Issue 73 April, May, June and July 2019 BULLETIN
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BUCHAN Issue 73 April, May, June and July 2019 BULLETIN The sudden death of Norma Thomson brought 2018 to a sad close. Norma was a founder member of the Partnership. She was a Director of both BDP & BDi (Aden Caravan and Camping) and over the 20 years or so volunteering, held various office bearer positions as well as representing the Partnership at area and national levels. Norma was very supportive of the BDP staff members and recognised that without them the Partnership Inside this issue would not have achieved the successes that it has for the Buchan area. Aden Country Park Buchan In Bloom 2019 As well as supporting BDP and BDi, she was an active Charity Reporting BLCP - E Bulletin Community Association and Community Council Volunteer Buchan member, a Director of Dial A Community Bus and also Aden Allotments served as an elected member for Aberdeenshire. Peterhead OAP Club Running a Charity - 10 Tips We all miss her at BDP, but have many happy memories Men’s Sheds of the time we spent in her company. Buchan Heritage Society Spring Forum Production of the Diane, Leona & Alison Buchan Bulletin is kindly sponsored by Shell UK Ltd Aden Country Park Aden Country Park is the venue for a online from ticketsource. number of events run by Buchan Development Partnership over the next Wild Tree Adventure plan to return to few months. Aden for a week (July 6,7,8 & 9) of tree climbing workshops at the start of the We recently held our popular Seedy Summer holidays. These workshops are Sunday event in the polytunnels which suitable for 6 years and over. The was enjoyed by hundreds of foodie fans workshops can take place in any and keen gardeners in March. One Seed weather so there’s no need to wait to Forward had a very busy day giving book a space. Bookings are open and away tonnes of seed tattie to budding more information is available on the gardeners. Aden Country Park Facebook page and www.wildtreeadventures.com/tickets/ On April 21 we look forward to holding our second Easter Eggstravaganza at Plans are already well underway for the Aden featuring an Easter egg hunt in the hugely anticipated Wild About Aden arboretum, inflatables, miniature train which will take place in the park on July rides, food vendors and other fun 23 and 24. Fingers crossed for the attractions for all the family. Children’s sunshine for a second year running. tickets for this event are available via Eventbrite. We are always on the lookout for volunteers to help at events. If you would The following month on May 11 we will like to help at any of the events we be holding a Star Wars themed Can you would love to hear from you. Catch A Killer murder mystery event in Ring 01771 613584 or the Aden theatre. Tickets to this family- email [email protected] friendly event are limited and are available online from ticketsource. On June 14 the theatre will be the venue for an Unbelievable magic show with a difference. Fifth Dimension presents Smith and Burns in Unbelievable, an evening of magic, wonder, fun and laughter. This show is aimed at 12 year old and overs due to the nature of the performance. Again tickets to this show are available 2 Buchan In Bloom 2019 Registration for the Buchan in Bloom 2019 Would you like to win a new bench for is now open. your town or village? The competition is open to all This year your community group will have communities in Buchan and prizes the opportunity to win a new prize include 1st Prize - £200, 2nd Prize - £150, donated by Aberdeenshire Council 3rd Prize - £100 and the Most Improved Landscape Services. Village - £100. Aberdeenshire Council are encouraging Judging takes place in mid-July with communities to adopt a more entrants informed of the actual date of sustainable approach to planting and to the judges visits four weeks in advance. reduce their dependence on annuals for displays. This year To take part you must be a community villages will have the opportunity to get group working to improve and enhance support from landscape services to the place where you live. Judging improve their environment and one criteria will look at floral displays, successful community will win a bench cleanliness and tidiness, community for their efforts. involvement and the sustainability of displays. As long as the project does not increase ongoing maintenance costs for the Communities may also find it helpful to council and the area is maintained by publicise their intention to enter the the community the same as existing competition to encourage community bedding areas, Landscape services are happy to support any innovative ideas to involvement. The Buchan in Bloom logo develop and maintain landscaped can be used on posters, newsletters etc. areas. In particular projects showing if desired. Contact the BDP Office for an initiative to increase biodiversity by using entry form. low-maintenance flowering shrubs, ever- green shrubs, perennials, vines, Winners will be announced at the BDP ornamental grasses, wildflowers or AGM in September 2019. planting of trees will be supported. 3 Charity Reporting In Scotland, more than two thirds of accrued accounts as they simply provide charities are ‘small’ with an annual basic information regarding the money income of less than £250,000. It can be that has come into and been paid out challenging for charities to understand by the charity. Therefore, an individual and comply with formal requirements for does not need to be professionally preparing and scrutinising accounts. qualified to undertake the role of Anyone who has ever given time or independent examiner for these money to a charity will have an interest accounts. in how the charity uses that money, so it is important that trustees understand how Charitable companies are always to prepare accounts correctly. required to prepare fully accrued accounts. They do not have the option Under the Charities Accounts(Scotland) of preparing receipts and payments Regulations 2006, all Scottish charities are accounts. Non-company charities with required to prepare annual accounts gross income of £250,000 or above must and to have them externally examined. also prepare fully accrued accounts. For all charities the Annual Accounts Where fully accrued accounts are should consist of financial information prepared external scrutiny must be alongside a Trustees’ Report that carried out by an individual who is describes what the charity has been professionally qualified to understand doing in the year and any details that such accounts as they can be complex cannot be expressed in financial terms. in comparison to receipts and payments accounts. Someone who is independent of the charity needs to review the accounts In brief terms the formal requirements for and produce a report that highlights any external scrutiny are Independent issues. examination for charities with income of less than £500,000 and audit for charities The actual requirements upon charities with income of £500,000 or more. differ depending on a number of factors including the structure of the charity, the Where independent examination is level of the charity’s income and also carried out on receipts and payments any provisions in the charity’s accounts, the examiner does not need constitution/ governing document (see to be professionally qualified but needs table ). to be able to understand the legal requirements for charity accounts, the Receipts and Payment accounts are information contained in the charity’s much easier to compile than fully accounting records and the relationship 4 Charity Reporting between the accounting records and Trustees’ Annual Reports: Good Practice the accounts. and Guidance - www.oscr.org.uk/ guidance-and-forms/accounts-and- Where fully accrued accounts are finance-guidance/trustees-annual- prepared, the examiner should be reports-good-practice-and-guidance professionally qualified to undertake the role. Critically the person appointed to You can also sign up for OSCR be the independent examiner must be two-monthly bulletin, the OSCR Reporter independent of the charity. This means at www.oscr.org.uk they cannot be one of the charity’s trustees or anyone else involved in the management, control or administration of the charity. The examiner cannot be connected to anyone in that position either – so they cannot be a member of a charity trustee’s family for instance. For more information including guidance documents and Account examples see OSCR’s website www.oscr.org.uk/ managing-a-charity/charity-accounting Gross Income Charity Structure Format of Accounts Less than £250 Non Company Charities Receipts and Payment Accounts Charitable Companies Fully Accrued Accounts £250,000 and over All Charities Fully Accrued Accounts 5 BLCP - E Bulletin Volunteer Buchan The Buchan Local Community Planning Good volunteer management includes Group publish a weekly e-bulletin / ensuring volunteers are trained to do their newsletter covering community information, roles effectively, but many small voluntary news for partner organisations, community groups and charities struggle to find or fund events, activities and meetings, as well as training for their volunteers. funding and training opportunities and links to similar newsletters that may be of interest. 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