Cllr Crawford, who represents the Aird and Loch Ness ward, called on attendees to take confidence in the strength of the collective voice. “We have used our best endeavours to ensure that our statement has been spoken to by a number of community councils,” she told the room. “This is something we have from today that we can say to our elected members, our MSPs, our MPs: take that to Scottish Government, take that to the UK Government, and crack on.”