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Ardgay District ARDGay & DISTRICT Community Council newsletter Price: £1.00 ISSN 2514-8400 = Issue No. 40 = SUMMER 2018 = TO INCREASE COMMUNITY RESILIENCE Ardgay & District CC: Two Public Access Defibrillators for Ardgay and Culrain THE TWO NEW PADs are designed to be used by an- yone in the event of a sud- den cardiac arrest. CPR training will be offered by the Scottish Ambulance and the Scottish Fire & Rescue Services on Sun- day 24th June, from 10 am to 3 pm, at Ardgay Pub- lic Hall. Photographed: Silvia Muras, Vice Chair of Ardgay & District CC and leader of the project, Andy Waugh (right) and Calum MacKinnon. © LATEEF OKUNNU alongside the recently in- stalled defibrillator at Ar- Mac & Wild comes dgay Hall. Pages 4 & 5 to Falls of Shin New Central Sutherland Outreach London’s favourite Scottish restaurant Programme from Citizens Advice Mac & Wild announce the launch of their Bureau local branch (Page 14) third restaurant, opening late June 2018. TAKING MAC & WILD BACK to its Highland roots, Ardgay Post Office is back with founders Andy Waugh and Calum Mackinnon are delighted to announce they have taken over the site new opening times Page 10 New at the Falls of Shin visitor centre. Pages 8 & 9 Postmaster in Bonar Bridge Page 12 Your essential guide 100 years ago Ardgay a to local events for all was ‘invaded’ by North 36 pages featuring Opening times, tastes and American lumberjacks Telephone guide, ages Bus & Train timetable, Sudoku & Crosswords Page 25 Page 18 Volunteering Opportunities At East & Central Sutherland Citizens Advice Bureau We are looking for people of all ages with a wide range of skills and backgrounds to help us with the following roles; Advising Fundraising and Events Social Media & Website Social Policy Campaigns Marketing & Promotions Research and Statistics Full training is available *Treasurer required to join our Board of Directors* People of all ages Further information & how to apply TEL: 01408 633000 EMAIL: [email protected] East & Central Sutherland Citizens Advice Bureau is a local, independent advice charity SC039847 Volunteering Opportunities ARDGAY & DISTRICT Community Council newsletter SUMMER 2018 = Page 3 Contents At East & Central Sutherland Citizens Advice Bureau We are looking for people of all ages with a wide range of skills 13 20 24 30 and backgrounds to help us with the following roles; ARDGAY NEWS =Kyle of Sutherland Development =Events for all tastes & ages �����������26 =New Public Access Defibrillators ��4 Trust wins a Scottish RICS Award ����17 Advising =Meetings and budget cuts ����������������6 =100 years since the departure of CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE =How to contact your CC������������������� 6 the North American lumbermen �������18 =Gledfield Primary School ����������������28 =Mac & Wild, new operator at Falls =Victoria Cross commemoration =Winners of the Art Competition ��30 Fundraising and Events of Shin visitor attraction �������������������������8 service at Invershin Cemetery �������� 20 =Hamish, the Tartan Dragon ������������30 =Post Office service in Ardgay ������ 10 =British Legion Scotland Meeting ���21 =New Energy Advice team ���������������10 =How to apply for wind farm funds �22 ADULT CLUBS & SOCIETIES ��������������31 Social Media & Website =Bonar Bridge Post Office ������������� 12 =Ledmore & Migdale new event �����23 =Community Broadband ������������������ 13 CHURCHES =Central Sutherland Outreach GEARRCHOILLE WOOD ��������������������24 =Church is where you find it �������������32 Social Policy Campaigns programme from the CAB����������������� 14 =Wildlife: Adders �����������������������������������24 =News from the Bradbury Centre ���15 LOCAL SERVICES A-Z ��������������������������33 Marketing & Promotions =Sutherland Care Forum ������������������ 16 WHAt’S ON IN THE AREA =Success of Client Access Project ��16 =Summer concerts ������������������������������25 PUZZLES ������������������������������������������������������ 35 Research and Statistics Ardgay & District photographs EDITOR’S LETTER Full training is available Good news hank you all for your con- Ttinued support. It is my pleasure to present this edi- tion, packed with outstanding *Treasurer required to join contributions and good news for Ardgay & District. I wish all the our Board of Directors* best to Falls of Shin new caterer Mac & Wild, to the new Post- master Chris Bowden, to Tracey Campbell from the Care Forum, People of all ages to the new Outreach team from Further information & how to apply our local CAB branch, and to the new Energy Advice team. TEL: 01408 633000 It’s also good news to have defibrillators in our villages. I hope people will engage with EMAIL: [email protected] the June CPR training sessions. Looking out from Bonar Bridge by Janis Hedley There is plenty to see and do The building in the photo -now demolished- was the netman’s bothy, a visual this summer, the ‘what’s on’ pag- reminder of the netting station, a seasonal activity which ceased in 1997 but had es are not to be missed. < underpinned the local economy for around 400 