Your weekly news update Friday 26th April 2024
Hi All,
Here is the weekly news from the Ardentinny Community Council and the Village Hall.
Ardentinny Community Council News
A Combined Community Council, Dunoon to Gourock Ferry Service Survey
Representatives of a number of Cowal Community Councils (including Ardentinny) and Gourock Community Council met recently to discuss the town centre to town centre ferry route.
In order to gauge local opinion, they have prepared a very short survey that simply asks if residents would like to have a better service than the current one. Dunoon Community Council are kindly hosting the survey.
Please fill this in and the group will use the results to decide the way forward. Here is the link to the survey
Proposed Windfarm - Giants Burn, Sandbank
You may have the seen a proposal for a windfarm development recently across social media and/or via a
letter in the post. Public exhibitions have recently been held but if you missed them there is information
on their webpage - www.giants-burn.co.uk
The proposed wind farm is located 2.1km north-west of Dunoon and 1.5km south-west of Sandbank.
Ardentinny Community Council would be interested in your views as residents, whether they be for or against the proposed windfarm. It would give us a feel for the general view of the village and could be useful if we are approached in the future as to the views of locals.
You can send us your views at the usual email address – ardentinnycc@gmail.com
A83 Overnight closure 6 May 2024
For your awareness, the A83 will be closed on the night of Monday 6 May (22.00 to 04.00) to allow barrier installation at Glen Kinglas (Butter Bridge), amnesties will be provided at 0000 and 0200. These works involve the installation of a concrete safety barrier which will provide protection to the A83 from landslide material and further enhance safety, resilience, and operation of the A83 Trunk Road.
I have attached a map for the location where it is closed and also the diversion via Inverary, Dalmally, Crianlarich to Tarbet.
Volunteer request - to join Ardentinny Community Council Emergency Management Team
The Community Council is still looking for a volunteer to join the Emergency Management Team (EMT) for our Community Council area. The current emergency team, made up of residents, aims to help reduce the effects of an incident on the community. The role of the EMT is to co-ordinate the activities for the community during an emergency by assessing the situation, mobilising the appropriate local resources to support the community and maintaining links with the emergency services, the local authority and other responding organisations.
If you would like to join us, please get in contact via the Community Council email address – ardentinnycc@gmail.com
Ardentinny Community Council Facebook page and Website
The Community Council website can be found here - www.ardentinnycc.co.uk
The Facebook page has been updated, search for Ardentinny Community Council and we have an Instagram site under the same name.
Regards
John
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Village Hall Weekly News
A quieter week on the news front (but lots going on behind the scenes).
Residents Surveys
The Village Hall Management Team will be collecting the surveys next week Please spend some time filling them in to let us know what you think – it’s YOUR hall so please tell us what YOU think should happen to it and the kind of events that you want to take place. There is an online version for all those who prefer – see https://www.ardentinnycc.co.uk/ardentinny-village-hall. You can either email it back to us at ardentinnyvillagehall8@gmail.com, drop it off in the Village Hall post box or give it to us personally when we come round to collect them by 30th April. If you would like us to collect your completed form but will be out on the 30th then just leave it out in a polypocket. We plan to use your comments to organise new events and activities that you would like to see happening and also take on board any building changes that you want to see in the future.
Broadband
We are waiting for the new equipment to arrive, Stuart Gray will identify the best location for it to be installed to ensure that we get maximum coverage.
NEXT Village Hall Quiz Night – CALLING ALL QUIZZERS
John and Elsbeth Brint will now be running the acclaimed monthly Village Hall Quiz nights. These will take place EVERY MONTH on the 2nd Saturday of the month.
The next one will be held on Saturday 11th May (please put it in your diary). This month it is a General Knowledge Quiz. The hall will open at 7.00pm and the quiz will start at 7.30pm. Bring your own drinks and snacks – Fee will be £2.50 per person – please join any table you wish. Remember all the money raised goes to keeping the hall running for everyone to use.
We hope to be announcing more events and activities shortly.
Interested in joining the new Village Hall Management Team?
Helen West has kindly agreed to take on the role of Treasurer now that Olwyn has decided to stand down. Helen will take over from Olwyn over the next few weeks.
We are also looking for more volunteers to join the new management team. If you can spare a few hours and would like to help you can either join the Management Team as a Trustee or if you are able to take on a specific role or task in the hall then please let us know. Please send us an email at ardentinnyvillagehall8@gmail.com
Below is a list of the regular hall events with contact details. You can also find this on the Ardentinny Community Council web site.
That’s all for now
Mark Rowthorn
Chairman
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Weekly Groups |
Ardentinny Village Hall |
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Village hall membership information |
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Membership £12 per year from 1st April each year Pay directly into the hall account with the details below. Please write the first line of your address as the reference and then email your name and the name of anyone else you are paying including the reference that this has been done to: ardentinnyvillagehall8@gmail.com Ardentinny Hall Association A/c: 00123850 Sort: 80-13-46
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Ukulele/Music group Please join us on from 18.00-19.30. Following our successful live debut at the bowling club, we are currently running a beginner session. All abilities welcome, spare instruments available. £2 per session, tea/coffee included. Email :- for further info.
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Badminton 10.30 am – 12.30pm £3 per person. Contact for more info- Anne Wood 07894 274422
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Hobbies 7pm – 9pm All welcome for a chat and a cuppa and friendly help with your knitting/ crochet/ quilting etc. Anyone who has a hobby or would just like to drop in and meet people, please call in. Contact Margo Hendry 01369 810262 £2 per person.
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Tai-Chi Heavenly Mountain Gate Tai-Chi Chuan (Yang Tradition) 6.30pm – 7.30pm £5 per person Contact Bryan on 07813 374879 for new enquiries.
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Hiring the village hall |
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Contact for more information ardentinnyvillagehall8@gmail.com £100 Per day £50 1/2 day |