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Inside this issue . . . news from around the freearea . . . Transport news . . . and lots more partnership Partnership limited update Banffshire Partnership Ltd. Chairman’s Letter The Old School, , Welcome to the new edition to make the operation more Banff, AB45 2JT T & F: 01261 843598 of the Banffshire Partnership cost-effective. This is even developing communities E: [email protected] Yearbook. As expected, it more important now as we has been a very challenging have seen a reduction in our Board Of Directors year for everybody at the budget allocation for this year Directors can be contacted Partnership and I would and expect further reductions through the Partnership office - Partnership and it has assisted 01261 843598. like to thank Duncan Leece, in the coming years. Directors meet bi-monthly his staff and especially the many community groups with (or more often if necessary). volunteers for all their efforts Training projects, business plans and “support for an active community” in meeting those challenges. For many years we have funding applications over the CHAIR Robin Maddock provided transport-related years. Secretary Iain Taylor Treasurer Ross Balharry Community Transport training to minibus drivers We have a paid contract community development Denis Askham Since the Community Transport and Passenger Assistants. This Sandy Duncan side of the business started year, in an effort to broaden with Council Roger Goodyear in 1999 it has grown steadily our range, we are now able to provide this resource and marketing support Ian Gray without that income we would Anne McArthur and is now the main activity to offer a range of training of Banffshire Partnership. courses in First Aid, Health & be unable to help community groups. Even so, we get more project development advice Design Kay Beaton, Safety At Work and Manual Purple Creative Design The dial-a-bus service is very Handling. enquiries than we currently well used. The annual survey have resources, both human Print Halcon, fund-raising advice of our passengers shows how We have already delivered and financial to handle, so Banffshire Partnership Ltd. valuable this service is to training for local and national please be patient with us! This is a Company Limited by Guarantee financial year saw a 20% cut in . Reg No. 201922. them, not just getting them to companies and community local networking & gatherings in CED funding. Registered Office: 1a Cluny Square, the shops and on outings, but organisations. Feedback from , AB56 1AH. in terms of social interaction our customers has been The board is very well aware research & consultation Recognised as a Charity by the and helping to alleviate social excellent. Inland Revenue. No. SC029693. exclusion. Community hire that we face tightening Banffshire Partnership Ltd. activity has reduced during Community Economic budgets in the next few is recognised as a Local Rural years. However, it is our wish . . . a voice for the area Partnership by the Scottish Executive. the year and we would like Development to remind all local groups Now the smallest part of to continue with the broad that our vehicles are available the activities of Banffshire range of activities that we at very reasonable cost for Partnership in financial terms, currently undertake and where outings, meetings, etc. the Community Economic possible expand them to meet Development side plays a very community need. As well above half of the large role in the communities funding for Community that it serves. Green Butterfly Transport comes from Robin Maddock, Chairman Award Aberdeenshire Council grants, BPL is an active member of contact me at The Old School Boyndie Banff AB452JT we are always looking at ways the Local Community Planning [email protected] T & F: 01261 843598 E: [email protected] A copy of this newsletter is available in large format text if required. Front Cover Photo: Beach - Kay Beaton. Beach Gardenstown Photo: Cover Front

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Contents . . . Meet The Staff A Word From Our DOO! In Every Issue 1 Chairman’s Letter Developing Communities - 01261 843598 Partnership Update is an limit our activity, rather than Please let us know if there 2 Meet The Staff annual publication and I really by the need for what we do. are other types of training 2 Our Valued Volunteers hope you enjoy it. It costs us Without doubt, most people you think local people or 3 A Word From Our DOO! quite a bit to produce and know us these days for our organisations would benefit 4 Banffshire Partnership takes a while to put together, wonderful Dial-a-Bus services. from being available locally. Area 5 Banffshire Partnership but we feel it is worth it, as Aims & Values not only does it explain what It will be even better this We are always happy to Without them, BPL would not 23 Developing Duncan Leece Roger Smart Kay Beaton Banffshire Partnership Ltd coming year thanks to consider new suggestions. achieve anywhere near as Communities Director of does, it also showcases the purchase of two brand new In addition to telling you much as it does and I would Operations 24 Making It Real huge amount of community- custom-built vehicles. I am about what is happening, like to thank them for their 25 Community Planning led activity taking place very proud that one of Partnership Update gives me cooperation and friendship. 26 Transport Service For Community Transport - 01261 843598 The Community in our area. We should all those buses has been bought one more valuable opportunity 27 Training For The congratulate ourselves for that. entirely from donations given each year. I can give public So 2011 was a busy year for Community by those who use the service thanks to all my staff (there us, and I know 2012 will be 28 Useful Community Some of the groups and each week. Each donation may they are . . . pictured on too. We look forward to it. Contact Numbers projects mentioned in these only be a few coins, but this the opposite page), all the Featured Groups pages have benefited from new vehicle proves what all volunteers who help on 6 Banff Castle Community Jan Maddock Pete Danks Derek Anthony Michelle Reynard advice and input from my those wee bits can add up to. our Board or in delivering Associaion Transport Manager staff and I. We know we our services and the other 7 Banff Preservation & have not been able to help Another message I want to people we work alongside Heritage Society 8 Banffshire Coast Tourism everyone who has asked and get across concerns our new throughout the year. We have Partnership that is terribly frustrating training services. We have good working relationships Duncan D Leece, 9 Boyndie Trust Limited for us, but as our Chairman launched them to a flying with officers in several Director of Operations 10 Street has said in his introduction, start in 2011 and you will departments of Aberdeenshire (DOO) Community Hall Daniel Wilson Anne Stewart Heike Wilson Roy Makepeace financial constraints on our see more about BPL Training Council, and of course, with contact me at 11 Coast Festival 12 Deveron Music current budget force us to later, but it is just a start. our local Councillors too. [email protected] 13 Folk At The Bothy 14 Home-Start Deveron All departments of Banffshire Partnership are now accessed via a single telephone number 01261 843598. 15 Pavilion 15 Portsoy Thrift Shop 16 Portsoy Organisation for Stop Press • Stop Press • Stop Press • Stop Press • Stop Press Restoration and Training Geoff Smart Jim Esslemont Alan Thomson Just as we go to print confirmation has been accommodation - The PORT Boatshed - by the (PORT) received that the Scottish Traditional Boat Old Harbour. 17 The Salmon Bothy, Portsoy Festival company is to take over ownership of Our Valued Volunteers the Caravan Site at Portsoy. This represents a Work will start as soon as possible on freshening 18 RAF Banff Associaion Many of our passenger assistants and drivers - whether for the Dial-A-Bus or community 19 Scottish Traditional Boat major development for the registered charity, the Site’s facilities in readiness for the 2012 Festival groups - are volunteers, whose contribution is greatly valued by all who benefit. If you which, in addition to holding the annual Festival, season. STBF’s aim is to make the site highly 20 & District would like to join them, it’s necessary to register with us and take up appropriate training. restored and now runs the highly successful successful, of maximum benefit to the whole Community Council Salmon Bothy. It is also in the process of creating community and to provide an important income If you think you can help please contact us: a permanent boat restoration workshop with stream for the total organisation. New Feature Banffshire Partnership Community Transport, The Old School, Boyndie, Banff. AB45 2JT 21 - 22 What Our Editorial in this newsletter may not be reproduced in whole or part without prior written permission of the Banffshire Tel: 01261 843598 E-mail: [email protected] Neighbours Are Up To Partnership. Articles published do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Partnership.

