LIDAR data they had
scanned from the map. It was truly a great honour for
to speak
in Krakow, as he is the most knowledgeable person about all things
to do with the map. He really enjoyed his visit and was treated so
well.
In May, members of Mapa and the Peebles Clover School helped with
a map clean up prior to an open day on 2nd June, 2024, at the map
organized by
and members of the Clover School,
Peebles. The event was a great success, causing huge traffic jams in
the village due to the enormous numbers of people attending.
On May 31st 20 members and supporters enjoyed a meal at Cibo,
Roslin. This was to thank all those who had helped at the map
through the years and for all of us to be together at one time. A
lovely lunch.

June 24 saw
our treasurer being presented with
BEM for services to cultural heritage in Scotland and to charity, which
was a great honour.
The hotel has reported that they were hoping to support future
plans to establish a partnership with a new charity for future care of
the map.
On 3, November another map tidy was attended by members and
the Polish Clover Saturday School. This initiated by
th
On the 29 November a meeting was held, mainly to discuss the
transfer of funds left in the MAPA account and the ongoing care of
the map, which is now out of our hands since the termination or our
lease.
Dec 2024. £850 given to Clover Polish School for the children'g trip to
the theatre.
In Dec 2024 the original Bartholomew maps used to design the map
were agreed for transfer to Peebles Museum. This is a leather-bound
volume containing all the Bartholomews color-contoured linen maps
used when the map was constructed.
Also this month the OSCR 2023-24 return was submitted by
Many thanks for all his workas these reports still have to be
submitted even though it may appear there is not a lot happening.
Also in December, the annual fee for website and domain name were
paid to Heart Internet.
Jan, 2025. Photo of the map on the front of the Times newspaper.
March 25. £2,300 given to Clover School for educational supplies
On 21st March,
and
attended as guests at an
inaugural meeting in the Barony Castle by a newly proposed charity
which hopes to raise support and funding to continue with the map's
preservation. Chaired by
with a super film made by
and
This was also attended by
the Polish

Consul General Scotland, Visit Scotland, and Barony Hotel
representatives,
an
This will be our penultimate AGM. I can honestly say it has been
such a privilege to serve on this committee and to work with such
knowledgeable and enthusiastic people on an iconic project, the likes
of, we may never see again.
On behalf of the committee, I would like to thank everyone who has
helped in any way over the years. There are too many to mention
and some are sadly no longer with us, but so many people have
played their part in the resurrection of the map and every one of you
should be really proud of what has been achieved. I know I have
gained so much from being involved and I would like to thank you all
for your hard work, energy and friendship over the years.
The charity was set up to restore and preserve the map and it has
done so. It is now up to others to keep it going and we just have to
trust, and to offer our knowledge to those who wish to keep it alive.
When we set out to restore the Great Polish Map of Scotland our
final business plan objective was to dedicate the map to future
generations of local Polish/ Scottish families to preserve the history
which brought our nations together. To this end, we propose to
dedicate our remaining surplus income to the Peebles Clover
Saturday School.
Our Scottish and Polish communities are so lucky to have this
tangible asset to gather round. Many organisations only have
historical writings and photos upon which to remember the past and
th
to plan for the future. This year is the 80 anniversary of the end of
th
WW2 and the 50 anniversary of the start of the map being
constructed - a really special year. Maybe something special will
happen to the map. You never know.
In these precarious times of such worldwide disorder, it is so
heartening to be part of a community where 2 countries can come
together- the map is the catalyst helping to keep Poland and
Scotland connected. Long may it continue.

Many thanks,