Garnock Landscape Partnership - 05/06/17

Last Friday, Seagate Rotary celebrated their 25th anniversary with a barbecue at Marress attended by members, partners, guests and former members.  It was a sports themed evening, with putting, petanque, bowls and welly throwing, carried out in Seagate’s usual lighthearted manner.  There was a minimalist speech and toast from founder President Jim Fairgrieve, and it was noted that over the years Seagate has raised and distributed over £150,000 in charitable funds.

On Monday Seagate had a talk on the Garnock Connections Landscape Partnership by Jackie McLeod.  Garnock Connections is a group of environmental and heritage bodies, together with North Ayrshire Council, collecting and developing ideas to improve the Garnock Valley environment and recover the area’s sense of identity.  It is felt that this has been largely lost in the era of deindustrialisation and the growth of commuting.  Funding for projects will come from the Lottery and other sources.  There were questions, and a Vote of Thanks was proposed by Jim Anderson.