Culbokie Community Trust News Bulletin

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Dear CCT Members & Supporters,

Welcome to the April edition of the CCT Newsletter.

This has been a particularly busy time for CCT with the implementation of our plans on Culbokie Green. This is taking shape as I write this with the installation of the various items of play equipment and associated infrastructure. We hope that the wildflower seed mix will be sown on site shortly and this will allow it to establish over the summer. We look forward to seeing how the site develops and blooms. As part of this work we are running a two day training course on Living Willow Structures and more details are below.

Work on the shelter building, which will be called Am Fasgadh, is continuing off site and we are working to fix a date for the 'raising' of this structure on site. We will give details on this in due course.

I hope you enjoy the newsletter.

Best wishes

Richard Fyfe
CCT Chairperson

CCT AGM 28th March

At our AGM in March Richard & Penny gave a presentation on Powerpoint which was shared on Zoom. The presentation, which was entitled 'Heart of Culbokie - our vision for Glascairn and for a resilient community'. You can watch a recording of this presentation on the CCT website here

We were delighted to welcome a new Director for CCT - Sebastian O'Dell. You can read a short biography on the CCT website here.

Living Willow Structures Training Course

The Living Willow Structures training course in Culbokie that was due to take place in April had to be postponed – and as a result there are a few places still available. The course is now over the weekend of 7th and 8th May. Please let us know if you want to learn this fantastic craft and help make a fabulous play feature in the village. Places are FREE – and ideally you should be able to come from 10am to 4pm on both days. Message us if you'd like a place. The picture below shows what we hope to create.

The Black Isle Photographic Competition

The annual Black Isle Photo Competition is back for 2022. The theme, My Beautiful Black Isle, offers lots of possibilities for your own interpretation. If in the last three years, you have already taken photos which fit the theme, or plan to capture images this summer, then submit between one and three photos in one or more of the categories listed below.
There will be cash prizes for the best photo in each entry category, sponsored respectively by Culbokie Inn, Culbokie Store Ltd and ARK Estates (Scotland Ltd.)

Best photograph (using a camera)
Best photograph (using a mobile phone)
Best photograph (using any device, by young person aged 13 and under)

The competition, with the closing date of Thursday June 30th, is open to everyone, regardless of age, equipment, or level of experience in photography.
For details, just follow this link: https://www.culbokiect.org/index.asp?pageid=726446 and if you have any queries, please contact event@culbokiect.org and we will be happy to help.
Think about what you find beautiful about the Black Isle; reach for your phone or camera and get snapping!

Culbokie Community Market
Saturday 21^st May 2022 1000-1200

Indoor/outdoor market and café
in Findon Hall
Lots of high quality local food and crafts
Some food vans outside (until 1100)

A great place for local produce, unique gifts and a cuppa.

Plus locally grown plants for sale this month.

Culbokie Outdoor Market
Saturdays 30 April/7&14 May 2022
Car Park next to Church 10:00 - 11:00

Culbokie Sharing Shed

Open Every Day 0900-1800 and to 2000 on Wed beside Church
Use continues to grow and we have again benefitted from additional donations of food items from the Highland Council. All donations welcome and as the growing season gets underway any spare plants will be most appreciated.

(Donations can be placed in the bins at the back but please ensure items are complete, in date, clean and no clothes/shoes/material etc)
Thanks to everyone for their continued support

To keep up-to-date with what’s available join the Culbokie Sharing Shed group on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/343545136916931/ Further information can be found on the CCT website: www.culbokiect.org

History Report

Discovered tucked away in a Scrapbook were cuttings and press photographs relating to the Culbokie WRI and these are now available for viewing under the “Social History/ Community Activities section. Given the well-kent faces it was felt that there must be a wealth of further material tucked away in various homes around the Village. This proved to be the case and the full history of the Group from 1957 to its closure in 2005 came to light and is available online.

You can keep up to date by accessing “History recent additions.”
As always we would welcome any additional material to expand the coverage of our history and contact can be made through history@culbokiect.org.

Highland Senior Citizens Network Newsletter

You can find the latest HSCN Newsletter here