The Annual General Meeting of the Kirkhill District Amenities Association will be held on Monday 18th February at 7:30pm in the Community Centre. There will be a presentation on the Kirkhill Centre Forward project as well as an opportunity to view the refurbished Community Centre.
Agenda
Refreshments will be available after the AGM.
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.
Over the weekend of the 14th/15th/16th September, the Kirkhill Cub Scouts went to camp at Badaguish. This year’s theme was “The Vikings” and there were activities to fit in with this theme, including making helmets, shields and axes as well as building and launching a Viking longship.
On the Sunday, the entire pack went for a walk to the beach at Loch Morlich and, although the weather was not great at the start, by the time they reached Loch Morlich, the clouds had cleared and the sun had made an effort to come out.
Here are some photographs showing the activities at camp.
In March 2012 the membership of Kirkhill and Bunchrew Community Trust agreed that the Trust should apply to the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator to convert its legal status from a Company Limited by Guarantee to a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Institution (SCIO). This application was approved on 21 August 2012. The change of status reduces the amount of bureaucracy the Trust needs to comply with, but makes no difference to its day to day activities (or its accountability as a registered charity). The new constitution of the Trust can be found here.
What is the SCIO? – The SCIO is a new legal form that has been purpose built for the charity sector in Scotland. It provides limited liability and separate legal identity to organisations that want to become charities but do not want or need the complex structure of company law. SCIOs are regulated by OSCR (Office of the Scottish Charities Register) and do not need to register with Companies House.
What are the benefits of the SCIO? – Reporting to one regulator, and not having to produce accrued accounts are two reasons why smaller charities are finding the SCIO model attractive.
When is the SCIO available? – The new legal form became available on 1 April 2011 to groups that have not already incorporated under company law. Incorporated groups will be able to convert to the SCIO form in 2012