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Banffshire Partnership Area Banffshire Partnership Aims And Values Our purpose: Provide rural transport solutions to individuals and communities, where mainstream public transport is Within our area ( & Marnoch, Alvah inaccessible. & Forglen, Banff & Macduff, Cornhill & Ordiquhill, Fordyce & , King Edward & Gamrie, Specific encouragement will be given to projects that have an economic benefit and/or develop partnership Portsoy, Whitehills), to contribute to the economic, working with other groups and public agencies, such social and environmental well-being of local as the Local Authority. communities by; The Partnership has a particular interest in tourism • valuing the work of volunteers initiatives and ideas to promote the use of local products and local suppliers.

• creating opportunities for employment based It is Banffshire Partnership’s observation and belief on the sustainable use of local culture, skills that the more local people participate in and take and resources, ownership of activities within their communities, the better that place will become to live in. • enabling and encouraging lifelong learning amongst local people. Practical ways in which Banffshire Partnership he Banffshire Partnership area covers the It is our intention to publish an annual Partnership supports projects include: We also aim to encourage and support partnership TCommunity Council areas of: Update.The next edition of the newsletter - Issue 15 • Project management advice, and capacity building - will appear in late 2012, so don’t miss out on a working between community groups and private, of groups as a whole, and individual members. • Aberchirder & Marnoch great opportunity to get some free publicity for your public and voluntary organisations. • Alvah & Forglen group’s activities or forthcoming events. • Assistance with funding applications, or • Banff & Macduff development of financial management packages. • Cornhill & Ordiquhill Please send us any articles, photographs, adverts or Values: We try to: • Putting groups in contact with others who have • Fordyce & Sandend announcements which you would like to be included • encourage participation and consensus done similar projects, and helping the sharing of • King Edward & Gamrie - we look forward to hearing from you! • be open and transparent in our dealings knowledge. • Portsoy • maximise resources - human, physical and financial • Whitehills • remain people focused • Reducing rural isolation, and social exclusion, through transport initiatives and opportunities for Banffshire Partnership, The following pages highlight some of the activities Objectives: individuals to access community activity. The Old School, Boyndie, Banff, AB45 2JT and events which have been happening throughout T & F: 01261 843598 • Facilitating two-way communication between local the area over the past eight months, as well as To encourage and support communities to run and E:[email protected] communities, and public agencies, or policy makers giving an insight into some of the events which will participate in activity that will help them develop. at regional and national level. be taking place next year.

4 partnership update Issue 14 - 2012 Issue 14 - 2012 partnershipupdate 5 Featured Groups Featured Groups Banff Castle Community Association Banff Preservation & Heritage Society ver the Annual Events his year and suddenly a car Buildings should not past two Bill Bain came through it. They get to the stage of years • April, 12 - 14: of Bodie’s had not closed the almost falling down. Banff Banff’s Puppet the Photo- road! Everyone in Banff CastleO Community Animation Festival: graphers,T showed us should see that film. We look, for example, Association has taken a Nine events over old films of Banff. at the old Tolbooth two pronged approach three days, including When you look at that Hotel. A fine Regency to its development: puppet making There were, of course, beautiful sandstone building on the site simultaneously workshops, puppet crowds with flags house on Low Street of and probably improving the facilities shows and animated (some well kent faces), that escaped by the incorporating bits of andheritagesociety. for use by the wider films. and ladies curtseying skin of its teeth last the town’s Tolbooth, org.uk – and we’re on community, and • May 26 - 27: • Castle Sessions - Vocals, Horticulture to the Queen. But October, you realise where the Council Facebook. what we will remember that there are still go- met. The ground floor steadily building a Coast Arts Festival Monthly open music Association, Deveron Anyone with an rolling programme of • July 28 - 29: sessions, with regular Valley Rifle Club, was the film of the ahead people in offices is looked after, but demolitions. whose default is set to our Society is worried interest in the past of events and activities. Banff Mediaeval guest performers Deveron Singers, Banff and Macduff and Festival Banffshire Partnership Fine old buildings with ‘demolition’. about upstairs. district should please • Sept 8 - 16: Community and years of life in them, These activities are as Limited Training, Banff It did not cost a great It is never good policy contact the Secretary. diverse as the people North East Open Public Uses Yoga Class, SCRA, were bull-dozed. deal to make that for an owner to let who enjoy them. Studios Business Association, The catchword of the building safe and the a building get into a Alzheimer Scotland, Talking Banffie and Town Council was Townscape Heritage really bad state. “A lick Regular Events Banff Preservation For the first time, Banff Art Club, Turra Talk, Banff “Ding em a’ doon”. Initiative has worked in time”, as they used during 2012, we Deveron Music, Castle Pipe Band, The film was heart- hard to ensure its to say. & Heritage Society Cinema Experience- are able to offer a • Banff Preservation Weddings, family stopping to watch, future. But how near Alistair Mason, Secretary, programmed season of Fortnightly & Heritage Society, celebrations, arts and though funny in places. it was to destruction, We have several 14 Old Castlegate, cultural events on your Filmnights (7.30pm) BMCT, BCTP Ltd, craft fairs . . . and They had no ideas of with the skip there – schemes in train, beside doorstep from April- and Saturday Qi Gong, Baltic much, much more. our regular meetings Banff AB45 1DE Health and Safety then: our Chairman had a 01261 812941 September. Matinees (2.30pm) Dance, Massage, Local a huge cloud of dust very stressful forty- and outings. www.banffpreservation filling Castle Street as eight hours! We have a website: Banff Castle andheritagesociety.org.uk a building came down www.banffpreservation Community Association Co-ordinator 01261 815325 [email protected]

