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 Christmas
Min-Bus Service to Livingston
Coalburn One Stop Shop is running a mini-bus service to Livingston
starting Saturday 10th October until the last Saturday before Christmas.
The bus will leave Coalburn at 10.00am and leave Livingston to return to
Coalburn at 3.00 pm. The cost for the return journey is £5 per person.
If interested please contact Helen or George on 01555 820060 or e-mail:
helendonnelly@coalburnmw.org.uk
Flower Arranging Course
A Flower arranging course was delivered over a 6 week period in the One
Stop Shop. This was delivered by a member of the local community who is
also a member of Coalburn Horticultural Society, Mrs May McNeil . An
average of 10 students attended and enjoyed learning something new each
week. All who attended thoroughly enjoyed the course and feedback was
excellent. May is willing to deliver another course sometime in the
Spring and all who attended are keen for courses to continue throughout
the year. A certificate was presented to all students who participated
in the course on the last evening Wednesday 9th december 2009. Details
of future courses will be posted onto our website, advertised in the
local press and the One Stop Shop.
below are photos of students attending the course with their displays
and certifcates.
UKSE GRANT ALLOWS COALBURN COMMUNITY SHOP
TO REOPEN
COMMUNITY SHOP & FOOD COOPERATIVE
  
Pictured above: Yvonne Howley from LEADER
programme, Ann Clyde area Manager from UK Steel Enterprise, George Greenshields
Centre Manager, Helen Donnelly
and 5 volunteers: Ann Buchanan, Jim McLean, Annette McLean, Cirsty
Elliot, Sally Thomson.
Coalburn Miners Welfare Charitable Society/One Stop Shop has no external
funding to pay revenue or running costs. We have looked at ways to raise
funds to keep the vital service that we provide for our local community.
We came up with the idea to run a community shop and food cooperative.
We have put a bid into the Lottery to purchase a local building that
would be used for the community shop but we will not know if we have
been successful until May 2009. Since the Busy Bees crèche sadly closed
at the end of September 2008 we brought forward our plans and have
opened the community shop/food cooperative in the crèche. This has been
open since 6th October 2008. We have been fortunate to have first class
volunteers who without their help would not be able to operate. We would
also like to thank all who donated a very high quality of goods to the
community shop, books, toys, DVD’s, videos, various household items and
all have sold well. If anyone wishes to donate to the community shop
goods can be brought in Monday to Friday 9.00 am – 5.00 pm. The opening
hours of the community shop are Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday 10.00
am – 2.00 pm. These hours may be extended and anyone wishing to
volunteer can contact Helen or George at the One Stop Shop on 01555
820060.
Fruit and vegetables can be ordered on a Monday, Wednesday and Thursday
and will be available for collection the following day.
COMPUTER TRAINING
Computer Class at Coalburn One Stop
Shop
Nine students completed a basic training computer course at Coalburn One
Stop Shop. This course was delivered by JHP training and the tutor was
Andrew McCrory. This was made possible by the students being able to
access ILA (Individual Learning Accounts) and most were able to claim
£200 towards courses for the year 2009. People can access ILA accounts
if their income is less than £18,000 per year, unemployed or if they are
in receipt of benefits. This course was delivered over a four week
period and each course lasted 3 hours. Most of the students are going
onto complete an Advanced Computer Training Course at a later date
(hopefully within the next month), also to be held within the One Stop
Shop and delivered by JHP Training. There will also be a number of other
basic training courses and Microsoft accredited courses available soon.
An open day within the One Stop Shop is planned for 20th May 2009 for
anyone wishing to access information on these courses. There will also
be a representative in attendance from the Credit Union who wish to
start a service in Coalburn. Anyone interested in attending any course
or anyone wishing to require any further information regarding any of
the above or other services available within the One Stop Shop can
contact Helen or George on 01555 820060.
Pictured are 8 of the 9 students receiving their certification with
tutor Andrew McCrory.
Q & A SERVICES
We now have
South Lanarkshire Council Question & Answer Service in our One Stop Shop. It will be
available every Thursday from 1.15 pm – 4.15 pm starting from 12th March
2009.
This service will cover
all council services:
Rent Account Queries
Council Tax Enquiries
Housing and Council Tax Benefit
Housing repairs
Special uplifts
Blue Badges
Leisure Enquiries
We hope the
people of Coalburn will use this vital service as the staff at the One
Stop Shop has worked hard over the last year to bring this service to
the community. The council have said if this is a success other council
services e.g. money matters may also follow.
OTHER SERVICES WITHIN THE ONE STOP SHOP
Services we provide within the One Stop Shop include a Post Office,
‘Free to use’ Cash Machine, Routes to Work South, Heritage Centre,
Citizen Advice Bureau, Free Solicitor Advice, Councillor’s Surgeries,
Salsa Classes, Cruets café, Rooms to let from small meeting rooms to
larger rooms and conference facilities. We can also accommodate wedding
parties and birthday parties etc and catering can be provided if
required. To access information regarding any of the services we provide
you can logon to our website at www.coalburn.org.uk. There is also a DVD
on this site to view.
9.00 am 5.00pm Monday, Tuesday,
Thursday & Friday with a half hour break for lunch between 12.30 1.00pm
and open 9.00 am 12.30pm on a Wednesday and Saturday.
We are pleased that once again the people of Coalburn will have this
facility especially following the closure of local sub post offices. |
