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New Board of Directors Elects Office Bearers and Calls for Ideas from the Community

On Thursday 14th January the new board of directors of the Development Trust met for the first time this session.

One of the things the directors are keen to get started on developing is a new work stream for the next period. We are in the process of looking at projects that can be developed for the benefit of the community. We have a few projects that have been suggested by the Resilience group and others but we are keen to hear about projects that you would like us to investigate and try to develop on behalf of the community. The board will then investigate them, make a list with information and distribute to the membership for consideration.

New Board Members:
Paul Bulmer,
Garry Kirby,
Calum Maclean,
Ros McGhee and
John Allan (Co-opted)
Graham Curran (Co-opted)


Retiring Directors:
Alex MacNaughton,
Colin Boyd and
Jim McLuckie

The board wish to thank Alex, Colin and Jim for all the hard work and dedication they have shown over the years. They have done a lot for our community and we have much to thank them for.

At the first meeting of the new board the following office bearers were selected:

  • Chair Cathleen Russell
  • Vice Chair Harry Andrews
  • Secretary Paul Bulmer
  • Treasurer Calum Maclean
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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 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.

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In this Issue:

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

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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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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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Winter Newsletter for Download

Issued before Christmas, the newsletter has all the essentials for the communities of Colintraive and Glendaruel. This time the focus was on resilience.

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Sale of Solum Meeting Update

After the very well-attended meeting on the 3rd October (Minutes available in Minutes & Other Essentials) the community decided in a vote on the evening to not proceed with the sale of the Solum.

Outcomes from and feedback on the meeting were:

  • Inform the forest tenant that the community has declined the offer made on the Solum of the parts of the forest under commercial lease. Notification was acknowledged by the tenant on Monday 7th.
  • Set a new date for the trust’s AGM. This has now been agreed by the board and booked for 2pm on 15th December in Colintraive Village Hall. Official notifications will be sent out in due course.
  • Begin Open board meetings. This has been agreed by the board and the first open meeting will be on Thursday, 14th November at 7.30pm in Colintraive Village Hall. All are welcome.

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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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Spring Community NewsLetter for Download

With 500 copies distributed to the community and local businesses, we’ve now generated a downloadable version.

Cover page | Back page

Included in this issue is news from the community council, the development trust, the church, our wildswimmers and the ColGlen chorus, to name but a few.

We are looking to update the map for the Summer issue, including more businesses and useful information, as well as adverts. We have 5 takers for the ad spaces so far and only another 4 are available – get yours by contacting the newsletter group through cgdt@cgdt.org

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Community Newsletter Now Out!

IMG_2214News, Information, Map and Walks for community and visitors has been published this week. Designed to inform locals, market the community and provide essential information this quarterly publication is already looking for ideas for articles for the next (Summer) issue.

This quarter’s issue includes news from the community council, development trust, ColGlen growers, the Heritage Centre, ColGlen Chorus and much more!

If you haven’t received a copy, or have an idea for an article, please let us know!