Visit www.banffcastle. org.uk for up to the minute news on events and activities

6 partnership update Issue 14 - 2012 Issue 14 - 2012 partnership update 7 Featured Groups Featured Groups Banffshire Coast Tourism Partnership Boyndie Trust Limited The Partnership Our commitment The Partnership’s aim is have just re-read 2012 will see some There will be continues to embrace to electronic to spread the message my piece for the changes to Boyndie, alterations and So I said 2011 would the electronic media to communication of our wonderful area 2011 Partnership as we seek to make the improvements to the be hard graft and I he spread the message of also means that to potential visitors and Update, and in physical restrictions of training placements predict 2012 will be Banffshire the wonderful Banffshire our snappy Pebble also to raise the quality Iit I predicted that eco- our building more in we have available too exciting . . . as well as Coast Coast. -Dash information of what we have, from nomic circumstances line with the current and technical changes hard graft. We must Tourism e-communications Cullen to ; from would make 2011 needs of trade and to the commercial never lose the fun PartnershipT (BCTP) is Latest addition is a get out to members to Banff. hard graft. Well, I was training. The year contract we have with from Boyndie though, has never been busier, version of our popular efficiently and right! Having said will see an expansion Aberdeenshire Council. because that is one gearing up our tourism website for the instantly. Contact us if you that, Boyndie Visitor of space for retailing We have been doing a of the key elements businesses for next increasingly popular want to participate Centre weathered the both inside for gifts, lot of work with Social everyone says they like year’s influx of visitors. mobile smartphones. The regular ‘Pebbles’ in any of the above, storm better than many and outside for plants. Work managers in about us. The best way This very exciting electronic newsletter including the winter catering, tourism and We will be upgrading order to get the details you can support us A major workshop and development means also keeps members workshop programme, retail businesses, and our workshop spaces right for everyone. is to come and have seminar programme that visitors can find out abreast of relevant news to advertise in accordingly, Boyndie and creating a modern All these new things a nice lunch, look over the winter gives where to visit, eat, shop and developments in conjunction with the Trust remains a strong training suite. Those are set to keep the round, see Boyndie for member and non- and stay in our area, the tourism sector. promotions, or become and stable community- who know us well facility at Boyndie yourself . . . and feel member businesses just with a few clicks a valued member of the led charity. I would will be delighted to in line with current free to spend money in alike the chance to on their phone! It also Another exciting BCTP. like to thank publicly hear how we plan to needs and developing our shop! hone their skills in means that our members newcomer is our best all those who have address lack of car trends, thereby ensure areas of marketing, have their business and biggest-ever area helped that happen, parking spaces too. maximum benefit Boyndie Trust Limited listening to visitors, advertised literally in our guide; a 48 page pocket Banffshire Coast whether they be paid The Trust has been to our community, Duncan Leece quality assurance, visitors’ hands. guide packed with Tourism Partnership staff working here, successful in attracting plus long-term business measurement, Add this to our state- editorial, photos and loyal customers, or LEADER funding to sustainability. The Old School, Boyndie, social media use, of-the-art website, our advertising about the 01261) 815641 our wonderful band augment our reserves Achieving that in times Banff, AB45 2JT and food tourism facebook and twitter area, which will be contact@ of hard-working and pay for these vital of recession, will be 01261 843249 development. pages and we believe we ready in the new year. banffshirecoast.com volunteers. improvements. something to be very boyndietrust@ Substantial subsidies are among the market www.banffshirecoast.com proud of. hotmail.com for these workshops leaders in cyberspace Many of our volunteers We doubled the size have allowed the BCTP tourism in this country. are on work placement of Boyndie School, www.boyndietrust.co.uk to bring up some of training via when we created the the best facilitators and Over the next 18 Aberdeenshire Council Visitor Centre as a experts in the country. months, the BCTP Social Work and social enterprise in has a programme of Employment Services. I 2003/4. The truth is, Visitors say they promotions for our can’t count the number we wondered then if want more consistent wildlife, history and of customers visiting we would ever fill a food quality and heritage and walking, Boyndie each year building this size. Now this puts the food which will also make full who congratulate us it is busting at the tourism development use of electronic media. on the standards those seams, despite another programme as a high volunteers achieve and extension in 2009! priority. it is great to record that here too. 8 partnership update Issue 14 - 2012 Issue 14 - 2012 partnership update 9 Featured Groups Featured Groups Buchan Street Community Hall Coast Festival, 24th - 25th May 2012 acduff The hall is available for Buchan Street he 2011 organisations, inspired by their own Old hire either the main Community Hall Coast charitable bodies, coastline. We ran Folk’s hall including stage and Michael MacGillivray, Festival was statutory providers workshops making great acoustics or the a big step and of course arts robots, umbrellas and President AssociationM are committee room. forT the organisers - it organisations. Our aim flying art, for all ages Most of the people delighted to announce (01261) 833512 or was their first year. in 2011 was to create and Banff & Buchan running Coast’s events the refurbishment of The work carried out (01261) 832646 Yes, there have been a model that would be Arts Forum created are not artists, and their Buchan Street under the eagle eye michael.mak@ three Coast Visual Arts sustainable - as long as an open submission most of the people Community Hall. of Property Convener btinternet.com Festivals before it, but people came forward exhibition of new work involved only run their Doug Finnie was made that organisation is no with events, the at Macduff Town Hall. own event. We are The hall is home to possible in the main more. In 2011 a group collective group would And the list goes on. always looking for new several groups and by funding from the of volunteers from ensure a festival could people and new groups there is capacity for Lottery; Age Scotland; the towns of Banff happen. The central aims of to join us and right others. It would make Aberdeenshire Council; and Macduff came our group include now we are planning an ideal base for a local Masons and Banff together to run an creating an opportunity Coast 2012, set for Choir or Amateur Round Table. event, without any of for local people 24th and 25th May Dramatics Group. the core funding which to celebrate their next year. If you’ve got the first three festivals creativity and show ideas, why not let us benefitted from. What With 29 separate off where they live. help you? we did have was an listings in our To bring new and excellent legacy to brochure, of challenging cultural build on. exhibitions, activities ideas to the area.To Coast Festival and competitions, provide a space where Bryan Angus The committee has the weekend of 27th people can come individual folk who and 29th May was together and work in a 01261 812276 want to see a festival packed full of fun. We positive, collaborative [email protected] for the area, but welcomed an artist’s way, that we hope www.coastfestival.org.uk also representatives group from Kirkaldy, inspires community from voluntary with an exhibition pride.

