Archive for the ‘North Connel’ Category

North Connel Village hall re-opening

Sarah Troughton will be officiating over the re-opening of the North Connel Village Hall this week. The Scottish Government  awarded the Hall Committee £19k of Rural Priorities funding and The Robertson Trust £2500 in 2010 to refurbish the hall and improve the car parking area. The work is now complete and to celebrate we plan [...]

May 10, 2011   Posted in: Community, North Connel  No Comments

Gardening Group AGM : Tuesday 26th April

ARDCHATTAN GARDENERS CLUB Garden group of the North Connel and District Horticultural Society After an unforeseen quiet year in 2010, Lynda Mitchell has kindly agreed to take on the role of Garden Club Coordinator and help us all get together in a mixture of evening events, weekend and daytime activities, talks, workshops  and walks to learn [...]

April 24, 2011   Posted in: Barcaldine, Benderloch, Bonawe, Community, Environment, food and drink, health, Hobbies, North Connel, sustainability  No Comments

Local Planning Applications 2011

Will try and keep this updated through the year, if someone wants to do this, please volunteer.

January 24, 2011   Posted in: argyll and bute council, Barcaldine, Benderloch, Bonawe, North Connel  No Comments

Argyll Rural Schools Network

Following the meeting on the 24th of November the Argyll Rural Schools Network is now formed and ready to hear from you : http://arsn.org

November 26, 2010   Posted in: argyll and bute council, Barcaldine, Benderloch, Bonawe, North Connel, Schools  No Comments

Saving our schools – you are needed !

It is getting more and more urgent that every person – parent or not – contact the local Councillors to tell them what you think of the proposals for the school closures. You have until early on Thursday 25th November to make sure that you have had your say, and that all the Elected Members [...]

November 23, 2010   Posted in: argyll and bute council, Barcaldine, Benderloch, Bonawe, Community, North Connel, Schools  No Comments

Argyll Rural Schools Forum to meet

from For Argyll – just in – link here Concerned parents from primary Schools all over Argyll and Bute are to meet at 8pm on 24th November 2010 at Lochgilphead Community Centre to discuss the formation of a forum to fight Argyll and Bute’s proposals to close 25 schools next year. ‘The Argyll Rural Schools [...]

November 22, 2010   Posted in: argyll and bute council, Barcaldine, Benderloch, Bonawe, North Connel, Schools  No Comments

Positive schools meeting this evening (18-11-10)

Congratulations to all involved, organisers and speakers alike, in the very well attended meeting this evening to air community views on the council proposals to amalgamate the local school to Lochnell. Every point on which the council tries to prove the case was disproved and discredited. Even the financial option is on shaky ground when [...]

November 18, 2010   Posted in: argyll and bute council, Barcaldine, Benderloch, Bonawe, Children, Community, Community Council, North Connel, Schools  One Comment

Schools Amalgamation – Community meeting

Ardchattan Community Council – Schools Amalgamation meeting You are invited to a meeting to hear the community view on the proposed closures of the local primary schools, and amalgamation of the pupils to Lochnell School This meeting is on Thursday 18th November 2010, at 19.30hrs in the Victory Hall Benderloch. The purpose of the meeting [...]

November 17, 2010   Posted in: argyll and bute council, Barcaldine, Benderloch, Bonawe, Community Council, North Connel, Schools  No Comments

Schools Consultation

Review of Education Provision at Lochnell, Achaleven Ardchattan and Barcaldine Primary Schools Argyll and Bute Council https://www.education.ea.argyll-bute.sch.uk/schoolconsultations/docs/Achaleven_Ardchattan_and_Barcaldine_to_Lochnell_25_October.pdf The document is 23 pages long and has many facts, justifications and figures,

October 29, 2010   Posted in: argyll and bute council, Barcaldine, Benderloch, Bonawe, North Connel, Schools  No Comments

Loch Etive public consultation

A six week public consultation on the draft Loch Etive ICZM Plan will run from Friday 8 October to Friday 19 November 2010. The consultation has been advertised in the Oban Times and is live on the Council website at www.argyll-bute.gov.uk/lochetive.

October 14, 2010   Posted in: argyll and bute council, North Connel  No Comments