Month: June 2023 (Page 1 of 2)

The Strathdearn: Support Team

Get paid to support your community!

£10.50 per hour

Age 16 and over

As The Strathdearn becomes busier we want to continue providing an outstanding customer experience whilst managing costs and operating efficiently. Therefore, we are recruiting a small team of local people who are happy to work for White River Trading Ltd on a zero hours basis. This means we will call on you to work on an ad hoc basis and you will be paid for the hours you work. If you are unable to work on the days or times required, that’s ok, we can ask someone else within the support team.

What will you do?

The tasks you’ll be asked to do will be varied. Typically, you may be asked to:

• Help set up rooms for meetings, events, and functions.
• Undertake tidying up and cleaning duties.
• Service events eg meet and greet guests, bar duties (if over 18), serve tea and coffee, open and close the building.
• Cut the grass, water plants and litter picking.

Training and support will be provided.

Get in touch if you:

• Want to help the community and get paid for the work you do.
• Are adaptable and flexible about when you work.
• Don’t mind doing a variety of tasks.
• Are willing to be directed and follow instructions.
• Want to be part of the community spirit.
• Are customer orientated and focused.
• Are aged 16 to 100!

Interested? Please email a note of interest to:

Elaine at elainemacleod@strathdearn.org or Joan joanmacqueen@strathdearn.org.

If you would like more information, feel free to pop in for a chat or call us on 01808 511 700.

On Thursday 22nd June, Peter and Catherine Anderson from Carlisle were visiting Tomatin on their motorbikes. They lost a little credit card-sized wallet (see photo) containing micro SD cards These memory cards stored all the video of their holiday.

They stopped at the new bus turning circle by the Distillery to change memory cards and drove off with a battery and the card-wallet sitting on top of the bike’s pannier. They carried on South and stopped again at the laybye next to the railway before you reach the A9. They found the battery still sitting on the pannier but no card-wallet. At that point they weren’t sure whether the wallet might still be somewhere in their luggage so they carried on south.

Once they were certain that the wallet was missing they searched through the remaining video from their helmet cams and established the above timeline – that it was lost between the Distillery and the A9 on Thursday 22nd. They returned to Tomatin on Saturday 24th and spent several hours searching with a lot of assistance from David Wells, but no luck.

Peter’s contact details are in the shop. If anyone finds the wallet, please could they take it there or contact Peter directly on 07931307919 .

Strathdearn Community Developments presents

🎈☀️End of Summer Family Festival🎈☀️

Our street party was such a success we thought we would do another event for you all.

There will be transport available from Moy, Tomatin Distillery, Balvraid Estate, Clune and Dalarossie Church.

There will be a google form uploaded to this page in due course regarding attendance and transport.

We look forward to seeing you all again.

If you require further info please contact tracycampbell@strathdearn.org

New Scholarship Fund Opens for Applications

Stronelairg & Dunmaglass Wind Farms are pleased to announce the launch of a new Scholarship Fund to support young people studying a STEM course at university.

The scholarship fund has been created to support young people with their expenses by reducing their student loan, with the aims of creating a pool of well-trained and experienced professionals, transforming career prospects in the local area and positively impacting future generations. The Fund is now open and the deadline for applications is 13th September.

Two scholarships of £5,000 will be awarded every year for three years to support students who are studying one or a combination of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) degrees in the coming academic year. The funds are paid towards the scholar’s student loan, reducing the amount needing to be repaid when graduating.

To be eligible applicants need to live in one of the surrounding community council areas:

• Stratherrick and Foyers
• Strathdearn
• Strathnairn
• Laggan
• Fort Augustus and Glenmoriston
• Spean Bridge, Roy Bridge and Achnacarry
• Glengarry

Applicants also need to be taking a STEM course at a UK college or university in the 2023/24 academic year and in receipt of a loan from the Student Loans Company in the same year.

In addition to the local scholarships, Stronelairg & Dunmaglass Wind Farms are also investing directly into education within renewables by supporting one scholarship of £10,000, along with providing operational industry expertise from the wind farm, which will be made every year for three years to post-graduates studying for an MSc in Wind Energy at the University of Strathclyde.

“We value community impact and are committed to developing the STEM workforce. We are delighted to be able to offer these scholarships to people in the local area as well as those entering the renewables profession. These scholarships support our values by contributing to the global challenge of achieving net zero and delivering a long-term commitment to communities living near our sites” said Stephen Lilley, Director of Stronelairg Wind Farm Ltd & Dunmaglass Wind Farm Ltd.

Stronelairg and Dunmaglass Wind Farms are two joint ventures between SSE Renewables and Greencoat UK Wind Plc. Stronelairg Wind Farm is located in the Monadhliath mountain range near to Loch Ness on the Garrogie Estate south east of Fort Augustus. Dunmaglass Wind Farm is 25km south of Inverness on the Dunmaglass Estate. Combined, they have 99 turbines with an installed capacity of 322MW.