10 partnership update Issue 14 - 2012 Issue 14 - 2012 partnership update 11 Featured Groups Featured Groups Deveron Music Folk At The Bothy Our most visible musicians, like ‘Inspire’ international standard. of greats such as Paul Charlie Soan and a activity has been to Choir, but our dream You would not imagine Simon, Bob Dylan and host of others will be any arrange two concerts of bringing really what could be done Leonard Cohen. performing at our 3rd people a year. When the first-class performers with a flute until you Haal Festival of Folk For full details of what have Friends of who would also run heard Karin Leitner! It We are also blessed Music to be held over we have planned, check pleasant were no longer able to workshops for students was wonderful music, with many talented the weekend of 25th - out www.bothyfolk. memoriesM of the bring outreach groups of their particular but did not draw great young - and some 27th May 2012. com Deveron Festival, from the Aberdeen instruments, has not numbers. not so young - singer when Banff for a International Youth come off. We discover songwriters and poets In addition we hold We look forward to weekend a year had Festival to this district, that young people If anyone wants to who perform their own a New Year ceilidh welcoming you to really worthwhile we took over that role. studying music have find out more about material. on 2nd January and our Bothy Sessions. classical music. When These concerts of really a very full schedule Deveron Music, get ortsoy’s a Bothy Ballads and Whether it’s to perform that folded, there was talented young people and it may not be a in touch with the Folk at The Over the last year we Burns Night on 11th or just to relax and some money left over are an inspiration to kindness to cram more Secretary. Salmon Bothy have been lucky to February in The listen, you’ll be sure and a number of the listen to. They come in. continues to have a range of fine Station Hotel Portsoy, of the warmest of Festival committee from all round the goP from strength to guests, including Alan hosted by local radio welcomes. stayed together as a world, though this We also thought strength. Taylor, who returns on and TV personality group called Deveron Deveron Music year’s group were from of bringing music Alistair Mason, Secretary, 17th November and Euan McIlwraith. Music. Their primary Wigan and wowed students from the The regular Open Mic Eleanor McEvoy, who task was to see that 14 Old Castlegate, Folk At The Bothy us with a wonderful university, but Sessions on the third we hope to have back As if that wasn’t Bob Philip, the money was spent big-band Jazz sound. couldn’t get them to Banff, AB45 1DE Friday of each month next year. enough, we have Ivan in ways that fitted in We intend to carry come. The idea was 01261 812941 are as popular as ever, Dreever, founder Chairman/Organiser with the ambitions of on this link with the that they would be with a wide range of Others include Cathal member of Wolfstone 01261 842571 the Deveron Festival. International Youth role models for local songs, tunes, poetry McConnell and on 10th March, [email protected] We have particularly Festival. young musicians. For and storytelling. We Duncan Wood who Goldrush, a Bluegrass www.bothyfolk.com wanted to encourage our latest concert we get everything from along with Archie band on 24th March, young musicians. We have given grants brought musicians the traditional ballads and Fisher, The Poozies, up and coming English to groups of young Karin Leitner trio, of tales to sea shanties, Arthur Johnstone, Folk Band - Bard - on as well as the songs Brian Miller and 7th July.

12 partnership update Issue 14 - 2012 Issue 14 - 2012 partnership update 13 Featured Groups Featured Groups Home-Start Deveron Portsoy Pavilion During this year fundraising activities ant to includes all the modern through a gym induct- game of tennis, Portsoy volunteers have to fund the work change weight training and ion and it’s up to you Pavilion is only a short continued to we do. Fundraising your cardio-vascular from there on to achieve distance away. provide support to activities this year have life- machines for your the fitness you want! Open: Mon, Wed, Fri: families in their own included participation style, get fit and fitness needs. Whether W There is also a large all- 9.00am - 12.00noon ome- homes and we are in the Banff Victorian improve your health? you’re a fitness fanatic weather Astroturf pitch & 2.00pm - 8.00pm Start is a currently supporting Christmas Day, Then Portsoy Pavilion or just a beginner, on offer, available for all Tues & Thurs: 5.00pm - nation- approximately 15 provision of a crèche has everything you everything you need is kinds of sports - football 8.00pm; Sat: 10.00am wide families. Our group at Turriff Show, a need! A spacious, well under one roof here. and tennis being most - 1.00pm registered charity which sessions are also Body Shop party, equipped gymnasium Membership is gained H popular. All equipment supports families who well attended, with a Nearly New Sale, is provided and a Portsoy Pavilion have at least one child approximately 30 a Curry Night, a booking is required. So, Seafield Terrace, Portsoy under the age of five families currently recent quiz night new Trustees to the if you fancy 5-a-side (opposite Portsoy Motors) years. Home-Start receiving support. Baby and a forthcoming Board to assist with football with your Deveron operates massage classes have fundraising lunch. the running of the 01261 843555 friends, or a relaxing throughout the remained popular and If you would like to organisation. Please Deveron valley area, are received positively support Home-Start get in touch if you are serving Aberchirder, by parents and babies. Deveron, please use able to offer your time, Portsoy Thrift Shop Banff, , Macduff, This year has also seen www.easyfundraising. skills or knowledge and he ladies of welcome for whoever great pride in the fact Portsoy, Turriff and the introduction of org.uk and select you wish benefit the the Portsoy comes through the door. that over the last ten Thrift Shop years they have been surrounding areas. Bookbug sessions, Home-Start Deveron Deveron community. Important too has team find it able to make donations eve fireworks display. Trained volunteers which encourage when shopping online Just a few hours per been the care taken almost hard to believe to local organisations Open on Monday, provide support to singing, rhyme and - it doesn’t cost you a week can make all the T to present the wide themselves, but it is and causes in excess Tuesday, Thursday parents in their own learning. We also penny extra, but raises difference. range of goods on offer now a full ten years of £100,000. The last and Friday from homes or in group held Confidence To valuable funds for us! to best advantage. So since they opened the twelve months have 10.00am - 12.00noon settings. Cook sessions, hands- We thank everyone for whether it’s ladies, doors of their voluntary involved support given and 2.00pm - 4.00pm, on cooking sessions their generosity and Home-Start Deveron men’s or children’s operation in the Square to a typically wide range please come along to Home-Start Deveron designed to encourage support to date. clothes; glassware and 5-7 Strait Path, Banff, in Portsoy. First sited including the Salmon the Square in Portsoy welcomed new Co- parents to cook healthy ornaments, toys and AB45 1AD. on the east side of Bothy, Portsoy Pavilion for a great range of ordinator Reena Thom nutritious meals. As a Home-Start Deveron books or brick-a-brack the Square, from the Gym, The Day Centre, goods and the very in May 2011. Reena result of this we have is always looking for 01261 819964 and jewellery, the team word go the team have Greenfingers, Portsoy warmest of welcomes joins Wendy Gray published a Cooking volunteers. Volunteers info@homestart works hard to have on enjoyed considerable Primary School, Portsoy (and thanks for (Family Support With Confidence are often parents deveron.org.uk offer something to meet success; success which Junior Football Club, donations too!). Worker) and Olive fundraising recipe book themselves, or have everyone’s pocket and www.homestart they put down to the the Portsoy Players Bligdon (Administrator) (contact Home-Start parenting experience taste. From time to time deveron.org.uk on-going support they and, in support of the at Home-Start Deveron. Deveron to purchase a and can offer regular there’s furniture too have had from donors 75 Club with whom copy). support, friendship and again great care is Portsoy Thrift Shop Join us on Facebook to and customers - plus the Shop has a long and practical help taken to ensure that the keep up to date with a lot of hard work working relationship, The Square, Portsoy Home-Start Deveron to families in times quality is right. all the news, views and on their part and the Christmas lights and 07870 536776 relies heavily on of need. Similarly The team also take donations and we are also seeking upcoming events. an unfailing warm the splendid New Year’s (during opening hours)

