Issue 74 August, September, October and BULLETIN November 2019

Summer is here and hopefully the warm weather is here to stay! With that in mind preparations are in place for summer events in , and the new play area that will be partially open in time for the school holidays.

Aden Caravan and Camping, BDP’s Community Business, is managed by a team of volunteer Directors that strive to ensure the facilities are maintained to a high standard.

Inside this issue Charlie Scott has decided to step down as a Director after 4 years. Having overseen the installation of our Heritage Lottery Fund Aden Buchan Beginning to Bloom Static Caravan and Glamping Pods, and done 2019 everything from general DIY, gardening, cleaning to NorthConnect Funding Awards handling customers queries, he has decided to hand Buchan Development Partnership over the reins to the other Directors: Lynn Smith, Bill Aden Allotments

McLaren and our newest recruit, Colin Simpson. Charlie Public Hall will be staying on as a volunteer. MACBI Arbuthnot Museum We would like to take this opportunity to welcome Colin Summer Forum to the team and to thank Charlie, David and the late Production of the Norma for getting the Caravan Park to where it is now, Buchan Bulletin is a great place to have a holiday. kindly sponsored by Shell UK Ltd Thank you for your continued support, and wishing you all an enjoyable summer.

Diane, Leona & Alison Heritage Lottery Fund - Aden

Justine Tough is the Skills Planning is underway for the Tractor & Development and Events officer for Heritage Day in September. Aden Country Park. Justine began working at Aden Country Park in On 23 November Aden Country Park January after graduating from RGU in will be hosting a stargazing evening 2018 with a BA(Hons) in Events with Astronomical Society. Management. The evening will begin in the theatre with a discussion on what to look for In the past six months Justine has in the nights sky, followed by going organised events including: out into the park to discover the stars. Archaeological Digs and Open Days The evening will conclude with - The digs so far have been very refreshments in the Aden theatre. successful. Lots of interesting finds have been discovered and over 300 There will be more art in the park to local children have taken part and come as we are building a engaged with the history of the site. relationship with the creative industries students at North East Willow basket making workshops - College. Everyone who attended enjoyed themselves and learned a new skill. The ongoing HLF project means that areas in the park will be redeveloped Aden for All - The weekend long and added to. We would like to use event had a photography exhibition, these spaces for events including a and workshops, music in the theatre, fairy tale telling event in the outdoor outdoor Jazz music and two cinema classrooms. This would also allow for evenings. The different activities and partnership working with the fairy events were popular, with many woods and the visitors saying that they would like Ranger Service. We will also be more outdoor music at Aden and working on delivering training sessions cinema evenings. This event is and workshops. These will not only be licenced to run for two more years traditional skills workshops but also and we hope to include more training opportunities for staff and outdoor music offerings over this volunteers. period.

2 Buchan Beginning to Bloom 2019

Once again this year our judges had New & St Johns a wonderful time visiting and meeting the pupils of the primary schools that entered the competition. As in previous years, they were very impressed by the knowledge of the children and their passion for how future generations will be impacted by our actions now.

First place was closely followed by runners up & St Johns. The judges were so impressed with the pupils at Fetterangus that they have created a new award ‘Most Improved’. For a school with no green space they have made the most of what they have. The judges also visited Mintlaw Primary.

This competition would not have taken place without the support of Keenan Recycling Ltd.

Mintlaw Auchnagatt

3 NorthConnect Funding Awards

Community groups in the area doubled the funding available in this around have been round to £20,000 we have been able celebrating after being given grants to support more applications, from an energy company to help covering most parts of the Fund area. support their activity. The successful applicants were: NorthConnect, the developers behind a proposed electricity * 2nd Battalion The Highlanders Army superhighway connecting the North- Cadet Force - £500 to help purchase East and , set up a fund for colour-coded bins to develop a recy- the benefit of people in Boddam, cling centre and encourage cadets , , Peterhead, and adults to learn more about , Mintlaw, Burnhaven, Hatton waste, and recycling. and the surrounding areas. * St Fergus Community Pitch - £1,500 to help install solar panels on the roof £20,000 was invested in the Fund in of the community pitch changing the spring of 2019, and grants have rooms, making them self-sufficient in now been announced for seventeen electricity. projects. The application process * Hatton Public Playing Field and Pub- was managed by Foundation lic Hall - £900 towards replacing the Scotland, an independent Scottish kitchen’s fridge-freezer and range grant-making charity. cooker in order to bring them up to modern requirements and standards. Twenty applications to the Fund were * Hatton Amateur Theatrical Society - received in total, and Head of £1,500 to contribute to the cost of a Permitting & Agreements, Richard free-standing, overhead lighting gan- Blanchfield said those that were not try. successful or did not manage to * Peterhead Civic Pride - £1,500 to apply this time should not be too help create a small sensory garden in disappointed, as the NorthConnect a corner of the Landale Road Gar- Legacy Fund will run another round of dens. funding in the autumn of 2019. * Meethill Primary School Fundraising Committee - £207.10 to help fund an Applications to this round of funding educational outing for P1 and P2 totalled nearly £28,000 and having pupils to Macdufff Aquarium.