The wind farms have contributed significantly to the social and economic benefit of the local area and the Highlands since construction, including job creation and skills training, community hubs and social housing. Community benefit is central to both Stronelairg & Dunmaglass Wind Farm’s plans, and they are expanding on the current £34m lifetime community fund value already committed by offering these local scholarships grants.

More details on criteria and the application process are available on the SSE Renewables website, www.sserenewables.com/communities/scholarship-funds.

Having problems with your laptop / smartphone / tablet? Want to learn how to use Microsoft Word? Join an online Zoom course?

Red Chair Highland will be coming to Tomatin (August / September) to run a 4-week Digital Inclusion course at the Hub free to the community who reside in Strathdearn.  

The course will be once a week for 2 hours – 1 hour focusing on a specific topic and 1 hour as a “drop-in service” where any individual can bring their device / questions for digital support.  This course can be tailored to the community’s needs so community input from this survey would be highly useful.

Access to the online learning portal “Learn My Way” will also be provided.

SCD would like to hear from you – your views and requirements – in order to tailor the course to meet the needs of the greatest number of people. Please fill in our feedback questionnaire :

[This is a Strathdearn Community Development initiative from the Community Health & Wellbeing fund]

Moy, Dalarossie & Tomatin Church of Scotland (SC015653) linked with Daviot & Dunlichity Church (SC003301)

Interim Moderator: Rev Robert E Brookes Tel: 01667 404 686 RBrookes@churchofscotland.org.uk

We would like to invite everyone in Strathdearn and Strathnairn – and beyond – to join with us and our sister church, Daviot & Dunlichity, in this special Service of worship which will include giving thanks to God for the many blessings of Dalarossie; with periods during the Service of joy and contemplation; prayer and reflection; with music and memories… as we commemorate the 1300 years since St Fergus founded this as a site of Christian worship; and the end of an era as Dalarossie transitions from Church of Scotland ownership to a new chapter, still unfolding, but which we greet expectantly in the belief that Dalarossie (albeit in a different form) may continue to provide a place of succour, peace and hope to the people of Strathdearn and beyond for many years to come.

Prior to the special Service, a Memory Book will be made available at our Sunday Services, and other church events in the Strathdearn Hub such as the Afternoon Tea (from 3-4pm on 2^nd July) and at the Prayer Meetings (at 10.30am on Thursdays 22^nd and 29^th June, and 6^th July) to give everyone the chance to record any memories and comments you wish to share – regardless of where you live or whether you come to church or not).

Some of these memories will be included in the Service on the 16^th July and the cut-off date for including memories is Monday 9^th July although it will still be possible to add memories in the weeks ahead. If the times above are inconvenient for you, we would still love to hear from you. Please contact Vivian Roden, Session Clerk, on 01808 511 355 or vroden@btinternet.com by 9^th July if you have a comment or memory to share.

Tea, coffee and some food will be available after the Service.

Rev Robert Brookes (the Minister looking after us just now who is to be the Minister of our new united parish), and the Elders and congregation of Moy, Dalarossie & Tomatin hope to welcome as many of you as possible to our beloved old church on Sunday 16^th July at 11 am – and please stay for food and chat afterwards, if you can.

Moy, Dalarossie & Tomatin Church (SC015653) linked with Daviot & Dunlichity Church (SC 003301)

Interim Moderator: Rev Robert E Brookes Tel: 01667 404 686 RBrookes@churchofscotland.org.uk

Sunday Services on 25 June 2023

will take place at:

• 10.30 am in the Strathdearn Hub, Tomatin and
• 12 noon in Daviot Church

These Services will allow Time to Remember all those affected by the recent wildfire near Meall Mhor, including giving thanks for the hard work and commitment of the emergency services; giving thanks that no lives were lost; and regretting the loss of wildlife which occurred as a result of the fire.

Everyone in the Strathnairn and Strathdearn area – and beyond – will be most welcome at either of these Services

Saturday 12th August 2023.

[Police Scotland issue this newsletter as a pdf which can’t be displayed in a webpage. Click the link below the introduction to download it]

This newsletter features updates on the work carried out across the Inverness area command area of the following teams and officers:
 Community Beats Team
 City Centre Team
 Divisional Alcohol & Violence Reduction Team
 Inverness School Link Officer
 Inverness Rurals – Beauly/Fort Augustus
These teams work alongside the response ‘999’ shifts in addition to other Police teams and units based in the Highlands, examples – child protection, roads policing and firearms licensing.

Due to sickness, the Post Office Service is cancelled tomorrow.

Apologies for any inconvenience caused.