COMMUNITY WINDPOWER SUPPORTS FACTS FOR A SAFER SCOTLAND north ayrshire WINTER 2020 z ISSUE 11 DIANE WOOD ON FACTS AND STAYING SAFE – PAGES 2 and 3 ttwww.communitywindpower.co.uk dayday Making a DISTRIBUTED FREE TO LOCAL COMMUNITY GROUPS, SHOPS AND BUSINESSES DIFFERENCE! TWO DONATIONS £2,000 TO SUNSHINE £2,500 WISHES CHARITY PAGE 14 HELPING NOW PAGE …BUT COMMUNITY WINDPOWER AND DPBT STAND A real 4 DALRY’S community effort... ECO Kenneth WARRIORS READY TO RETURN PAGE Gibson MSP 10 Robert Barr’s LUCKY TOWN INTERVIEW - CENTRE PAGES £5,000 £10,000 £2,500 £1,836 GRANT GRANT DONATION DONATION COVID CONNECTIONS DONATION DIARY PAGE 7 hese are testing times. Life in the commemorative paving alongside Scotland, and indeed across the Biggart Fountain, and the colourful T murals that welcome commuters at the the whole world has been station, have helped transform facilities £255,000 disrupted as never before. and the built environment. In Dalry there has been so much to But, here and there, some local families COVID-19 CRISIS celebrate over the past few years. The continue to find life difficult. As local folk PAGE town looks better than it has for some continue to follow Scottish Government’s FUND CONTINUED 5 considerable time, most of the shops are guidelines to defeat the virus, Community occupied, and traffic is manageable once Windpower and Dalry Parish Boundary Community Windpower again. Trust are supporting needy families, Our Community Windpower-funded individuals, organisations and voluntary saves Christmas projects including the refurbishment of groups, while standing ready to return £15,000 the Biggart Hall, the brilliant ‘Our Town to something approaching normality as for needy families DONATION – Dalry’ information board at The Cross, soon as possible. Read how we’re helping and planning to help more people inside… 2 z North Ayrshire Today z Winter 2020 north ayrshire ADVICE AND Thank you INFORMATION TOWN HELPS SPREAD THE WORD, ttwww.communitywindpower.co.uk dayday Dalry AS PETE’S OLD VAN BOWS OUT The spring issue of North Ayrshire Today was distributed just as Covid-19 took a grip on society. Crammed with stories and important information about Community Windpower’s Covid-19 Crisis Fund, North Ayrshire Today found its way into homes across the area thanks to the generous help of local businesses, organisations ’m pleased to report that our Covid-19 Crisis and shops. IFund, created with the help of Dalry Parish Craig Crosthwaite and Boundary Trust, proved a great success and my his staff at North Ayrshire heartfelt thanks go to the Trust members for their Foodbank also included assistance. copies in the food parcels they Our main focus has been helping North Ayrshire distributed to families that Foodbank meet the ever-increasing demand from needed just that wee bit of local families – a situation that persists as I write. extra help. Craig Crosthwaite and his volunteers continue to do a And sterling job. Ranger Pete The Covid-19 pandemic proved all predictions correct volunteered and increased its threat in recent weeks. As a result, his help the daily briefings from the First Minister on TV and too; finding National Clinical Director, Jason Leitch,‘‘ have become himself on part of daily life. the early distribution I pray it won’t be too long run that before any sort of coronavirus Together included three update is not required. separate deliveries to So, the message must be we will Dalry’s Lidl supermarket, Man and van in action at Lidl to stick with the FACTS see this where the paper simply flew guidelines and together through off the shelves. but as part of Community a few days later. we will see this through. ‘‘ ‘Together with Windpower’s reorganisation ‘I’d just like to thank DIANE WOOD of operations in Dalry it the management and As Nicola Sturgeon said, Community Benefits volunteers, I was this pandemic will not last Director unloading copies even was decided that a new, staff at Lidl who could forever. before the store opened’, more efficient vehicle was not have helped more, Meanwhile, we have been doing our best to help local says Pete. ‘This was a required. So my wee van and we are so grateful organisations and schools as much as restrictions will deliberate safety measure had to go. It was sad that to all the local people allow, as has the Boundary Trust. to ensure we avoided this was the last delivery and businesses that took contact with customers, but run we did together. copies. Much of our plans for Dalry and Ranger Pete’s it also meant a very early ‘I’m not sure what upset ‘Every single one helped community programmes have been affected by rise for me. me most. Being told that, distribute information coronavirus, but you can be sure we are doing The delivery run was because all the hairdressers about our Covid-19 Crisis everything possible to progress our projects. At least especially poignant for Pete were closed, I looked like a Fund, that could have made Pete got his new van! for what was an extremely burst mattress that early in a very big difference to Our advert pages include some newly opened personal reason: ‘Everybody the morning, or when my some needy families at this shops and elsewhere you’ll find information on knows I loved my wee van, van and I finally parted ways very difficult time.’ local church services. This space is provided free to promote businesses in and around Dalry. They are a community asset and deserve our support at this difficult time. Please frequent them. As we head into winter, I wish you a safe and secure festive season to come. It may feel a little different this year but take strength from your friends and family. Encourage them to stick with the FACTS guidelines and we will all go into a new year that, despite coronavirus, promises much. 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T Two-metre physical distancing Community benefits director Diane Wood S Self-isolate and book a test immediately if you asks that local people continue to comply with have coronavirus symptoms 00660275_SGV FACTS Posters A3.indd 1 the health guidance to help protect the progress 07/07/2020 12:40 that has been made as the The autumn rise to stop the spread working together and follow these vital steps country works towards a in Covid-19 cases of coronavirus. As following the guidance to keep themselves safe return to normal across Scotland a company and will we succeed in and their families life. demonstrates that community led controlling the spread. safe. This is especially the situation remains organisation we ‘The recent return important now that fragile, and so people strongly support the of restrictions reminds winter is here. Together ‘Community everywhere are being FACTS campaign us all that the virus we can suppress the Windpower urged to stick to the and urge everyone to can spread extremely virus and hopefully strongly support guidance at all times to follow the Scottish quickly and so it before too long see the the FACTS keep themselves and Government requires every member things that matter to campaign’ their loved ones safe, guidelines to protect of society to stick to us safely return.’ and to help manage our communities, FACTS to keep it under To find out DIANE WOOD any spread of the virus. safeguard vulnerable control. Scotland more about FACTS Community Benefits needs every single visit mygov.scot/ Director Diane said: ‘We people and help the have to work together Scottish NHS. Only by person to continue to coronavirus Community Funding… Thousands and how it works invested in Dalry ommunity Windpower is totally committed to the local communities that fall under the windfarms. So our trustees are charities, from the C ‘Two examples in the best position local lifeboat to geographical boundaries that contain our wind farms. are the Dalry Parish to ensure there’s no cultural events, to Talk is cheap, minimum lifetime of difference to towns, Boundary Trust in waste. food banks and our but at Community our developments. villages and people. North Ayrshire that ‘In East Lothian focussed Covid-19 Windpower we have a ‘This means Community distributes monies on our Community Crisis Fund there proud track record of we work closely benefits director, our behalf, because Windpower/BeGreen has also been investing in our host with community Diane Wood enjoys they KNOW their office undertakes the operational since communities across representatives who her role, one that area and its people.