14 partnership update Issue 14 - 2012 Issue 14 - 2012 partnership update 15 Featured Groups Featured Groups Portsoy Organisation for Restoration and Training (PORT) The Salmon Bothy, Portsoy pupils from the fund raising is well that will be unique in hat is we hold temporary Art Club and the from a variety of primary schools in advanced for the Scotland and that will special exhibitions and particularly successful backgrounds intent Portsoy, Fordyce, restoration and see today’s primary about events ‘Upstairs at Folk Club. These on developing into a Bracoden, Ordiquill development of the pupils and visitors Portsoy’s the Bothy’. In 2011 give the public a real team of knowledgeable, and Whitehills to building next to The from far and wide WSalmon Bothy now we had a popular opportunity to come sociable and build Optimist sailing Shore Inn. Developing sailing traditional craft in its third year of Farming Exhibition together to share and experienced ‘Bothy dinghies. This initiative this building will give that they have helped operation? For those and associated activities develop interests and Folk’. This year we has created six dinghies PORT a spacious restore. of you who have not over the May weekend hobbies. To find out have had social and that will allow year- workshop that will visited: is it a family as part of the Festival more go to the website training meetings he Portsoy round sail training for allow its training and We are looking for heritage centre, a of Museums. In or email contact@ which culminated in Organis- local children without restoration arms to more people to help museum or is it a September there was salmonbothy.co.uk a ‘Day Oot’ together. ation for having to hire craft. work side by side in in this project and community centre? At an exhibition by the We went by bus to Restoration The development of full view of the public. if you would like a recent meeting of users of ‘Upstairs at We have an intimate the Buckie Heritage andT Training (PORT) their skills will lead Plans for the building to join us, these are the Bothy managing the Bothy’giving an setting for family Museum, the Falconer has been formed by them to be able to crew also include bunkhouse some of the skill we committee, it was opportunity for people history research with Museum in Forres combining the assets of the traditional craft accommodation thus need: boat builder or concluded that it is an to see the work of the a trained genealogist, and the Ice House and the Portsoy Maritime that they will have providing facilities for restorer, sailor or sail attractive ’Pot Pori’. community groups Alison Smith who is Heritage Centre in Heritage with the helped restore as they residential courses trainer, safety boat who hire the space on site on a Friday Findhorn. 24 people Scottish Traditional graduate from stage to crew, fund raiser and There is an inviting throughout the year. morning during the sat down to supper in Boat Festival’s Portsoy stage with PORT. And it is with such administrator. museum displaying This coincided with summer and otherwise the Aurora on the way Faering Project. courses that PORT has the history of the the Aberdeenshire by appointment. There home from a splendid Bringing these two We’re delighted to ambitious plans for the For more for details, area while placing a Open Doors day. Anna are family history talks day. We are always on complimentary say that thanks to future, developing a contact us at the particular emphasis Edelsten had an art on the first Saturday the look out for new activities together the securing of a comprehensive package Salmon Bothy or e-mail on the salmon fishing exhibition in October, of each month with volunteers, young and under one banner will Community Asset of boat building, industry. In 2011 the first private topics advertised on old, male and female, give Portsoy a unique Restoration Scheme, restoration and sailing [email protected] we were awarded exhibition at the Bothy the website and around so if you enjoy meeting capability in training full accreditation by and hopefully a regular the town. Recently the people and promoting young people to build Museums and Galleries feature in the future. family history groups Portsoy, please contact small boats before they Scotland. This In addition there have throughout the North the Bothy on 01261 graduate to assisting followed considerable been private lets for East met together for a 842951. adult volunteers to work and dedication parties, fairs, theatre Family History Fair. restore our collection by a small team of groups and music. of traditional craft. volunteers and it In the shop and online Portsoy Salmon Bothy gives the Bothy access The community at www.salmonbothy. Links Road, Portsoy In a ground breaking to advice, support, groups are key to org.uk we have an Nessie Gray project, members training and funding to the sustainability of interesting collection of of PORT recently develop the museum. the upstairs space. bespoke merchandise at Administrator cooperated with the Presently we have affordable prices. 01261 842951 Banff Area Small In addition to the the Knitters, Pilates, www.salmonbothy.org.uk Schools Sailing permanent exhibition the Camera Club, There is a group of Initiative to help in the ice chambers, the Craft Club, the enthusiastic volunteers

