They are getting involved with food banks, as well as delivering a newsletter to every house in the village and organising a series of public meetings.

Yes Kelty members feel that they can help make a real difference in the village.

One of the members, Jock Penman, explained, “In the run-up to the General Election we will have a series of public meetings on issues relevant to the community, including the NHS, nuclear weapons and this seemingly innocuous word ‘austerity’ which really means ‘imposing severe poverty’.

“How can politicians possibly agree to that? Yet that was exactly what was agreed in Westminster last week by the Tory/Lib Dem Coalition and the Labour Party. "Only two things are certain with the General Election; first, there will be no overall winner; instead it will be another coalition of sorts; second, there will be massive cuts in welfare and public services . This means that, for most of us, things will get even worse.” In response to what the group sees as a real and imminent threat, they have decided to organise food collections for food banks.

Mr Penman said, “We know that Kelty Church has already organised collections but we cannot stand on the sidelines just applauding their efforts when we can do something positive to make sure no-one, particularly the kids, go hungry and in a few short months we could well be in a crisis situation, so we need to plan ahead. “Yes Kelty volunteers will be in the Moray Institute every Friday, from 2.30pm till 3pm so we are asking those, who haven’t contributed to the church effort, to hand in packets, tins or bags, but not fresh meat, fruit or vegetables.” Since the festive period they have been delivering a newsletter, produced by Yes Kelty members, entitled ‘The Grist’ which they hope will get people interested in local, national and even international matters, though they stress they are not led by any political party.

Group member, Carol Gilmour, said, “Over a pretty short period last year, many of us learned some valuable lessons about just how our country is run, how politicians and the media operate and particularly, how issues are kept under wraps to prevent ordinary people like us finding out about them.

“We want to shed as much light as we can on issues we feel other people should know about, not so much independence, but issues like fracking, the Fife Earth Project (St Ninian’s coalfield) the Transatlantic Treaty Investment Partnership (TTIP), welfare cuts and so on.

"The plan is to deliver relevant newsletters at regular intervals. What they do about the issues is entirely up to the people themselves.”