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Public Consultations and Events

NOVEMBER 2009

Calendar of forthcoming meetings

Tuesday 3rd -

Arran Farmers Society Special General Meeting, 8pm at the High School

The Gaelic Club of Arran AGM, 7.30pm at the Ormidale Hotel

Saturday 7th -

Isle of Arran Horticultural Society AGM, 2.30pm at Brodick Library

Monday 9th -

Sannox Cricket Club AGM, 7.30pm at the Ormidale Hotel

Tuesday 10th -

Shiskine & Machrie Senior Citizens Committee AGM, 8pm at the Kinloch Hotel

Wednesday 25th -

Arran Council for Voluntary Service AGM, 7.30pm at the Park Terrace office, Lamlash

Ayrshire Chamber of Commerce are organising a Business Launch Portal on 12th November. There will be advice on how to identify the 2012 and 2014 Games' opportunities for procurement and services. See their Events Page for all the details.

They are also hosting a Cheese and Wine Evening with Martin Cheyne, Chief Executive, at Bilslands on 9th November, 7.30 - 9.30pm. The event is a networking and information-gathering opportunity. It is free, but please call Anne Reid on 01292 678666 to reserve your place.

OCTOBER 2009

Arran Community Council's AGM is on 27th October at 7.30pm at the Ormidale Pavillion. The Arran Voice publishes the group's minutes on their website in due course.

JULY 2009

SCVO Training programme

The SCVO calendar of training opportunities, held at various locations in Scotland, is available to view here.

MAY 2009

Arran Elderly Forum

The Community Learning and Development office of North Ayrshire Council are organising a meeting to highlight the benefits of Elderly Forums, with speakers from successful projects in Millport and Ardrossan, and video footage from West of Scotland Seniors. The event will be held at the Ormidale Pavillion in Brodick on Thursday 21st May, from 2-4pm. If you are unable to attend but wish to find out more,  please call Ian Wallace, Community Development worker for older people, on 01294 465401.

Community Planning Week - 18th to 22nd May 2009

Public sector agencies and local organisations have set out this week to demonstrate the benefits of working in partnership. For a list of events, see the leaflet supplied by North Ayrshire Council's Community Planning Partnership.

Community Health Partnership Forum Consultation

In accordance with Community Planning goals, the CHP forum are seeking views on a draft child health strategy, from professionals and service users. To view the draft summary, click here. Visit NHS Ayrshire and Arran's pages to view questionnaires for children and young people, and to see the draft in full. The feedback options are provided on the questionnaires, or Jim Nichols would be happy to collect your views, if you submit them to him by Monday 15th June. All views will be collated at the next CHP forum meeting, to be held on 2nd July 2009.

Jim's contact details are on our 'contact us' page.

 


THE YEAR AHEAD

Farmers Markets at Kilmory Hall

Markets are held on the last Saturday of every month. For information please call Kirsten Napier at Kilmory Hall on 01770 870345. The island's Fairtrade group will be present on the following dates:

30th May

25th July

29th August

19th December

The Gathering 2010
18 & 19th February 2010, Edinburgh International Conference Centre (EICC)
The Gathering 2010 is Scotland's largest voluntary sector event. Run by the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) this event is open to the public and free to attend, so come along to the EICC and get involved. Over the two days thousands of visitors will have the chance to visit ninety organisations, all under one roof, in the exhibition marketplace. Fringe events will allow audiences to get involved in debates, seminars and workshops. Take advantage of an enthusiastic and engaged audience and book event space or exhibition space in the marketplace. For further information please get in touch with SCVO's dedicated events team at thegathering@scvo.org.uk or on 0131 474 6172

(Information courtesy of SCVO)

CONTINUING CAMPAIGNS

Promoting Health in Ayrshire & Arran - Community Involvement

If you'd like to become involved in the North Ayrshire Public Partnership Forum, go to the "Involving You" pages on the NHS Ayrshire & Arran website.

Once all the outcomes of any consultations have been collated, an assessment will be made of possible amendments to current strategies. Go to the Scottish Government's publications page to read reports of recent updates.

Rural Policy
SCVO’s Rural Policy work seeks to influence decision makers and policymaking whether within government, the public sector, the voluntary sector or beyond. This work supports ongoing activities to increase understanding of rural voluntary organisations, support their growth and improvement, provide information to assist them and raise the profile of the rural issues with which they deal. Recent work has included input to the reform of the CAP and the Scottish Rural Development Strategy.  For more information see www.scvo.org.uk/scvo/PolicyAndParliament/PolicIssues.aspx




 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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Arran Community and Voluntary Service
Scottish Charity No: SC004057
Park Terrace, Lamlash, Isle of Arran, KA27 8NB
Tel/Fax: 01770 600611 spacere-mail: jim.Nichols@arrancvs.org.uk
  
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