Month: March 2020 (Page 2 of 2)

The Strathdearn

Following consultation with user groups ALL meetings and events are cancelled until further notice.

Deborah hopes to open the Post Office on Thursday 19th March. SCD will post a notice on Facebook tomorrow morning if it is running. Entry will be one in one out.

Community Shop

As mentioned shop supplies are low however Paula and her team are keeping stocks as high as possible.

On Monday 16^th March at 5pm the Government advised the public to avoid social gatherings in pubs, cinemas, theatres, restaurants and halls. Therefore as of today SCD have taken the decision to cancel all their meetings and events for the time being. The community shop supplies are low and deliveries are not as ordered. Paula and her team are sourcing elsewhere to keep stocks as high as possible. The restaurant opening for the 1^st April is on hold. The Shop move to the new premises is under review.

Our various user groups have taken the decision to cancel for the foreseeable future or remain running with a review on a daily basis:

Wednesday 18th March

• Coffee Morning – cancelled
• Walking Group – possibly continue, without tea and coffee afterwards at the hall. (Please see Kathy Bonniface for more information).
• Church Meetings – TBC
• Defibrillator Training – cancelled

Thursday 19th March

• WRT/SCD Board Meeting, Natural History Meeting , Toddlers, Art, Badminton & Keep Fit Club – all cancelled.
• Post Office – Deborah hopes to open

Friday 20th March

• Cinema Night – cancelled

Sunday 22nd March 

• Family Church Service – TBC

The next government statement is due 5pm Tuesday 17^th March

On Monday 16^th March at 5pm the Government advised the public to avoid social gatherings in pubs, cinemas, theatres, restaurants and halls.

Therefore as of today SCD have taken the decision to cancel all their meetings and events for the time being.

The community shop supplies are low and deliveries are not as ordered. Paula and her team are sourcing elsewhere to keep stocks as high as possible.

The restaurant opening for the 1^st April is on hold. The Shop move to the new premises is under review.

Our various user groups have taken the decision to cancel for the foreseeable future or remain running with a review on a daily basis. Please see our Facebook page for more regular updates.

The Strathdearn has a new website : https://www.thestrathdearn.org.
There are many features which locals will find useful :

(1) The Event Calendar : https://thestrathdearn.org/events/.
Once a booking has been made, the details are entered into this online diary, making it quick and easy to look up future events or find out when a room is available for hire. Each room/facility is coded with a different colour and you can get more info on a booking by hovering over or clicking on the event.

(2) View Our Facilities : https://thestrathdearn.org/compare-facilities/. This page is our shop window – all our facilities in one place for easy comparison.  If you want to know the size of a room, the seating capacity, what equipment is available with it, etc, this is where to find out.

(3) Hire Our Facilities : https://thestrathdearn.org/hire-our-facilities/
Strathdearn residents can continue to hire a room in the same way as previously – tell Janet or Tiffani and they will make the booking and issue an invoice. If you usually pay monthly or whatever, that arrangement will continue.  However some people may prefer to book and pay online. Instructions:

• Check the events calendar to see if the date/time is available.
• Follow the link above and enter your details.
• When asked for a voucher at checkout, locals should enter “IV13” which will deduct 33% from the advertised rates.
• Submit the booking. The events manager will email you to confirm the booking and supply a link to a payment page where you can pay by credit/debit card.
• Regular customers may create an account (https://thestrathdearn.org/my-account/) to save filling in address details every time, although actually, your browser will probably remember these details and autofill them.

The new website will showcase our hub to the world beyond Strathdearn and encourage non-residents to hire the hub facilities and thus subsidise our own use of them. The site is a little sparse at the moment but it will fill out and become more attractive as photos of the hub in use become available. Additional features are in the pipeline – a photo gallery, a wedding showcase; a testimonial display, information on shop and cafe.

The existing community website https://thestrathdearn.org will continue for the time being, specialising in local news and information. The two sites may merge at some point, or perhaps not. There are pros & cons either way. In the meantime, apologies for the confusingly similar web addresses.

SCD Ltd are keen to deliver the communities aspirations for affordable housing. So that we gain a better understanding of the housing “need” in terms of size of properties and tenures, (social rent, shared ownership, self-build options etc.), we have commissioned a survey.

Please complete one of the surveys and spread the word to people who would like to return or join our community and are looking for an affordable housing option to be able to do so.

The survey’s are on-line and confidential but we also have paper copies with pre-paid envelopes both at the shop and the Strathdearn office. The survey starts Monday 9th March and runs until 3rd April 2020.

https://hscht.survey.fm/strathdearn-non-residents-housing-n…

https://hscht.survey.fm/strathdearn-housing-community-needs…

https://hscht.survey.fm/strathdearn-business-survey

Please contact Liz ASAP.

There’s a new club in town ….

Come along and explore creativity through craft in a relaxed social environment. Let’s learn from each other.

Dates: last Monday of each month (October – June)
Times: 7-9pm (drop in anytime)
Place: The Strathdearn

Cost: £10 annual adult membership.
£2 per session for adults  members.
£3 for non members. Children £1

STRATHDEARN COMMUNITY COUNCIL
MEETING on TUESDAY 10 th March 2020
At 7:30pm IN THE STRATHDEARN, TOMATIN

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE MOST WELCOME TO ATTEND ALL MEETINGS

OF THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL

AGENDA

1. Apologies for Absence.
2. Declarations of Interest.
3. Minutes of the Meeting of 14 th January2020 and 11th February 2020.
4. Matters Arising.
5. Amendment to Item 2 of The Memorandum of Understanding.
6. Law and Order.
7. Road Safety.
8. Financial Report.
9. Applications to the Strathdearn Community Charitable Trust.
10. Strathdearn Day Care Update.
11. Planning Matters.
12. Windfarms.
   12.1 Planning and Construction.
   12.2 Community Benefit.
13. Update from Strathdearn Community Developments.
14. Correspondence.
15. Any Other Competent Business.
16. Date of Next Meeting (14 th April 2020).