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We’re readier then we were!

Last night Sara held the second of our Are You Ready? meetings. This was follow-up to the session in Edinburgh which Charles and Sara attended and was designed to develop our ideas into a more concrete format. Everyone enjoyed the session, as well as the tea and cake afterwards. We even got our new Community Forest Project Officer along too, Mark — here’s a photo of the group.

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The other thing to notice is the refurbished Colintraive Village hall. Warmer, more efficient and much better acoustics mean it is truly a delight to meet there.

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Colintraive Village Hall reopens

Congratulations to the Colintraive Village Hall Committee for perservering and coming up smelling of roses (and paint and sawdust at times too!). A wonderful team effort with contractors, volunteers and funders creating a really wonderful space. The Grand Opening is at midday tomorrow, following the Village Hall Committee AGM.

It could not have been achieved without funding and support from the Climate Challenge Fund, Argyll and the Islands LEADER Programme, Cruach Mhor Windfarm Trust, and Argyll & Bute Council. The work was carried out by John Brown (Strone) Ltd, Forteiths Heating and Refrigeration Ltd, Gibson’s of Dunoon [electrical], Jim Carruthers [decorator], Calum Maclean and Andy Henderson [for the hearing loop and acoustic treatments].

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Are We Ready? Looks like it!

Alan Caldwell brought the Are You Ready? project to Colintraive Village Hall this evening. With 17 residents, Sara led an interesting and lively session looking at how we can be ready for the increasingly turbulent weather that climate change is likely to bring. The group established the outline of an action plan which the DT was tasked with taking forward. The next step is to attend a follow-up session in Edinburgh and find out how and when we might implement things. For more on this, click here.

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Carbon Footprint Calculator on Warmer ColGlen Site

As part of the CCF initiative we’ve got a carbon footprint calculator on the front page of the Warmer Colglen website. It’s a great tool to see how much carbon you are producing — go on have a go, its a reall eye-opener!

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ColGlen is getting warmer!

A new community initiative funded by the Climate Challenge Fund, aims to help householders in Colintraive and Glendaruel adopt energy efficiency measures and advice to help make their homes warmer, cheaper to heat and reduce their carbon footprints.

Project Coordinator, Sara Maclean and the Board of Colintraive and Glendaruel Development Trust, are gearing up to create opportunities for the communities to gain access to advice, help and practical installation of insulation in their predominantly hard to treat, traditional housing and also offer training to community volunteers.  Particular help will be offered to those requiring solid wall insulation and advice on renewable forms of heating.

A range of awareness raising events and home visits will be implemented to ensure that both communities get maximum advantage from this project, which also has plans to insulate the community owned and run village halls and lower the carbon footprint and energy costs for all.

Colintraive and Glendaruel Development Trust is looking to recruit two community energy champions to receive training to embed skills in the community and give advice to householders to help save money and achieve a Warmer Colglen.

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CGDT is Recruiting!

Colintraive and Glendaruel Development Trust is recruiting a Project Officer to co-ordinate the “ColGlen Warmer Homes” project.

The initiative aims to –

  • Provide advice and assistance to householders in taking steps to insulate their homes and reduce their energy bills
  • Provide advice on various energy efficiency measures
  • Help householders make informed choices regarding installation of biomass heating systems to further reduce their carbon footprints.

The post holder will have –

  • An understanding of home energy efficiency (preferably in hard to heat homes)
  • Knowledge of various sector specific advisory and funding agencies
  • Project management skills
  • Ability to collate and analyse data and calculate C02e values
  • Awareness of specific challenges faced by rural communities

The post is offered on an 18 months, self-employed basis and attracts a salary of £22,000 per annum

Applications in writing, with accompanying CV, to:

The Chairman, Colintraive and Glendaruel Development Trust, The Village Hall, Colintraive, Argyll, PA22 3AS or e-mail to cgdt@cgdt.org

Closing date for applications 19 March 2012 with interviews held 23 March in Colintraive.

The successful candidate should be available for an immediate start.