Website training

Liz, Roni and Tris have been playing with the web site this afternoon. We have listed the changes we need to make to the website and look forward to making it more visual and exciting - watch this space!

2 February 2012

Rather long gap between blogs but don't be fooled - that doesn't mean nothing's been happening. Far from it! The business plan is now done, a pile of funding applications put in (including the biggest one to Highland LEADER which went in last week. A 20 page monster of a form plus a mountain of supporting paperwork. Took the biggest envelope we could find to hold it all), planning permission for the new extension granted, timber for the cladding found (after Scottish Wood accidentally drove off with the first load - whoops), trace heating installed plus a pile of other things. We're now working with Chris the architect finalising all the important details on the plans ready for the building warrant. And in between all that (plus the small matter of Christmas etc) we held our first film night at the hall last Saturday. Great evening! Good turnout, hilarious film (I, to my shame, had never seen Whiskey Galore) and superb popcorn. Raised more than £220 which we're sharing with the Whist Group who helped us with this event. From the feedback we got there's a bit of an appetite not just for more popcorn but for more films. So thanks to everyone for coming.

Thursday 24 November

When it comes to writing music that captures the mood of a landscape nobody does it better than Inverness fiddler Duncan Chisholm who captivated a full house at Cannich Hall on  Saturday with pieces from his Strathglass Trilogy. Duncan was joined by Irish guitarist Tony Byrne, a brilliantly intuitive player, for an evening which will go down as the biggest highlight (in these parts anyway) of the year. An unforgettable evening which, lest we forget, also raised £996.57 towards the refurbishment of Cannich Hall. Not bad for a hall which less than 18 months ago was in danger of being closed until the local community stepped in and decided things could be a whole lot different. Duncan's already promised a return visit. Can't wait!

Monday 14 November

Nice surprise on Saturday when the chair of Beauly Firth & Glens Trust turns up on my doorstep with a cheque for £11,500 towards the hall refurbishment project. The trust has recently been wound up and has distributed its funds to a number of local groups of which SACC is one. So one very large thank you to the BFGT!

Thursday 4 November

A big thanks to everybody who turned out for out for SACC's second AGM last night. In subdued lighting the kitchen didn't actually look too bad! Had some very positive responses to the refurbishment plans but do keep the feedback coming. Check out the plans on the SACC Document Archive page. Now working hard to get the funding in.