years� More photos from Janis Hedley here: https://www�instagram�com/janishedleyphotography/ Silvia Muras Editor East & Central Sutherland Citizens Advice Bureau is a local, independent advice charity SC039847 Page 4 = SUMMER 2018 ARDGAY & DISTRICT Community Council newsletter Ardgay & District News TWO NEW DEFIBRILLATORS HAVE BEEN INSTALLED IN ARDGAY HALL & CULRAIN PHONE BOX New Public Access Defibrillators (PADs) Cardiopulmonary resuscitation(CPR) training will be offered by the Scottish Fire & Rescue and Scottish Ambulance Services in Ardgay Hall on Sunday 24th June, 10 am to 3 pm. TWO AUTOMATED External Defi- brillators (AEDs) are now availa- ble to use by emergency services or members of the community. The defibrillators are located in Ardgay Public Hall porch and in- side the decommissioned Culrain phone box. The project is an initiative of Ar- dgay & District CC, made possible thanks to our funders SSEN Resil- ient Communities Fund (£3,000), and Beinn Tharsuinn Community Benefit Fund (£ 1,880). BT Adopt a Kiosk Scheme enabled the com- munity of Culrain to take on the disused phone box. The Commu- nity Heartbeat Trust has given ad- vice and helped provide and set up the defibrillators. WHEN TO USE THEM Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) is a leading cause of premature death, From left to right: Marion Turner, Secretary/Treasurer of Ardgay & District CC, Betty Wright, Chairperson, and Silvia Muras, Vice Chair and leader of the project. © PHIL OLSON but with immediate treatment many lives can be saved. Many on Sunday 24th June from 10 am SCA victims can be saved if per- AEDs have been used to 3 pm. Everybody is welcome to sons nearby recognise what has successfully by untrained attend. happened, summon the ambulance persons, and lack of service with the minimum of delay, training should not be a maINTENANCE OF THE AEDS perform basic cardiopulmonary The two Zoll 3 defibrillators are resuscitation (CPR) and use an deterrent to their use registered in the Scottish Ambu- AED to restore the heart’s normal lance Service database and the rhythm. Each of these stages is a how to perform Cardio Pulmonary community is responsible of their link in a chain of events that pro- Resuscitation (CPR) and to use the maintenance. The PADs have a vide the best chance of success, but defibrillators installed in our com- Webnos governance system. Vol- the critical factor is the speed with munity, the more chance there is of unteers will regularly check the which the shock is given. saving the life of a victim of sudden state of the AEDs and send online The PAD is designed to be used cardiac arrest. reports with a very straightforward by anyone regardless of training as Ardgay & District CC, alongside software, so the emergency servic- the unit will talk the user through Scottish Fire & Rescue and Scottish es may know at any given time that every step and will not shock any- Ambulance Services is organising the PADs are ready to be deployed. one who does not require it. How- a Defibrillator Seminar and CPR If you live locally and would like to ever, the more people that know training event. This will take place help by sharing the task of giving ARDGAY & DISTRICT Community Council newsletter SUMMER 2018 = Page 5 Ardgay & District News these reports, please get in touch with Silvia on 01863 766 690. Silvia Muras, Vice Chair of Ard- gay & District CC and leader of the project, said, “I am delighted to see the project coming to fruition and I hope the community will come along to the training sessions. We live in a remote area and it’s very important for us to work together towards improving people’s resil- ience.” Colin Pirie, Head of Region for the Highlands and Islands at SSEN, said, “We are delighted to support Ardgay & District CC with funding from our Resilient Communities (Left) The PAD in Culrain has been installed in a decommissioned phone box. (Right) Fund to provide two public access Both defibrillators are protected from the weather inside heated rotaid cabinets. defibrillators for Ardgay and Cul- rain. The fund is vital to help our training events in partnership with isn’t breathing, the chance of sur- communities better prepare and the ambulance service, and teach vival reduces by 10%. We are hap- improve their own resilience plans individuals basic life-saving skills. py to work alongside our partners, and this is of particular significance Almost 3,500 people in Scotland including the Scottish Fire and to some of the more remote and ru- undergo attempted resuscitation Rescue Service, on raising aware- ral communities in the Highlands. each year after an out-of-hospital ness of CPR in the community and As a responsible operator, by pro- cardiac arrest, with only one in 20 hold various events across the year actively supporting local resilience who live to return home. Scottish throughout Scotland on promoting projects like this one, we can truly Fire and Rescue Service supports safety, general first aid skills and make a difference to the communi- this kind of initiative that makes how to use AEDs.
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