4 North Connect Funding Awards

* Aden Community Allotment of new oars, lifejackets, VHF radio Association - £1,500 to purchase and clubhouse electricity system. equipment to form a tool bank which * Scottish White Fish Producers allotment plot-holders and volunteers Association – £1,275.69 (Two awards) can borrow from at no cost. to help develop and test Endangered * Modo - Circus with Purpose - £1,500 Threatened and Protected (ETP) to contribute to the costs involved in species management systems as part developing the group’s touring of the organisation’s scallop and production of ‘Doricula’. prawn action plans. * Aberdeenshire Sailing Trust - £1,000 * Anna Ritchie Parent Council - £1,500 to put two staff members through ASI towards the cost of purchasing a 16- Stand Up Paddle-boarding Instructor seat wheelchair accessible minibus. training in order to introduce the activity locally. If given the go ahead, the * Community Development NorthConnect interconnector will Group - £1,145.60 to contribute to the have a capacity of 1400MW, will be purchase of a Sunshine Gym Cardio approximately 665km in length and Workout Package at an outdoor will allow electricity to be traded gym. between the UK, Norway, and * Peterhead Area Community Trust - continental Europe. The £1,500 to contribute to the Barclay interconnector will be routed from Park Pavilion refurbishment, including Simadalen in Norway, across the wireless connection, sanitary to Long Haven Bay, just equipment and kitchen equipment. * Rediscover Peterhead - £1,200 towards using local artists to create public art on approximately 10 doors/ doorways in the centre of Peterhead. * Boddam Recreation Trust - £500 towards the costs of upgrading the lighting and security locks in the Pavilion and to carry out EICR and PAT testing. * Collieston Offshore Rowing Club - £1,500 to contribute to the purchase

5 Buchan Development Partnership

We thought we would give you an We are sure you will join us in update on some of what we at congratulating them on this amazing Buchan Development Partnership achievement. (BDP) have been doing since the start of 2019. Our next stop was to MACBI to hear about the plans for the facilities BDP hosted the Community extension and issues manager, Economic Development Partners Connie Strachan and her team, meeting in May and we were faced with the community asset delighted to show case some of the transfer of the library. fantastic projects we have been involved with to rural partners and Before heading back to Fetterangus Council Leaders. Hall we popped in past Aden Caravan and Camping to visit the We held the event at the newly pods, which were part funded by the refurbished hall in Fetterangus where LEADER Project. Norman Burnett shared the history of the hall and Fetterangus Community Deputy Leader of Aberdeenshire Association and then went on to tell Council and chair of infrastructure us about their current projects – the services, Cllr Peter Argyll was hall, sports hub and wind turbines. impressed by all the projects we visited and along with all the other We then jumped on a Dial-A-Bus and attendees, commended the visited the Aden Allotments where we outstanding efforts of all those were treated to a delicious spread of involved with the projects. homebakes and teas. The visitors were thoroughly impressed with the dedication of the volunteers and the high standards of the allotments.

Aden Allotments have recently won t he Beau ti ful A be rd ee ns hi r e Environment Award at the Inspiring Aberdeenshire 2019 Awards Evening.

6 Buchan Development Partnership Our Easter Eggstravaganza was a day duties involved in keeping the fantastic success with thousands park maintained (raking mountains of turning up to take part in the fun of leaves, upgrading the toilet blocks, the day. painting the play equipment).

The alpacas from Highland Alpacas, Prior to the caravan site opening BDi based in , proved very employed a new warden, Kim Ewen, popular with visitors of all ages. who is has been a fantastic asset to the site. We were very lucky with the weather which encouraged locals to picnic in Our forums continue to be as popular the park and enjoy their beautiful as ever and provide local groups with surroundings till late in the afternoon. fantastic information.

We made a number of changes We strive to bring speakers to the when planning the event, including forum who address common restricting ticket sales for the Easter problems and issues that community’s egg hunt to 500 to make the event face. This year we have covered run smoother and as a result received issues of child poverty and insurance lots of positive feedback from visitors. for community groups. After the speakers have delivered their Due to the popularity of this new BDP presentation there is an opportunity event we have decided to hold for attendees to network with other another next year. community group representatives and to ask the speakers further Buchan Development Initiative Ltd questions. (BDi Ltd) is the business arm of BDP and successfully runs Aden Caravan Our next forum, which will also host and Camping. They have been very our AGM, will take place at busy since the park opened in April. Village Hall on Wednesday 18 September. More details will follow The park closed in November 2018 for on our Facebook page as to who the speaker(s) will be. Give us a like if you the winter and our volunteers did a haven’t already. fantastic job carrying out the day to

