South Kintyre Development Trust

The South Kintyre Development Trust (SKDT) and the South Kintyre Area Development Group (formerly the Campbeltown Area Development Group) are hosting a meeting of all social enterprises, voluntary groups and community councils in the area to discuss the voluntary sector's future. This meeting is the start of the consultation on a community development plan for the voluntary sector in South Kintyre. The meeting is on Wednesday 1st September in the Town Hall Council Chambers at 7:30pm.

South Kintyre Development Trust is an organisation based in Campbeltown and exists to advance sustainable development and local regeneration within the South Kintyre area. By promoting sustainable development, the Trust hopes to improve the well being of all those who live and work in the area.

Specifications of contract

The Development Trust has received funding from Investing in Ideas to carry out research into the potential for setting up a self storage facility in the South Kintyre Area.

South Kintyre Development Trust is an organisation based in Campbeltown and exists to advance sustainable development and local regeneration within the South Kintyre area. By promoting sustainable development, the Trust hopes to improve the well being of all those who live and work in the area.

Specifications of contract

The Development Trust has received funding from Investing in Ideas to carry out research into the potential for setting up a self storage facility in the South Kintyre Area.

The work is detailed below and a report to be completed by December 2010.

SKDT have been successful in their bid to the Big Lotteries Investing in Ideas fund to carry out research into the potential for a self storage facility in Kintyre.

The work is currently being tendered and the resulting report will be completed by December 2010 at the latest.

SKDT, Campbeltown Community Organic Garden and Kintyre Recycling are holding an Environmental Fair on the 26th of June in the Victoria Hall, Campbeltown.

The event has free entry and refreshments, there will also be exhibition stalls, family fun activities, speaker’s panel, and short presentations.

This will be a great opportunity for you to learn about energy efficiency, biodiversity, recycling, biodiesel, permaculture, waste awareness, organic gardening and renewable energy. We would be grateful if you could show your support by coming along.

Manufacturer of real-time energy displays Current Cost has signed up with Google to make its PowerMeter online tool to UK customers. Current cost monitors are available from SKDT's Powerdown officer to help you reduce your energy consumption.

Users will be able to sign up to Google PowerMeter, which will connect to Current Cost’s displays, providing real-time energy consumption information on a homepage accessible from anywhere.

The Irish Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources Eamon Ryan yesterday announced that the country has achieved its 2010 target of generating 15% electricity from renewable sources.

“The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland report shows that last year Ireland generated 14.5% of its electricity from renewable sources. Our target for 2010 was 15%, which EirGrid tell me has already been reached,” he said.

The report also indicates that Ireland is on course to meet its 2020 target of generating 40% of its electricity from renewable sources.

Scotland's boiler scrappage scheme has closed after just 36 hours because thousands of eligible householders have snapped up all the available vouchers.

The Scottish government began issuing 4,600 boiler scrappage vouchers (worth £400 each) on Monday, May 24 but when more than 4,600 eligible householders applied, the scheme was forced to close.

A government spokesman admitted the boiler scrappage vouchers were all allocated by Tuesday night (May 25).

The South Kintyre Development Trust (SKDT) held a workshop on tidal energy at the Aqualibrium Leisure Centre in Campbeltown on the 28th of April. The workshop was well attended and enjoyed by members of the development trust and interested parties. Consultants, Aquamarine Power, facilitated the workshop that included information on the potential for exploiting the tidal resource in Sound of Sanda to produce energy.