16 partnership update Issue 14 - 2012 Issue 14 - 2012 partnership update 17 Featured Groups Featured Groups RAF Banff Association Scottish Traditional Boat Festival AF Banff internet, for those, relevance. Opportunity preservation of lessed with had first built their Friday Night Concert Association from far and near, is taken on such artefacts, buildings fabulous Optimist dinghies in and the pace never let was set up who regularly make occasions to collect, and other features, still weather for the the weeks leading up up with old favourites as successor enquiries. collate and record extant, with a view Bsecond year running, to the Festival. It was including Shepheard, Rto the Banff Strike anecdotal information. to re-creating some the Festival was also splendid to see Spiers and Watson, Wing Memorial Trust Not infrequently On a wider scale, close of the atmosphere of thoroughly enjoyed by so many of our long the Fisher Folk and which was disbanded visitors arrive in the links are maintained the landscape of the the 16,000 plus visitors standing sailing friends Folk at the Salmon Sunday morning saw following the erection area with the express with Norwegian and Forties. who were in Portsoy coming to Portsoy and Bothy being balanced the sixteenth Follow of the Memorial in purpose of visiting the Canadian Air Force over the weekend of demonstrating their by visitors Elsa the Herring 10K Road 1989 and placement Boyndie Centre where squadrons which were July 2nd and 3rd - and skills. McTaggart, The Keelers and accompanying 2K thereafter of the Book there is on display an an integral part of the RAF Banff Association please don’t just take and the Dutch band Fun Run. of Remembrance in interpretive centre with multi-national Strike Joint Chairs our word for it. The And speaking of De Kinkels…and many Banff Parish Church. an impressive array of Wing. John Cox Visitor Survey clearly skills, the range of more including some As ever, the Festival The aim of the memorabilia and where showed that everyone craft demonstrators great buskers. Great Committee’s Association has been to a DVD is available for A meaningful johnbcox@ scored the whole was wider than ever favourites as ever were sincere thanks go promote awareness of purchase. connection has been btinternet.com weekend highly for its and visitors were able the Anne McArthur to our sponsors and the highly significant established with the or unique mix of sights, to enjoy everything Dancers and Portsoy’s supporters including role played by the Every effort is made more recently formed Bill Hossack sounds, tastes and from wood carving award winning Skip to our title sponsors Strike Wing at Banff to meet with relatives Banff Airfield Trust, ws.hossack@ activities. to jewellery making the Beat. Aberdeen Asset during the Second and interested parties, set up with the allied and from spinning Management and all World War. especially when they aim to further promote btinternet.com On the maritime front to coracle building. Food continues the other companies are seeking to retrace the heritage of the the racing regatta held Of particular interest to get better and and organisations who The Association also the steps of their former airfield. Steps for Scottish Coastal was the better with the give so much generous serves as a reservoir of antecedents who served are currently being Rowing Project teams Partnership’s Gansey hugely popular Food help. And last but not information, including at Banff. Some decide taken to investigate from across the country Project with its display Fayre, the now well least our very warmest a presence on the to donate items of the potential for was a spectacular of fabulous knitwear established Cookery thanks go to the people success. It was also and the Bothy Knitters Demonstration of Portsoy without good to see so many superb knitted Programme and ever whose support the young sailors learning panorama of Portsoy higher standards of Festival simply would their basic yachting harbour proved to be a catering around the not happen! skills – especially big hit. harbour and town those from the local including the massively primary schools who Music plays an ever popular Arbroath larger part in making Smokies (with long Scottish Traditional the weekend special queues to prove it!) Boat Festival and the programme Loch Soy included Salmon Bothy, Links Road, was filled from start a wider range of Portsoy to finish with some activities including a 01261 842951 great performers. The very popular cycling Tannahill Weavers got event and SPLASH www.scottishtraditional the ball rolling at the Dinghies on the Loch. boatfestival.org.uk

18 partnership update Issue 14 - 2012 Issue 14 - 2012 partnership update 19 Featured Groups What our neighbours Are up to Whitehills & District Community Council 2011 In Cullen - A Year Of thank you to all our into obtaining financial of substantial and active Community support through the worthwhile projects Community Co-operation And Mutual Support Councillors whose Mainstream Leader have been carried he small Tourist Information To be added in 2012 invaluable information regular attendance Fund for the provision out through the community Service and an to the current youth source on everything at our meetings and of Broadband facilities Boyndie Windfarm of Cullen impressive heritage activities - Cullen local. The Cullen & hands-on activity to the Boyndie area Community Fund to boasts a large display - attracting Guides and Cullen Deskford Calendar is throughout the year is and happily as this the totaling £17,688 Tnumber of community almost 3,000 visitors Youth Café - will be a now in its 3rd year, with commendable. goes to print all the and we are always groups who work hard from near and far. Cullen Dirt Cycle Track. the 2012 calendar the

result of a competition Our Community interested parties open to applications - both collectively and The generosity of the The Cullen Summer generating photos of the s always Council website will have Broadband from bodies within our individually - to arrange local community has Festival Weekend in July highest quality. And the our active (www.whitehills availability for the first Community Council events, deliver services been phenomenal, with was a prime example photo competition for Community anddistrict.co.uk) time. The Community boundaries for funding for local residents £7,500 raised already of group collaboration, the 2013 calendar has Council provides you with all Council has been that fits within the laid and visitors, and raise - including £2,400 including a Community just been launched - so hasA been working to you need to know able to fund 10% of down guidelines. significant sums for raised over one weekend Ceilidh, family fun and get snapping! respond to our local regarding our activities the substantial cost charity. Some have alone. The first turf is games, Heritage Display residents’ ideas and over the year and through the Windfarm been in existence for guaranteed to be cut in Community Fund. many years - like the and Harbour event early 2012. Key challenges requests and taking includes the minutes of Whitehills & District celebrating Cullen’s moving forward will forward projects our monthly meetings. Please refer to our Christmas Lights Group Community Council fishing history. To be The Community be the retention of highlighted in our last website to keep and the Pensioners Our new planters bigger and better next Website and Calendar the Community and Community Action yourselves up to date Ross Balharry, Chairman Club - and others are and the “cartie” at year! Also in July, a offer opportunities to Residential Centre and Plan. A new Action with all our activities 01261 861882 relatively new. To them the crossroads have team of volunteers promote Cullen and the Town Hall, together Plan will be formulated and please don’t [email protected] all, we owe a debt of provided colourful united to carry out some area to visitors and with the development with the assistance of hesitate to contact any gratitude. floral displays through- or much needed restoration Cullen “friends” all of Cullen Harbour - Banffshire Partnership of our Community out the summer Denis Askham, Secretary Over the summer, of a local path. over the world. www. led respectively by the at the back end of Councillors with any 2011/start of 2012 months as were the 01261 861742 the Cullen Voluntary discovercullen.com, Community Council, displays at the harbour ideas which could Tourist Initiative and Three years of hard developed jointly by Town Hall Committee to take forward new benefit our community. [email protected] and along Low Shore. Cullen, Deskford and work will see the Cullen the Cullen & Deskford and 3 Harbours plans and projects www.whitehillsand Community Allotment Association. To be for the ensuing two A great deal of time Over the course of Portknockie Heritage Community Council district.co.uk Association achieve their successful, these projects to three years. A big and effort has gone the year a number Group worked in and the Cullen tandem to provide a goal of 34 allotments for Voluntary Tourist will require a lot of hard valuable volunteer-run the area. Initiative, is proving an work, mutual support and co-operation.

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Getting ready to go - Sponsored Bike Run October 2011. Salmon Bothy Path Restoration - Our www.discovercullen.com band of happy volunteers. 20 partnership update Issue 14 - 2012 Issue 14 - 2012 partnership update 21 What our neighbours Are up to Developing Communities

