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Rural Round Up 50
Here are some snippets that have caught the Rural Gateway's attention this week. Keep visiting the site for more round ups. Boat of Garten Community Hall's application for funding from the European Regional Development Fund has been successful. The £278,836 award means there is only £80,000 still to raise to achieve the community's target and with several outstanding applications awaiting decisions, members of the Community Hall are feeling confident that the project can finally begin.
The project has inspired local residents to raise an astonishing £110,000 towards the project and this, together with a robust Business Plan, has impressed funders and local and national grant giving bodies.
The new hall will provide something for every age group and interest in the community. As well as offering hugely improved comfortable and attractive facilities for all social and recreational activities, there will be dedicated space for easily accessible IT - with all the opportunities that means for evening classes, adult education, training and learning opportunities.
The official opening of the new £250K Tiumpanhead Community Centre took place in Lewis on Friday. The splendid new facility is the result of three years of tireless work by the dedicated Tiumpanhead Community Association. The finished building comprises a Youth Drop-in Area, state of the art kitchens, meeting rooms, community café facilities, internet facilities and links to a beautiful community garden and area for reflection.
Community Assocation Chairman, Donald C Taylor thanked funders Comhairle nan Eilean Siar, the Scottish Executive, the Better Neighbourhood Services Fund and Western Isles Enterprise. The Committee also undertook a vigorous fundraising programme.
Grampian TV recently reported that the Angus primary school campaigners at the centre of a national campaign to save rural schools are celebrating after their school was given a reprieve. Education chiefs had recommended shutting Arbirlot Primary School but councillors voted to keep it open and spend nearly £70,000 upgrading it.
Schools within one kilometre of Forestry Commission Scotland woodlands are to be invited to take part in an initiative aimed at increasing the use of forests in education.
Schools across Scotland will be encouraged to use their local woodlands as outdoor classrooms so that children can be taught in an environment which stimulates the senses.
The move is just one of many measures contained within the new Woods For Learningstrategy, which has been developed by Forestry Commission Scotland. The strategy will act as a guide to driving forward work with primary and secondary schools to boost learning opportunities in the woods.
South Ayrshire Council has taken a further step to safeguard the future of the Burns National Heritage Park (BNHP). The Council's Policy and Resources Committee has asked senior officers of the Council to discuss with the National Trust for Scotland (NTS) arrangements for the transfer of Council assets at Alloway.
- Source
- Rural Gateway
- Date
- 24-Jan-2006
- Categories
- COMMUNITIES, COUNTRYSIDE, CULTURE AND LEISURE, LEARNING, All Scotland, News - General, Newsletter Archive