7 Aden Allotments Mintlaw Public Hall Aden Allotments have had a very busy Mintlaw Public Hall and Park Trustees are year so far. Last month we WON actively raising funds to install a new “Beautiful Aberdeenshire Environmental kitchen and upgrade the toilet area Award” We had a fantastic night at within the hall. Haddo House. We are so proud to have achieved this award. On Wednesday 16 October, the hall will play host to Leonard Brown & The Our Annual OPEN DAY is Saturday 27 Homelanders and they are asking for July 11am-3pm. There will be lots you join them for a fantastic evening of happening this year including Tea in the Accordion, Irish and Scottish music, with Cabin, Live music on the lawn, BBQ, a wee bit of comedy thrown in for good Pancake hut, Produce Stall, Vendor measure. Stalls, Bottle Stall and a Jam/Pickle/ Chutney competition. Donations of Leonard has been voted ‘Best Guest raffles/bottles would be so greatly Artist’ by the NAAFC (National appreciated. Please come and support Association of Accordion and Fiddle us for a fantastic day out! Clubs) in Scotland.

Our defibrillators are now on the way to The Homelanders - John Morgan and getting connected - New is up Paul Philips have filled the gap in the and running, just waiting for permission traditional Scottish Music scene left by for the others. the Alexander Brothers.

The “Krafty Kabin” is open every The concert will start at 7.30pm and Wednesday 1.30pm - 4.30pm. We do a tickets are available from Irene on 01771 lot of up cycling. You do not have to do 622675 or Hilda on 01771 623181. crafts, it is just a get together to get you out of the house for a while, good company, a cup o’ tea and a fine piece! No charge.

Find out more see www.aden.plots.co.uk & you can also find us on Facebook.

8 MACBI Arbuthnot Museum MACBI will be holding their popular ‘Abracadabra – a magical exhibition!’ annual Road Safety Fun Day on had its premier at the Arbuthnot Saturday 24 August 2019, from 11am to Museum, Peterhead on Friday 28th June. 3pm. It featured original and replica objects from history, stage and screen including This is a great way to introduce children movie classics The Wizard of Oz, Sleepy to Road Safety, whether they are Hollow and Harry Potter and the Prisoner walking or on bikes and scooters. of Azkaban.

Attractions on the day include Heart There is also a display celebrating the Start/CPR/First Aid Demos, Police 150th anniversary of ‘The Electric Scotland, Get About Road Show, Whizz Wizard’, aka Walford Bodie, the Kidz (Balance Bikes), Fire and Rescue infamous Aberdeenshire magician who Service, Didie Cars and Track, a free wowed Victorian society with his use of road safety Alans Magic Show, train ride an electric chair in his act. and a Football Tournament! A range of themed accompanying Whilst the main event is free some activities will be on offer, including a attractions may charge. magic school and potion class, and opportunities to get hands-on with all manner of real ‘magical’ creatures.

‘Abracadabra – a magical exhibition’ runs till Saturday August 17, for family ticket prices and opening times check out www.livelifeaberdeenshire.org.uk

MACBI can be found at Newlands Road, Mintlaw, AB42 5GP

9 Public Hall Conversation Cafes Performances

We have a regular Maud programme of theatre Held every fortnight shows/films during the 9.30 am - 12.30pm year . Old Mart Resource Centre, Deer Road, Maud Please visit and like our Contact 01771 613962 for dates Facebook page for regular updates MACBI Last Monday of the month @NewDeerPublicHall from 26 August 2019 1pm -3pm Free

Tickets for shows/films are Contact The Hub on 01771 624593 available from the

Pharmacy 01771 644217 New Pitsligo and Fortnightly on Tuesdays Food For Thought 01771 1pm - 3pm 644366 The Community Hub or by booking online at New Pitsligo & St Johns School www.neatshows.org.uk Further information from [email protected]

BDP held their Summer Forum on 5 June at Mintlaw Public Hall. Garry Dalton from Keegan & Pennykid Insurance Brokers gave a very interesting presentation on the types of Insurances available to the Third Sector.

Tammy Skinner, Shell UK Ltd, awarded Shell Small Grants to the following groups - Peterhead Canoe Club, Peterhead Area Community Trust (PACT), Blueskate Peterhead, MACBI and Apex Church (Clerkhill School Breakfast Club).

Buchan Development Partnership Maud Area Office, Nethermuir Road, Maud, Aberdeenshire, AB42 4ND 01771 613584 www.bdp.scot [email protected] facebook.com/Buchandevelopmentpartnership Buchan Development Partnership is a Company Limited by Guarantee and is a recognised Scottish Charity. Company No 240119 Scottish Charity No SCO34008