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. 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 . 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 , 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. Community Planning Partners recognised this as a problem and so, under the The newsletter reaches a wide audience Volunteer Buchan banner, successfully around Buchan so if you have anything you applied to Awards for All for funding to want to promote, getting it into the bulletin deliver a series of free trainings for is a quick easy way to get your message out Volunteers in Buchan. to the local community. Since August 2018, over 90 people have If you would like to know more about the received accredited training in First Aid, Buchan LCPG or Community Planning, Food Hygiene, Safeguarding and please visit the OurAberdeenshire website - Management Committee Skills. Feedback www.ouraberdeenshire.org.uk/your-area/ from attendees told us they learned a lot buchan/ and that the training days were a great opportunity to meet other volunteers and to To sign up to receive the weekly e-bulletin, find out about other projects. please visit bit.ly/buchansub” Many groups are now experiencing the benefits of having better trained and more competent volunteers.

6 Aden Allotments Peterhead OAP Club

Aden Allotments were established in 2015 21 Windmill Street, Peterhead, AB42 1LH and since then have gone from strength to strength with a total of 64 plots in 2018. Regular & new members are very welcome. Come along and enjoy the Last year was a very busy one, we had a following activities great growing season, particularly for fruit and now things are starting to burst into life again. Tuesday, Thursday and Friday Bowling in Upstairs Hall The cabin is open to the public every 2pm - 3.30pm £1 Wednesday from 1pm till 5pm and each week there will be a different activity on offer – crafts, speakers, demonstrations – Tuesday Ceilidh & Social Dance there will be something for all ages. 2pm - 4pm Refreshments will be provided.

Tea in the cabin continues to be a huge Wednesday (Fortnightly) success and a great fundraiser for the Entertainment - Varied group. The proceeds from these will go towards purchasing a second cabin with 7pm - 9pm £2 disabled access, flushing toilets, dish washing facilities and storage areas. Tea in the Cabin takes place on the last Saturday Thursday (Fortnightly) of the month from 10am until 3pm. Line Dancing 2pm - 3pm £3.50 Our defibrillator appeal has been a huge success as we are delighted to say we have acquired six. A massive thank you to all who 4th Tuesday of month contributed in any way. Once we have the BINGO £1 relevant permissions from the Council we will let you know where they will be sited.

The Restart a Heart training day was a great 3rd Thursday of month success with over 70 members shown what WHIST £2 to do in an emergency and how to use the defibrillators. We plan to hold another event Annual Subs £10 soon. Chair - Wilma 01779 477587

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8 Men’s Sheds

The Men’s Shed Initiative has taken off in within the community. It currently has the local area. more than 80 members who utilise the extensive workshop space and facilities. Buchan Development Partnership has been involved in helping to set up a They have a well established Facebook number of initiatives recently. page (@PeterheadMensShed) with photographs of their activities. Plans have been in the pipeline for a and District Community Men’s Peterhead and District Men’s Shed is Shed for some time. based at Unit 1 Skene Street, Peterhead. You can contact them on 01779 470297 The group have been busy tidying up and they are open Monday, Wednesday areas of Mintlaw and are hoping to and Friday 1pm - 4pm and on a Saturday become involved with Mintlaw 9am -12.30pm. Academy’s Therapeutic garden and do some digging and planting later in the BDP has recently helped the group to season. apply for funding to carry out work on its facilities. At the moment Mintlaw and District Men’s Shed meets on the second More information on Men’s Sheds can be Thursday of the month in Mintlaw Hall found at menssheds.org.uk from 2pm - 4pm however plans are forging ahead to relocate to their own premises nearby. All men are more than welcome to attend the meetings and enjoy a cup of tea and hear the guest speak.

A group of men from Maud are also in the early stages of setting up a Men’s Shed and we look forward to seeing both groups move forward in the near future.

One of the more established Men’s Shed’s in this area is Peterhead and District Men’s Shed which was originally set up to combat isolation and loneliness

9 Public Hall Buchan Heritage Society Performances

We have a regular FESTIVAL programme of theatre shows/films during the Friday 17 May year . Pre Festival Dance with Blend Ritchie Hall, Strichen 8pm Please visit and like our Facebook page for Tickets £6 Licensed regular updates Saturday 18 May @NewDeerPublicHall A day of competitions from 9.30am Prize Winners Concert 6.30pm Tickets for shows/films are Tickets £6 at the door available from the Ceilidh Dance 9pm Pharmacy 01771 644217 Free admission, Licensed and All Ritchie Hall, Strichen

Food For Thought 01771 Sunday 19 May 644366 Farewell Ceilidh Or by booking online at Royal British Legion, Strichen 2pm Pay at the door www.neatshows.org.uk

BDP held their Spring Forum at Hall on 06 March 2019. We had a very interesting and enlightening talk from Annette Johnston - Tackling Poverty and Inequalities Coordinator.

Tammy Skinner, Shell UK Ltd, awarded the Shell Small Grants. Pictured with Tammy are representatives of Rora Village Hall, Mintlaw & District Community Council, Anna Ritchie Parent Council and Aberdeenshire Sailing Trust. An award was also made to Aberdeenshire North Food Bank (Peterhead) and was accepted by Diane on their behalf.

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