We Made It Happen By “Making it Real” Developing Communities n an ideal world, genuine, practical advice BPL then took all the for support for funding anffshire Partnership Limited (BPL) is a network of Community from people who had information away and to the community groups formed in 1999. Although entirely Councils experience in motivating transcribed it into a Community Planning independent, it is supported financially by Aberdeenshire should be about people and making well established format Group (BBCPG), where Council, and maintains good relationships and links with localI people helping things happen. creating our very own he explained that we variousB departments of that organisation. themselves. We all Local Community Plan. were a dynamic and know the financial We arranged a public get After our Community proactive Community We exist to help community groups, or whole communities, climate is appalling and together at a local venue Council had liaised Council and as such, plan and develop projects, large or small. These projects may hard working people and BPL employed their with BPL, they our views needed to be be things that create jobs, boost the local economy, or perhaps increasingly choose well proven methods, produced a professional acted upon and not just just improve the quality of life for local people and visitors to whether it is worth inviting everyone document, which has listened to, in relation our area. More and more, potential funders of your project will look for getting involved in local at this meeting to been distributed to to funding in a difficult your organisation or community, to develop partnerships with concerns, not least after anonymously raise local interested parties within financial climate. In Practical examples of what we do include: other relevant groups. They will want proof that your project a hard day’s work. If issues by noting them our constituency. This recognition of all the really does have the support of your community too. BPL is they know the meeting on paper and handing plan is now used as New efforts made to date, • Helping and advising you how to draw up a business or well placed to help in both cases. has teeth to actually do them in. During a Aberdour, Tyrie and BBCPG granted us project plan. something in difficult brief interlude BPL Pennan Community funding for the balance Best of all, the help you get from us is nearly always free times (where there can staff correlated all the Council’s “to do list.” of costs. We are on • Assisting you to market or publicise your idea. of charge, thanks to the continued valued support from be an awful lot of great feedback and categorised target to open the new Aberdeenshire Council. ideas until you look at them for us and wrote In our case a key priority toilets at • Working with you when writing funding bids and filling the money available) them on a number of was for toilets at New beach sometime next in forms. For more information contact: Aberdour beach. To this people will engage. But white boards located spring. We have all had Banffshire Partnership - every now and again around the room. All end, a sub-committee great fun in creating our • Putting you in touch with others who have done similar you need help! New attendees were then was setup and through own Local Community projects before. Developing Communities Aberdour, Tyrie and given a number of various local initiatives Plan and know that on 01261 843598 Pennan Community stickers to place next such as a local lottery if you want, you can • Liaising with local Council Officers, so that they know or E-mail [email protected] Council represents an to the initiatives which and annual live music “Make It Real” too! about your plans, and you know what services they may / BBQ evenings, we area including these they believed were most be able to offer. three villages in Buchan important to them. have been able to raise a couple thousand pounds and we turned to New Aberdour, What we will not do is take your project over and run it towards the toilets. Banffshire Partnership’s Tyrie & Pennan for you. Our help is all aimed at advising, supporting and BPL’s Duncan Leece (BPL) “Making It Community Council mentoring and equipping you with the knowledge and skills to Support for Aberdeenshire Real” project for helped us pitch our case Steven Garratt, Secretary make your own idea work. Business Scheme To find out more about whether e-mail stevewg@talk21. Of course, what we hope is that, when you have been Aberdeenshire Council can help com successful and completed a project, you will be willing to your business grow contact: share that experience with future newcomers. BPL’s paid staff Christine Webster (Banff and Buchan Area) and volunteer Directors, have all been involved in community 10 Commerce Street, , AB43 9QA projects, and made that commitment to hand their knowledge T: 01346 519881 on to others. E: [email protected] www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/support/finance/sab.asp

22 partnership update Issue 14 - 2012 Issue 14 - 2012 partnership update 23 Making it Real Community Planning

Community Action Plans Community Planning in Aberdeenshire anffshire Partnership Limited offers to assist Community You will need to: he Banff and Buchan Community Planning Group (CPG) Councils, or other such organisations, to formulate has now been in existence for five years and brings a Community Action Plan, from the views, ideas and • Be prepared to distribute publicity material, and twist together, on a regular basis, local representatives of the priorities of local people. a few arms, so that a public meeting is attended by a Aberdeenshire Community Planning Partners. By working B inT partnership CPG members gain a shared understanding of good number, and cross section of local residents. Our methods avoid hostilities or arguments that can arise in local issues and are able to work together to deliver solutions. • Fraserburgh: It’s All About traditional public meetings and allows everyones’ view to be • Hire a suitable hall for the evening and muster some ‘U’ - an inclusion event heard . . . not just those with the loudest voices. volunteers to serve teas and coffees, and a couple more One of the aspects of the Banff & Buchan Local Community involving a wide range of to assist the BPL staff manage the crowds! Planning Group is that they can provide support to local BPL has secured grant funding under an Aberdeenshire-wide community groups and projects as and when required. This people brought together to look at the themes of ‘Community’ and ‘Health and project called ‘Making it Real’, and this pays for most of the • Be prepared to spend a little time after the event support may come in the form of funding - should the project Well-being’ in the Fraserburgh Area. key costs. helping BPL word the final report and supply a few have been identified through a community engagement event; photos to illustrate it. or by helping to organise and co-ordinate an event or activity. BPL will run the event, collate the ideas and data generated, Recent activities supported by the Banff & Buchan LCPG have • New Aberdour Beach Toilet - the reinstatement of is a help you to prioritise it into achievable projects, form it into included: - project identified through a Making it Real community a clear and professional document and get copies of it printed engagement event run by New Aberdour, Tyrie & Pennan for you. • Aberchirder After School Club - set up to provide a positive Community Council. social environment for children to engage and further You will find it useful in helping you chose projects to do, that develop their communication and cooperation skills whilst • Teenscene - a project looking at the benefits for young meet the needs of your community and can demonstrate that raising their confidence levels. people of constructive use of leisure time and run by the they have the backing of local residents. Princess Royal Sports and Community Trust. • Acting Up - a project run We recommend that your Community Action Plan be given a by Portsoy Players with The group currently consists of representatives from life of about three years, as by that time, projects may an emphasis on involving Aberdeenshire Council, Aberdeenshire Childcare Partnership, have been achieved and priorities or opportunities a broad cross section of Aberdeenshire Drug & Alcohol Partnership, the Banffshire may have changed. Time to do it again! the local community and Partnership, Banff & Buchan Area Committee, Banff & Macduff community groups. Community Trust, Banff & Macduff Community Safety Group, For more information contact: Bridge CVS, Fraserburgh Community Safety Group, Fraserburgh Banffshire Partnership - • Advanced Lifeshaper Social Café - a project run in Development Trust, Fraserburgh Older People’s Forum, Grampian Partnership with Aberdeenshire Foyer and which aims to Fire & Rescue Service, Grampian Police, New Aberdour Tyrie & Developing Communities work with individuals residing in homeless accommodation Pennan Community Council, NHS Grampian, Princess Royal Sports on 01261 843598 or in Fraserburgh, Macduff and . & Community Trust, Reaching Out Project Fraserburgh, and E-mail [email protected] Whitehills Community Council. • Banff Day Services Raft Race Inclusion Project - For further information on Community Planning in run by Banff Day Service Banff & Buchan please contact: - and designed to break Fiona Alderson, Community Planning Officer, down barriers that exist 01261 813305 between people with disabilities and younger people. www.ouraberdeenshire.org.uk/banffbuchan

