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The Geilsland Project

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Thanks to recent funding support from the Aria Fund (Ayrshire Rural and Islands Ambition fund Beith Trust have have been able to complete the feasibility and design work  needed to get started on replacing some of the older buildings on Geilsland Estate with a shiny new Enterprise Hub!   Watch this space!

As a consequence, the project has also helped to shape and inform  Geilsland Masterplan.

A team of creative and talented people from Fleming Muir Architects,  Lateral North  Studio SJM  have formed the design team for Geilsland Estate.  Together they have produced a body of work informed by not only by the aspirations of Beith Trust, but also from feedback from our community, helping us to really consider how the future use of Geilsland Estate can benefit Beith.   

We are grateful as always for funding, guidance and support from Architectural Heritage Fund and North Ayrshire Council .

This type of resouce is essential for communities –  it provides access to the professional expertise needed to realise ideas and aspirations

 

LINKS TO DOCUMENTS

Geilsland Masterplan 

Geilsland Enterprise Hub Feasibility 

Geilsland Enterprise Hub Animation 

Geilsland House Feasibility 

Beith Trust is recruiting!

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There is a lot going on next year for Beith Trust and we currently looking for passionate, practical and capable people to join the team. If you want to know more, just click the links below and if you want a chat, email us on hello@beithtrust.org and we will be happy to talk to you.

Manager – Lend a Hand Project – 28hrs pw, Salary 28k pro rata (22.4pa) 3 year fixed term.

Project Lead – Youth Programme – 21hrs pw, Salary 22k pro rata (13.2pa) 2 year fixed term

People Engagment Officer – Beith Nurturing Nature Project – 28hrs pw, Salary 28k pro rata ( 22.4pa) 3 year fixed

Apply Here

 

Beith Trust 2020 AGM

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What a crazy year its been so far!

Thanks to Covid-19 our 2020 AGM is later than usual. This year for the first time we will be hosting a virtual AGM.

In true Beith Trust style, when the way forward is blocked we re-route and find another path. This year our AGM will be on 29th October at 5.30pm on Zoom, all members are welcome to attend and all the information can be found at www.beithtrust.org/the-corporate-bit

At Beith Trust we are busier than ever before. Working very much week to week and like everyone, unsure of what the future holds.

Covid-19 has changed how we work and what we d. Some work is stopped, some paused and new ways of working have developed. We have been constantly in awe of the amazing volunteers who have gone above and beyond to help out in the community. All in all its an experience that we wont forget.

Thanks to everyone!

Community Superheros!

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Community Superheros

A Massive well done to our Lend An Ear volunteering team, winners of the Community Superhero’s award!

Some of our lovely volunteer’s & volunteer manager attended North Ayrshire Council Health & Social Care Partnership breakfast for champions & became community superheroes. They had a fabulous morning at this prestigious award ceremony.

We are so proud of our team & are delighted that they are receiving the well-deserved recognition for this invaluable service we are providing. Our volunteers give their time to try and make someone else’s day just that little bit brighter!

“I’m always blown away at the dedication of the ladies involved in the team. They are all volunteers that give up a lot of time every week, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday to come in & call between 30-60 people. Many of those people are vulnerable & have a lot of complex issues which they offload onto our volunteers. Our volunteers carry the weight of a lot of people’s problems & these ladies are carrying it with great dignity. They always approach their work with a smile on their face & I’m just really impressed that there’s still people out there that give so much of their time & themselves to help other people.” Jane Lamont: Beith Trust CEO

Our team work endlessly providing a support & befriending telephone service to isolated, vulnerable & lonely clients of all ages throughout Ayrshire.  Alison Berry Volunteer manager & Lend An Ear project leader & her team are always looking to extend the service & provide support to new clients. To make a referral or self refer please follow the link below.

Referral Form

Social Media Work Experience: Katie Watson

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Katie Watson: About me

I would describe myself as confident, strong and outgoing but I usually keep myself to myself and not talk about the things going on in my life. I have a very big imagination and my creative skills are very good. My friends would describe me as loud, crazy and “not right in the head”. I like to go out every weekend and spend time with my friends and during the week I spend with my mum.

