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Forestry Working Group Call for Volunteers!

CGDT Working Group are planning to carry out work over 2 or 3 weekends, starting on Saturday 28 & 29th November, the 5th & 6th December & 12th & 13th December.

Dates and times will be confirmed once interest is known. Work includes:

  • Small tree cutting & Limbing
  • Drainage work / digging
  • Sculpture varnishing / maintenance
  • Brush cutting
  • Signage checking

All the work will be getting carried out in the Stronafian area and you can do as much or as little as you are able, so if you fancy a bit of varnishing, Strimming, or walking the Route to check the Signage etc, that would be helpful

If you would like to get involved, and are available for any of the 3 weekends that have been highlighted, please call Charlie 07821914021 or email charlie@cgdt.org.

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ColGlen Resilience Newsletter Issue 5.

Here’s our latest issue – all about Shortening the Winter for residents in Colintraive and Glendaruel. We hope to see lots of entries for the various competitions!

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ColGlen Resilience Newsletter Issue 4: Looking in the Mirror

Community Council Chair, Cathleen Russell reflects on the community response to COVID-19, how we have been helped by businesses and individuals alike, and what the next months hold for our community as we move into the colder months.

In this Issue:

Update from the Resilience Group Contact list Prescription Deliveries Food Deliveries Other help on offer

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Update on M&A Vote for Members

CGDT has had some queries on the ongoing vote on the change to the Mem and Arts, so here’s some clarification.

The changes are designed to make our founding document more transparent and fair for everyone. It is important that all residents in the community can become members easily, and that the process by which the board accepts memberships is compliant with new legislation and third sector advice. While this change has been prompted by a recommendation from the Development Trust Association of Scotland, it will also help CGDT progress some ongoing projects where an updated M&A is regarded as a prerequisite for funding applications.

While there is no legal requirement for us to change the clauses mentioned, the board feels that this is a fair and appropriate alteration to make for the health of our community organisation.

This is part of our ongoing effort to revise and improve our governance and transparency – which is a standing item on our agenda. Any questions, do comment here!

Note: Votes require to be submitted this Thursday.

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ColGlen Resilience Newsletter Issue 2

The Resilience Group volunteers will be delivering our second resilience newsletter to the community in the next few days.

This issue includes:

  • Updates on Deliveries and the Group’s Activities
  • Invite to Thursday night Quiz next Thursday night.
  • Details on claiming a food box
  • News on community coronavirus response including activities for younger members of the community

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ColGlen Resilience Group Receives Funding for Covid-19 Response

We welcome the news confirming that the ColGlen Resilience Group, through the Colintraive & Glendaruel Development Trust acting as anchor organisation, has secured funding from the Scottish Government, via Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE), to support the communities of Colintraive and Glendaruel during the COVID-19 crisis, from the Supporting Communities Fund.

HIE is distributing the Supporting Communities Fund in the Highlands and Islands, on behalf of the Scottish Government, for all eligible community anchor organisations, who play an active role in providing services within communities across the region.

Through this funding we are being supported to deliver our community’s response to the COVID-19 emergency.

Next week, we will be distributing the first food boxes enabled by this funding as well as the ColGlen Resilience Newsletter – which can be downloaded here as well.

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Community Food Supply Service

Colintraive and Glendaruel Community Council writes

In order to help the community access a stable and regular supply of food and supplies, we are now working with a number of local suppliers to provide a food delivery/collection service that will allow members of the community to receive food deliveries at home and avoid the need to travel to Dunoon, Rothesay or Tighnabruaich. Such shopping trips are costly, time consuming and, most importantly, expose members of our community to potential infection. The following food delivery/collection services will be available

Fynest Fish Robert will continue to deliver to the community as long as he has supply. Robert can be contacted on 07880 718000. This should provide a good source of fresh fish and vegetables. 

Shellfield Farm Within the next few weeks, Nikki & Fraser will be launching a range of homemade farm2fork frozen ready meals for safe home delivery to your doorstep. These will be sold as single or 2 person portions with prices starting at £5.50 and £8.50.  Initial recipes will be Beef Bourguignon, Cottage Pie, Veggie Shepherds Pie and Fish Pie, with more to be added in the future.  Pease contact on 07799 137779 or shellfieldfarm@outlook.com to join their mailing list; follow their social media pages/ website for up to date info on launch date, offers and pricing

Colintraive Hotel Clare has offered to take orders from the community and place them with her suppliers. Orders can be collected from the hotel at a pre-arranged time slot or delivered to your door. Orders placed by 5pm Sunday will be ready for collection/delivery on the following Friday. To place an order, please call Clare on 01700 841207. To make the process as efficient and cost effective as possible, only one brand of each product will be available, depending on supply chain capacity. New items will be added over the next few weeks. We have attached an order form which can be used to order over the phone. An online ordering form will be available soon. Clare can also order meat from McQueens in Rothesay and venison from Winston Churchill to avoid multiple delivery charges

Nikki and Clare have both offered to set up accounts to make payment easier as we would like to avoid the use of cash for safety reasons. Payment can be made over the phone or by bank transfer.

Our aim in setting up this arrangement is twofold. Firstly, we feel it is vital that the community has a secure, safe and cost effective supply of food and groceries for the next few weeks and months. Secondly, it is important that we support our local businesses. We feel that this initiative helps achieve both.

If you have prescriptions that need to be collected, let us know and we can co-ordinate pickup and drop off. Tighnabruaich surgery prescriptions will be delivered.

If you have any questions about this service please contact one of our Community Resilience Volunteers.

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Resilience Survey in Colintraive and Glendaruel

Many of residents in ColGlen will have received a paper version of this survey in the Spring 2020 newsletter. For those who need more copies or who haven’t received the survey, please find the downloadable and printable PDF below:

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CGDT AGM & Consultation on Sale of Solum

The Development Trust will hold its Annual General Meeting on the 3rd of October, at 7.30pm. The venue will be the Glendaruel Village Hall, and all are welcome. Membership of the trust will be taken on the night, and all residents of the community can join. Those who holiday or own second homes in the ColGlen can become associate, non-voting members.

As part of the evening, and after the business of the AGM has been concluded, the Trust will be leading a discussion of the offer of purchase the community forest tenants have made for the solum of the leased commercial timber.

More details are available here:

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Summer Community Newsletter for Download