Volunteers from Kirkhill and Bunchrew Community Trust spent Saturday morning tidying up the willow structures in the park. The willow had become a bit overgrown and needed a tidy. They’ve been given a drastic haircut but should shoot away in the spring and allow the new growth to be woven in.
Thanks to the volunteers Erik, Aileen, Brian and Rob. If you’d like to help out maintaining our community park for the benefit of all contact Erik Lundberg on 01463 831742.
Kirkhill and Bunchrew Community Trust Woodland Group held a very successful wood carving workshop at Upper Reelig Community Wood on the 23rd and 24th of February. Led by trainer Henry Fosbrooke members of the community learnt techniques to carve wood and made some fabulous carvings over the weekend. The workshop was funded by the Forestry Commission Seedcorn Fund.
It is hoped that the skills learnt will enable the group to create a wood carving for the newly refurbished Kirkhill Community Centre
Check out the fantastic carvings.
The community recycling facility now operates at the community centre with containers for collecting glass and fabrics. Through our blue bin collections, we all have the opportunity to recycle paper and cans at our own doorstep.
Latest figures from Highland Council show that between April and December last year local residents deposited over 21 tonnes of glass for recycling. There must have been some party in April as over 5 tonnes of glass were uplifted for recycling in May. August also seems to have been a good party month with 3 tonnes collected in October. Just under a tonne of fabrics were collected over the year.
If you are interested in helping with community waste activity, our biannual litter pick will be taking place on Saturday 20th April. Contact Erik at 831742 for more details.
Do you heat your home using oil fired central heating?
Are your worried about your household heating costs?
If you answer yes to the above questions then would you be interested in joining a Kirkhill and District Oil Club?
The Sunday Times recently estimated that the average household can save between £100 and £150 a year by purchasing oil through a club. By purchasing oil together we can source the cheapest supplier of oil and achieve significant savings per litre if we can collectively order approximately a full oil tanker load i.e. 11,500 litres. This works out at about 13 households ordering 900 litres each.
We could establish our own independent oil club but that means that we would have to administer the purchase of oil ourselves. This is not impossible by any means but is likely to require a significant time commitment from an individual or a small group. Alternatively we could join www.oil-club.co.uk who would undertake the majority of the administration of the oil club at no cost. An administrator for the Kirkhill Oil Club would need to co-ordinate each order for the village. This person would e-mail the details of the order to www.oil-club.co.uk including details of:
Oil-club.co.uk would ring round the oil suppliers and obtain the cheapest quote and then confirm with us the price and delivery details. Each household who requires oil would then pay oil-club.co.uk in advance of the delivery.
Ideally we would order oil on a regular basis so members of the club know when an order is likely to be placed. Members would also be sent a regular email enquiring about household oil requirements from the administrator. As every oil supplier has different rules for bulk purchases there can be slight differences how orders can be placed and minimum volumes for each household order. However for the oil club to work best it does require households to place an order well before your tank is close to being empty.
Remember the more of us who join any oil club:
If you are interested in joining, would like more information register, or to wish to help to set up the oil club contact Bob Pettitt by email bob.pettitt@hotmail.co.uk
This annual event really kicks of that festive feeling and is a great fundraiser for the school. Why not pop along to meet old friends and have a drink or snack in the Christmas Cafe. Kirkhill Primary choir are also performing at 1.00pm.
There are loads of really great items in the auction which starts at 1.30pm. Some of the highlights are:
Why not take a look at the full auction list.
A woodcarving course will be held on the weekend at Upper Reelig wood in spring next year. You’ll be learning woodcarving skills and techniques and working on carvings for the woodland and community centre. Ideas so far include signs and a totem pole but we’re open to new thoughts too.
The course is organised by Kirkhill and Bunchrew Community Trust Woodland Group and funded by the Forestry Commission for Scotland Community Seedcorn Fund. The trainer is Henry Fosbrooke from Milton. http://logtagon.com/woodlandcraftsandarts.htm
Some tools will be provided but if you’ve got wood working tools such as chisels and gouges then please bring them along. You’ll also need old, warm clothes and lunch.
Places are free but limited. Book your place with Annie Griffiths on 01463 831600 or craggach@doctors.org.uk.
