Today it’s minestrone for starters, chicken with chips or vegetarian pizza for main course followed by tea and coffee with cake – all paid for by the North Yell Development Council (NYDC). Advertisement 7 of 11Had the people of North Yell let an external company come in and develop the wind farm, the annual payback in terms of community benefit would have been a mere £22,500. And so, Garth is today often quoted as the prime example for the benefits a community-owned wind farm project can bring. In addition, there is financial support for various projects outside the area but of benefit to North Yell residents such as youth clubs and sport grants. “That is one of the things the [Viking wind farm funded] Shetland Community Benefit Fund should be looking at for areas in Shetland that have no sustainable community development groups.