I use social media to keep in touch with my friends by mainly using snapchat, Facebook and Instagram because to me, these are the apps I enjoy using more. I like to shop online and read blogs written by my family. Social media helps you to express how you feel through posts you share without having to say it out loud. Using social media I can keep myself up to date with events I’m going to and look at pictures of the places my friends and family have been to. My experiences with social media have been good ones as I tend to keep myself out of trouble online and keep all the drama to reality. I would like to work as a social media assistant because I like writing and taking pictures and I feel like that would help me a lot with wanting to become a journalist. I’m hoping to take away better social skills as I don’t normally speak to people that is don’t know or haven’t spoken to before, I also don’t like being in an environment that I’m not used to so I’m sure this will help a lot with that.

 

What I Learned

I got to work with multiple people with completely different personalities, all of them unique but everyone was so welcoming and always had something for me to do. I made an adventure trail that everyone loved and also made a leaflet on all the events that Beith trust hold, I took a lot of photos in and around the Geilsland estate. I helped out at the play day on Friday and I was cooking in the kitchen on Thursday.

 

Working in the kitchen was unique, I think of myself as a good cook but when I walked into the kitchen I was greeted with many different and strange ways of cooking. I’ve always stuck to the traditional ways of cooking but I was showed easy and quicker methods to make lasagna. I’ve never made lasagna before but I had a rough idea of how to do it from watching my mum in the kitchen.

 

We made four lasagna’s two of which were your normal traditional lasagna, another was a vegetarian lasagna and the last one didn’t have pasta sheets.For the two normal lasagna’s we started off Frying the onion until it was soft then we added the mince and cooked it until it was brown. This is where one of the weird parts come in, next we added lentils, salt and pepper and mixed it about. Once it was mixed we added tomato passata, chopped tomato and then mixed some more. We then added even more weird things, sugar and tomato ketchup. To finish off the mince we added all the herbs and give it one last mix. We made the cheese sauce and started to put the lasagnas together. To make the vegetarian lasagna we used the same cheese sauce but instead of using the mince filling we used vegetables. We listened to music while working, and the best part was when Gerry Cinnamon came on.

 

At Play Days we worked alongside the children and took photos of the activities they took part in, we had a big soft play and a bouncy castle for them to play on. We also had push bikes out and the kids had a blast pushing themselves about and of course they had their helmets on. Healthy snacks were given to the kids, even the parents had a great time with tea and coffee in the kitchen they were all set for the fun.

 

I got to work on computers a lot which is something I’m not very used to. I used publisher to work on my newsletter and got to see how you can put the same post in different social media platforms using hootsuite, I found this very interesting because I didn’t know you could do that. I also got a crash course in photoshop, and used a lot of other office programs that will come in handy throughout school. The officer environment was far from boring, if anything it was the exact opposite. I helped out with admin and marketing and picked up a lot of great new skills that have helped me figure out the path I would like to go down in future.

Beith Trust Band Factory to Barrowlands & Beithfest!

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Band Factory to Barrowlands & Beithfest!

Sam Trodden: Exclusive!

As Beith Trust Band Factory 2019 approaches, here at the Beith Community Development Trust thought it would be good to revisit one of the event’s previous success stories. Sam trodden has played at a number of gigs and other venues including the Barrowland’s and our very own Beith Beer Festival. An impressive achievement for anyone, particularly when they are only twelve years old.

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Social Media: Work Experience – Nathan

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Nathan Downer

Social Media: Work Experience

My name is Nathan, I live in Stevenston and attend Auchenharvie Academy. I chose to complete work experience here at Beith Community Trust as I am interested in Social Media and wanted to increase my skills and knowledge. I have gained skills in writing blogs and working on other social platforms whilst also working with other people in an office environment. I feel I was suited to this position as I use multiple social media platforms such as Instagram, Twitter and Snapchat to share content and interact with friends. I enjoy using social media as it is a place where you can communicate with people and share things with people with similar interests.

