Category Archives: Opportunities

Are You Ready? Update

Today Charles and Sara attended the follow up workshop in Edinburgh, building on the very successful Are You Ready? pilot at Colintraive Village Hall in February. For more information on the project, and the very successful day of resilience imagineering … Continue reading

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A Wood of Our Own

Yesterday (27th February 2013) CGDT was invited by the Forestry Commission to make a presentation on our acquisition of Stronafian Forest at their quarterly “Wood of Our Own Event”.

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Afforestations of Delight

Colintraive and Glendaruel Development Trust (CGDT) have purchased Stronafian Forest and are now recruiting for a dynamic Community Forest Development Officer.  CGDT are delighted to confirm that they have now purchased Stronafian Forest on the Cowal Peninsula, Argyll. The forest, … Continue reading

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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 … Continue reading

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We’re recruiting!

We’re recruiting a Community Forest Project Officer right now. To download the application pack click here. The deadlines for applications is Wednesday 6th March 2013.

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CGDT Fundraises using Give As You Live

Help us raise funds for the Stronafian Forest Project: Download the Give As You Live Plugin for your browser (its really very easy) Shop online with thousands of stores and raise money for your favourite cause with every purchase – … Continue reading

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Stronafian Newsletter Published

Our update on all things Stronafian has now been published here.

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ColGlen on Facebook

Members of the community have been busy of late creating groups to help us get together, both socially and to buy and sell things. The new groups are listed below. Colintraive and Glendaruel Social Calendar ColGlen Marketplace ColGlen Chorus The … Continue reading

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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 … Continue reading

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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, … Continue reading

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