24 partnership update Issue 14 - 2012 Issue 14 - 2012 partnership update 25 community transport community transport/training

make sure you get all the For further info contact: Modern New Transport For All The Community training and support you need Banffshire Partnership - Banffshire Partnership community in many ways: a social outing as it may be steps. We encourage the to do the job. With your help Community Transport we can keep the dial-a-bus has been providing a the only time from week to community groups to have on 01261 843598 dial-a-bus service in week that they get the chance their own driver. However, we services running in all our the community for Dial-a-bus to talk to others. All our dial- currently have a pool of paid communities, benefitting a or e-mail Mover ten years. In that time We have just taken ownership a-bus services operate with a and volunteer drivers who we large number of people. We bpl.transport@ we have signed up over 500 of two new buses which have driver and passenger assistant. can rely on. are able to reimburse our banffdab.org.uk clients. Currently, around 120 been specially built with the They are there to help. As members of the Community volunteers any out of pocket clients use the service at least shopping trips in mind. Both The buses are out every day Transport Association, we expenses. Anyone interested once a month. buses have internal tail lifts and depending on where you provide the nationally should phone us on 01261 and plenty of storage space 843598 for more information. Above: New Mercedes Sprinter - live you may have more than accredited Minibus Driver the largest bus we have ever had, which Shopping is the main request for all our clients’ shopping one opportunity to shop. We Awareness Scheme (MiDAS) We will be happy to answer will be perfect for Dial-a-Bus, given its bags! extra luggage space for shopping from our dial-a-bus services operate a first come first training to everyone who all your questions. You can call and wider seats. us on the number given or and we take our clients to served booking service and drives our buses. Our charges Left: New Fiat Ducatto - a clever and from places where they We serve the communities of: you must book in advance. are very competitive; please email us at bpl.transport@ combination of low floor and extra wide • Aberchirder body, but in a lightweight shell, that cannot get to on the normal Please phone the office on call us to find out the current banffdab.or.uk enables it to be driven by those who do not have category ‘D1’ on their license. bus service. To be eligible for • Alvah 01261 843598 for more charges. the dial-a-bus service you • Banff information or to register with need to have trouble getting • Boynide us. We will then ask one of If you would like to find out to the shops. This may be • Cornhill our staff to visit you at home. more or register your group, Training In The Community because you don’t have a car • Crudie They will explain the service please call us on 01261 or a few years now we • First Aid at Work Castle. We are also happy to For further info contact: or the nearest bus stop is • Fordyce in more detail and make sure 843598. We’d be delighted to have been providing Re-qualifier (HSE) provide courses at clients’ own • Forglen Alan Thomson too far for you to walk to. it suits your needs. give you more information. Minibus Driver and • Emergency First Aid at venues. In the New Year our Banffshire Partnership - We pick you up at your front • Gamrie Passenger Assistant Work (HSE) training will be provided from • Gardenstown Training door, take you to the shops trainingF along with Emergency • Manual Handling (Core a state of the art training (help you shop if you need • Hilton Community Volunteers Evacuation and MiDAS for Module) centre at the Boyndie Visitor on 01261 843598 help), pack your shopping in • King Edward A few committed and Car and MPV training. These • Manual Handling Centre. For further information or e-mail • Macduff Minibuses enthusiastic volunteers support the bus and bring you and We run our operations with courses are provided free to (Assisting with Mobility) and a list of our current bpl.transport@ your shopping home to your • our paid staff that drive all our volunteers and for a • Wheelchairs, Hoists and prices please call us on 01261 • Ordiquhill three minibuses. Two of the the minibuses and act as banffdab.org.uk front door. We are not in buses are brand new and all charge to persons who are Stand Aids 843598 or email us at bpl. competition with the normal • Portsoy passenger assistants. They all part of a community group or [email protected] • Sandend three are available for hire by say that they find the work bus service, so you need to community groups who are commercial organisation. The above list is not register with us before using • Whitehills fun, sociable and rewarding exhaustive; we can and do registered with us. Two of the and not in the least bit the buses. three buses can accommodate Over the last year we have build individual courses We cater for people who have boring or difficult. now been building up our for organisations. We are difficulty using the normal bus wheelchair passengers. These If you have any spare time We also hire out our buses to two buses also have a large First Aid courses. Having currently working with a community groups when they service for various reasons and like to interact with successfully obtained a Health sister organisation to provide including: Living more than capacity for shopping/luggage others, we would be delighted are not being used for the and can take up to 12 and Safety Executive Certificate Certificate of Professional dial-a-bus service. The buses a ½ mile from the nearest to welcome you to our team. (HSE), we are now offering Competence (CPC) training. bus stop, being unable to passengers or 11 passengers Please don’t think you would are available most afternoons, and one wheelchair. Our third courses including; Our courses are being evenings and at weekends. carry shopping, being disabled have to work every day, even delivered at either the or infirm. For many of our bus can take 16 passengers. the odd morning or afternoon All three buses have side • First Aid at Work (HSE) Boyndie Visitor Centre or Banff We provide a service in our clients the service also means will make a difference. We will 26 partnership update Issue 14 - 2012 Issue 14 - 2012 partnership update 27 community contacts

Useful Community Contact Numbers Community Groups & Associations Aberchirder & District Community Association 01466 780512 community transport Banff and Macduff Community Trust 01261 815185 Banff, Macduff & District Business Association 01261 832491 Cornhill Village Association 01466 751325 Preservation Society 01261 851176 Fordyce Community Association 01261 842951 Gardenstown Harbour Trustees 01261 851475 “keeping the community moving” New Byth Community & Playing Fields Association 01888 544836 Portsoy & District Community Association 01261 842695 community use minibus Local Rural Partnership Banffshire Partnership - Community Transport 01261 843598 dial-a-bus Banffshire Partnership - Developing Communities 01261 843598 Banffshire Partnership - Training 01261 843598 community car scheme

Community Councils drivers & passenger assistants Alvah & Forglen Community Council 01466 780275 Banff & Macduff Community Council 01261 815025 transport information Cornhill & Ordiquill Community Council 01466 751326 Fordyce, Sandend & District Community Council 01261 843890 training King Edward & Gamrie Community Council 01261 851616 Portsoy & District Community Council 01261 843354 . . . for your transport needs Whitehills & District Community Council 01261 861742

Community Planning Aberdeenshire Community Planning Partnership 01261 813305

Miscellaneous Aberdeen Council of Voluntary Organisations 01224 358565 BRIDGE CVS 01771 624787 Development Trusts Association Scotland 0131 220 2456 Enterprise North East Trust 01467 672500 Rotary Club of Banff 01261 819831 The Old School Boyndie Banff AB452JT Volunteer Centre Aberdeenshire 01346 585328 T & F: 01261 843598 E: [email protected]

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