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Tiree RSPB Info from April 2012
April was dominated by high pressure with light northerly winds, much sunshine and very little rain. The generally cool temperatures and northerly winds held many migrant birds back with most arriving a little later than normal, whilst many residents such as Lapwings and Greylags also started breeding later. Thousands of birds were on the move… »
Windfall Fund Helps Improve Tiree Playpark
In November 2011 the Windfall Fund awarded TCB £4000, and along with additional financial help from ACHA, TCB were able to purchase and install a new roundabout, safety matting, spring riders and upgrade the swings. TCB has since been awarded a further £10,000 and we will be looking to install more new equipment probably for… »
Wobbles and Delays In Tiree Turbine Plans
The controversial proposals to erect giant turbines close to Tiree are hitting delays and uncertainties. As we know, Scottish Power Renewables (SPR) now will not submit planning applications until the latter half of 2014. Tiree folk have to accept at face value the company’s explanation that this is due to ‘environmental issues’. However, there may… »
Scottish Beef Calf Scheme Payments Begin
More than 7,900 Scottish producers will receive their share of £22 million of European funding in the next few weeks. Payments for the 2011 Scottish Beef Calf Scheme (SBCS) will start to arrive in bank accounts, with 95 per cent of recipients expected to receive their payment by the end of April, subject to necessary… »
Toploader To Top Bill At TMF 2012
Triple platinum selling band Toploader will headline the Tiree Music Festival on Sunday 22 July. They join an outstanding bill of must-see acts already confirmed for the two day event, including the acclaimed Red Hot Chilli Pipers who will headline on Saturday 21 July. This is the third year that Tiree will stage the open… »
Tiree Fèis Back On
The Tiree Fèis is on again – thanks to a great response from the community. Fèis chair, Dr John Holliday had warned that the summer festival of traditional music was in danger of disappearing after 22 years because of a low turnout at the recent AGM. However, a reconvened meeting the next week gave the… »
Health Matters – To Run Or Not
Exercise is bad for you. It’s something I’ve heard a lot on the island recently, and I can see why. However, not exercising is worse! We have worried about exercising too vigorously since the time of the Ancient Greeks. The messenger Pheidippides ran 150 miles in two days when the Persians invaded at Marathon in… »
Tiree Resource Club New Mini-Bus Arrives!!
Tiree now has a new community bus. After two years of fantastic support from Jane Isaacson, the Resource Club were awarded a grant to purchase a mini bus and employ an outreach worker. Resource Club is very pleased to welcome Christine MacDonald into the post and hope she enjoys all the challenges ahead! The bus… »
Argyll Array Project Update 25 – Febrary 2012
Community Partnership Fund The second meeting with Tiree Community Development Trust to discuss this initiative took place on the 14th of February and the third meeting on 21st February. A joint report on the meetings will appear in the next issue of An Tirisdeach. Engineering Foundation Programme A reminder that any young person interested in… »
Health Matters – Walking and Talking
I felt an icy trickle down my back when I heard the news. If you can remember back that far, last month’s report that our memory starts to get worse in our forties was a bit of a wakeup call. Five out of six people who get to 80 won’t get dementia. But one in… »