My time at Beith Trust

Monday - I was introduced to staff around the site and completed a quick introduction about myself then made a mind map of my understanding of what social media is and means to me. I started working through the Google Digital Garage course.

Tuesday - For most of the day I was completing the theory of the Digital Garage then made a few mock social media posts about upcoming events at Geilsland.

Wednesday - In the morning I was in the kitchen cooking, we made French onion soup for lunch.

Thursday - I wrote this blog.

Friday - I passed the exam on The Fundamentals of Digital Marketing and then finished off this blog.

New Social Media Assistant: Andrew

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Social Media is a powerful tool in a modern, information technology society. The words of one can be seen by hundreds, thousands or even millions of people. To understand social media is to understand people and what appeals to them. I chose this career path as it lines up more with my views and what I enjoy. From Facebook to Reddit, I’ve scoured the internet for everything: basic knowledge to dogs doing funny things. I’ve tried my hand at some aspects of internet content creation and media but now I’ve decided to make it a career choice and further my experience in a professional environment. Read More

Social Media Work Experience:

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Social Media Assistant Work Experience

My name is Emma Bishop. And for my work experience I chose to be a social media assistant with the Beith Trust at Geilsland estate.

Social media

My main social media account is my Instagram. I really like Instagram more than I like other social Medias because it’s free, easy to use, and everyone has it. I use social media to keep in touch with friends and family and also to help with my homework.

 The estate itself

Luckily we had lovely, bright weather that helped with the lighting in my photographs but it was mainly thanks to the amazing scenery on the estate.

Why i wanted to do this

I wanted to do this because social media has been a big part of my life also because of my love of journalism as well as my love for photography. This (or something similar to this) to this would be an ideal carer choice for my future.

What i did during my time here

Monday- On the first day I took most of the pictures shown and I had a basic introduction on how things work around here.

Tuesday- on Tuesday I recreated newsletters for different events that are coming up. I also made a mind map on social media marketing and finally I did some research for the different types of beers, whiskeys and ciders that will be drank at beer fest.

Wednesday- I spent all day baking! We made a chocolate cheese cake (which didn’t turn out very well), a lemon cake, and 53 fairy cakes as well as 52 lemon cookies. The fairy cakes and cookies are for Friday. Some of the photographs are from this day.

Thursday- I am writing this blog post!

Friday- I will be visiting an old folk’s home and be taking pictures of the tea party they are having in celebration of the royal wedding! I will also be interviewing some of the guests.

“The Art of Cooking” – William Morton

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Cooking is one of the oldest arts and one which has rendered us the most important service in civic life.” – Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (1755-1826)

 Would you like to do a cooking class William, it’s a fundamental skill worth learning.  I gave them that look as if to say ‘are you sure this is a good idea’. My memories of cooking was at School, with a Home Economics Teacher who landed up doing it themselves and filled you more with dread than with confidence.  So the years passed by and even though TV was full of Chefs, celebrity chefs and Bake Offs, the most I had confidence in doing was beans on toast.

The first few weeks I stood back waited for others to do and say what was right, never taking praise as I hadn’t really done anything. However as the months rolled by the reins were loosened, I learnt the most valuable lesson you can.

The only way to truly learn the art of cooking is get stuck in/get your hands dirty and to try it yourself. Even if at times the dishes have been somewhat stronger than recommended by the recipe.  Who can forget the Noodle soup that became Vinegar soup or the dishes with more than a pinch of Coriander, or any other spice that came to hand.

 I can’t say that I’ve went from novice to Gordon Ramsey or Ric Stein in a few months, however with the current group in the Kitchen, it’s become a learning and fun experience   I do have the confidence to at least try and make the dishes, query the use of certain ingredients, suggest alternatives, laugh when it goes wrong and decide to follow my own recipe.  That would explain why my lemon drizzle cake was somewhat harder than the recipe, suggested, but it tasted good and everybody ate it and that makes it a cooking success.

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