As a result of lots of hard work, we have been awarded £147,890 rom The Scottish Land Fund and together with money pledged from the community, we have been successful in our bid to purchase the Fountain Road Hall. We would like to pass on our sincere thanks to everyone involved and we can now look forward to what the future will bring.
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Magical Mystery Tour
Some of the experienced members of our community enjoying refreshments on a tour to The River Bothy Cafe at Berriedale.
Latest Go Golspie Staff Member
We would like to welcome David Lyons as our second Go Golspie staff member. He is pictured with his Midas certificate after successfully completing his training. David will now assist in transporting children with additional support needs to Golspie High School on a daily basis.
Congratulations and very well done.
Wildflowers at Loch Fleet NNR
A quick tour of the wildflowers at Loch Fleet – amazing colours and variety at this time of year in early June.
Fountain Road Hall Community Buyout
Recently the Church of Scotland have put the Fountain Road Hall up for sale. The Community Buyout is a subgroup of Go Golspie, and are in the process of submitting an application for funding a community buyout for the hall. Funding applications continue and a high number of Pledges have been made to support the buy out. Please get in touch if you would like to pledge any money for this project.
Pledge form available here:
Coronavirus Financial Support
Do you live in Golspie? Have you experienced hardship due to the current pandemic: recently suffered redundancy? Struggled paying your bills during furlough? As an anchor organisation we are here to help. Contact us on 01408 634033
MiDAS Minibus Training
MiDAS training for volunteer drivers to resume soon with Peter Allan, our trainer. Contact us through our Go Golspie office number to book a place or register your interest.
Telephone: 01408634033
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Funding
Go Golspie is acting as the Anchor organisation for Golspie and has been awarded £10,000 to help organisations and individuals who have been affected by the Covid19 pandemic. Applications are welcome from anyone who has found themselves in difficulty/struggling to make ends meet and we want to hear from anyone who needs help with fuel costs whether it be heating oil, coal or electricity, food or any other essential supplies that they may need.
We will be working closely with TYKES, Sutherland Care Forum and the CAB as well as the Golspie Community Council and we will accept referrals either from these organisations or from individuals. We are registered with the Information Commissioners Office (ICO) and we can assure anyone who applies of complete confidentiality. For any further information contact Go Golspie on info@gogolspie.co.uk or call us on 01408 634033 (line open from 12.00 20/05/20).
MIDAS Training Sessions
Due to the current Pandemic, Go Golspie have had all bus bookings for the next two months cancelled, also both our MIDAS training sessions have had to be rescheduled but we will continue to offer whatever support we can to the community of Golspie and are currently looking into various funding streams to help us do this.