Ranger Newsletter
Community Ranger Mike Werndley has added this summers Rum wildlife Newsletter, with updates on birds, beasties and animals (inc. ponies). An excellent and interesting read. Here or via link on Ranger welcome page.
Rum Reserve Staff
Reserve staff photographed down by Harris while out looking after the Highland Cow's, Dec 2009. L to r: Marcel /Deer Management, Sean /Estate worker, Lesley /Reserve Officer, Neil / Gillie, Richard /Reserve Manager.
- Small Hall Band -
Sunday 1st of August 2010
Fundraising for the Isle of Rum Community Trust
Evening ceilidh in the Isle of Rum Village Hall
£10 per adult and £5 per child under 16 – tickets at the door
Includes BBQ dinner.
The castle hostel has limited space so contact them for availability and prices. The Rum Village Campsite is available and you do not need to book – see ‘Places to Stay’ page for more details on facilities and prices.
The band will also be playing informally in the castle bar on the 31st of July from around 8pm onwards.
The 2010 Small Isles Games were hosted by Rum on the 19th of June with a great turnout and great weather – sunshine with a strong breeze to keep the midges away! Lots of people took part and the overall winners were Muck, then Eigg and Rum in third. But a great show from the Rum team during the Tug of War – we won all ‘tugs’. Guests stayed in the castle or camped and the Rum Community Association orgainised a great dinner – venison stew and BBQ and soup. Delish! The catering was done by Ronnie and Chris Dunn all the way from Nethy Bridge. The visiting ceilidh band was The Mental Notes and played great dance tunes. And a big thanks to Ronnie and Angus from the Sheerwater for picking everyone up the next day.
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For those wishing to read the Rum website in Albanian or Japanese Google translate has been added to the bottom of each page. Google have yet to add Gaelic.
David Frew has been appointed our new Isle of Rum Community Trust Development Officer. He has been living on Rum for 4 years and was previously the castle manager. His contract is from May 2010 to November 2011. "Good luck Dave!”
Notice of Annual General Meeting 2010
Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held on Wednesday 12th of May 2010 at 12.00pm in The Village Hall.
NAME OF COMPANY: ISLE OF RUM COMMUNITY TRUST
Registered Office: Isle of Rum, PH43 4RR
Registered Number: SC321870
Handover Celebration - 31 March 2010
After many years of toil trying to secure some land for housing and local enterprises, the Rum Community finally celebrate the handover of Kinloch Village to the Isle of Rum Community Trust. A barbeque was held at the village hall where we all made merry with venison steaks and champagne in teacups. A very good night was had by all.
picture © Isle of Rum Community
New Pier master
Dave Beaton is the New Pier master for the Isle of Rum. Dave has taken over this important position and will be meeting all the ferries coming to Rum.
picture © Isle of Rum Community
Castle Repairs
Kinloch Castle has had some repair work done this winter. Two oriel windows on the west wing were overhauled and the tower was fitted with a new water tank. This work was funded by SNH. The scaffolding will be down and the castle ready for visitors by the beginning of the summer season. More picture on the castle page.
picture © Isle of Rum Community
Places to Stay & Kinloch Castle pages updated
The 'Places to Stay' page has been updated with more information and pictures, including the hostel bedrooms and facilities. This page is the most viewed so if there is anything else you wish to see let us know. The 'Castle' page has also some updates, mainly concerning current renovation work.
Visits
On the 6 February Google Analytics (sophisticated web counter) was added to the site to track visits. To 7 March we have had 2,215 separate visits from an amazing 53 countries. Uk being the highest number of visitors, followed by USA, Germany, Netherlands (but who stayed twice as long), France, Canada and Australia, etc.
Comments are always welcome about the site and what you would like to see.
JOB - Local Development Officer
Isle of Rum Community Trust
Local Development Officer
Full-Time 37 hours per week
Salary £24,000 pa
This post is funded by LEADER and Highlands and Islands Enterprise and fixed until 30th November 2011. However it is anticipated that this post will continue beyond this date subsequent to future funding being secured.
The Isle of Rum Community Trust – a locally elected group – is looking to recruit an energetic and self motivated individual to act as a catalyst for innovative and sustainable community development.
The successful candidate will work with the Group, and the wider community, to develop and implement a community growth plan, which takes account of opportunities to enhance the socio-economic, cultural & environmental welfare of the local area.
It is expected that the group will form a strong relationship with their local H.I.E. office and the wider Community Planning Body.
Support for this process will be provided by a nominated person within Highlands and Islands Enterprise, under their Growth at the Edge / Fas aig an Oir approach, which seeks to deliver intensive development of the most remote and disadvantaged communities within the Highlands and Islands.
The longer term sustainability of the Isle of Rum Community Trust will also be a key objective as community capacity develops.
The applicant will have a good understanding of the issues affecting fragile rural areas and be IT literate.
A relevant qualification or prior experience in community-led development would be advantageous as would a knowledge and affinity for the locality.
The ability to work on your own initiative is essential.
For a job description and further information please contact:
Ian Leaver – Development Officer
info@isleofrum.com
01687 482445
Applications should be made in writing, including a C.V. to: info@isleofrum.com or by post to Isle of Rum Community Trust, Isle of Rum, PH43 4RR marked ‘DO application’
By Friday 26th March @ 1700
Interviews will be held on Rum w/c 12th April
Further details of Personal and Job Specifications: HERE and HERE
CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS IS 26th March 2010 @ 1700hrs
Readers Digest article
Readers Digest recently published an article about the island and its community. A .pdf file 742kb (requires Acrobat reader) of the article can be downloaded 'Here' 
Article copyright Readers Digest. Images © Murdo Macleod / Readers Digest.
Rum Flickr group
A Flickr group has started showcasing images of the island: Here . Many excellent images. 
Image © Simon Benjamin
Rum website a hit
The Isle of Rum Community website had a total of 97,427 page hits for the year 2009. This equates approximately to 24,000 visitors if visiting via the welcome page. With the best month being July, having 10,386 page hits.
Thanks to all.
Community Ranger Report
Mike Werndly, Isle of Rum Community Ranger has posted a report on progress, future plans and wildlife developments. The report can be found via the Ranger Service pages or directly 'Here'.
Eagle Eye View
Google Earth has recently been updated to now give an excellent arial view of the island. You can zoom down to reveal amazing detail or glide over with the terrain option ticked, showing everything in relief. Particularly fascinating is being able to see the remains of old settlements with associated rig and furrow cultivation. Also available but without 'terrain' option via Google Maps.
image © Google. click for larger view.
Ongoing
This website is an ongoing project for the benefit of the Isle of Rum community and the island.
If there is anything you wish to see, wish to have changed or wish to contribute, please get in touch. And if you spot any mistakes please do let us know.
The wildlife section we hope will be expanded at some future date.
Walks and routes around the island will hopefully also be added at some stage. Also a geology and plant-life sections would be of interest and shall be pursued. (click 'Here' for a link to the Scottish Natural Heritage Rum geology pages)
Another Geology link can be found on the links page.
ALL Photographs, Illustrations and Text are copyright and governed by international copyright laws. They must not be copied and used whole or in part for any form of reproduction without permission.
Website design and realization, text (except where indicated) and photography (except where indicated) © George Logan 2010 or © Isle of Rum Community.
The website has been checked for any inaccuracies but there will almost certainly be some, please let me know info@silverytay.co.uk
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