310 OCTOBER 2020 - Gryffe Advertizer

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25th ANNIVERSARY
Gryffe Valley Rotary was founded in 1995 and is celebrating twentyfive
years of community service and enjoyment. More than £267,000
has been raised (60% for local Community and Youth Services, 40% for
International service for a total of 435 projects. Eight Founder Members
are still active in the club which currently has 34 members, one Honorary
Member and four representatives of Corporate Membership. Faced
with the rising average age of members, club committees are actively
discussing how to sustain the services that the club provides into the
future and seeking views and input from around the Gryffe Valley villages.
Watch this space for news of developments and opportunities!
WEEKLY MEETINGS
Gryffe Valley Rotary continues to meet weekly on Wednesday using
ZOOM.
Recent speaker meetings have been very interesting:
• Past President Andrew Macleman talked about “Get Oot, Get Active”,
a project he ran when he was Police Community Officer in Lochwinnoch.
It engaged with 13 to 16 year old kids at 5 Children’s Units in the area,
providing a week’s activities at Castle Semple
• Mariela Gaitlan on Rotaract - clubs which bring together people aged
18-30+ to develop leadership and professional skills and have fun through
enterprising activities. There are already Rotaract Clubs in Glasgow and
Renfrew and if there is interest Gryffe Valley will consider setting up one
here.
Forthcoming speakers include:
• Derek Porter CA on a Fraud in the Retail industry on Wednesday 30th
September
• Dr Donald Macaskill, Chief Executive of Scottish
Care, on Wednesday October 28th. Scottish
Care are the membership body for independent
social care and Donald has appeared many times
on TV discussing Care Homes generally and the
controversial topic of the spread of Covid19.
Potential new members and those interested in a
topic - including those interested in Rotaract and
potential Corporate Members - are invited to join
these meetings. Please e-mail gryffevalleyrotary@
gmail.com to arrange an invitation.
Development Trust News
An exciting
new project
to transform
the Holmpark
playing fields
into a community
sports and
recreation facility
is underway
in Bishopton.
D r a i n a g e
improvement
works have now
commenced
and involve
constructing a
new culvert under
the road and
the Community
Centre car
park which
will see a new,
supplementary
50-metre long
drainage pipe
installed that will
vastly improve
the capacity
of the existing
drainage system
and allow areas
of the field to be
Image courtesy of M. Tomenson developed into
new community
sports facilities. This is a significant investment by the
Bishopton Community Development Trust and forms the first
phase of improvements to the Holmpark field. The works are
being delivered by Mackenzie Construction with the technical
and project management support of BAE Systems. Scott
Wilson, Trust Chairman said ‘this is a significant milestone in
the development of Holmpark into a sports and leisure hub for
the whole community. We have been developing the plans for
the Holmpark site in full consultation with the community and
local sports clubs over the past year, and now look forward to
being able to move onto further phases of the development
following the completion of these drainage works’.
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