Community Information
This page includes information for on local organizations and local for sale and wanted advertising. If you would like your community organization to be included, please use our Contact Info
Community Pages
- Windfarm Discussions Articles, information, etc. about windfarms, specifically re. the Raera Windfarm Proposal.
- Health Services Doctor, dentist, hospital, vet, etc.
- Classified Ads (For Sale and Wanted) for the local community
- Community Council info, minutes, meeting reports, etc.
- Churches schedules, activities, etc.
- Kilmelford Village Hall Hall facilities, and hall committee meeting minutes
- Other Organizations in the local community
Useful Information
Mobile Banking Service
The mobile bank visits the area every Friday as follows:-
Craobh Haven, Kilmelford and Cuilfail Hotel between 11.15 and 12 noon
Ardfern between 10.30 and 11 a.m.
Clachan Seil and Balvicar between 12.40 and 1 p.m.
Mobile Library
The mobile library service is provided on a Wednesday every four weeks. Anyone wanting the driver, Neil McIntyre, to stop at or close to their house should contact him via the library in Oban (Tel: 01631 571444 – N.B. the change of telephone number for the library). All times in the following timetable are approximate:-
| 9.30 a.m. | Tullich Farm |
| 10 a.m. | Loch Melfort Hotel |
| 10.30 a.m. | Tuckers’ house |
| 10.45 - 11 a.m. | Craobh Village Shop |
| 11.15 - 11.25 a.m. | Kilmelford Village Hall |
| 11.30 a.m. | Melfort Pier |
| 11.40 a.m. | Melfort Club |
| 12 noon | MacLeod Homes, Kilmelford |
| 12.30 p.m. | Council houses, Kilmelford |
| 12.45 p.m. | Kilmelford Post Office |
| 1 p.m. | Cuilfail Hotel |
| 1.15 p.m. | Council houses by Kilninver Primary School |
Blood Transfusion
Glasgow And West Of Scotland Blood Transfusion Service
For more info about the Blood Transfusion Service, call 0141-226-4111 or 0845-301-7270.
Blood donation sessions will be held as follows:-
Mobile Police Office
Strathclyde Police has launched a Mobile Police Office, which will visit our area on alternate Fridays as listed below. This vehicle has most of the facilities of a modern police office, where you can report incidents, and hand in found property etc. The officers will also be available to offer crime prevention advice.
There may be occasions where the Mobile Police Office is unable to attend due to other operational commitments. However, such occasions will be notified in advance.
| Ardfern | 1110 - 1210 |
| Craobh Haven | 1230 - 1245 |
| Arduaine | 1355 -1410 |
| Kilninver | 1435 - 1535 |
| Kilmelford | 1550 - 1630 |
Central Heating
A grant that provides free central heating for older people living in private sector housing in Scotland is available through the Scottish Executive's Central Heating Programme. Eaga Partnership is responsible for running the programme on behalf of the Scottish Executive.
ELIGIBILITY.
You may be eligible for a grant if you or your partner are 60 or over and your home does not have a central heating system or if your home has central heating but it is completely broken and cannot be repaired. You must own your home or rent it from a private landlord. The grant does not depend on your income.
WHAT THE PROGRAMME PROVIDES.
Free central heating (gas, electric, oil or solid fuel) providing heat to the main living areas such as the living room, hall, bathroom and main bedroom or bedrooms.
Free insulation: cavity-wall insulation, loft, tank and pipe insulation, and draughtproofing.
Free advice to help you use your new central heating system and to use energy efficiently.
Free carbon-monoxide detector, smoke detector, and cold alarm which tells you when your home is too cold for your health.
Free check to make sure that you are receiving all the state benefits you are entitled to.
CONTACT DETAILS.
Eaga Partnership: 0800 316 1653, minicom 0800 072 0156
Argyll, Lomond and the Islands Energy Agency (Alienergy),
Kilbowie House,
Gallanach Road,
Oban,
Argyll,
PA34 4PF
Tel: 01631 562125
N.B. Alienergy is a good source of information and also runs schemes such as the provision of free insulation jackets for hot water tanks and energy saving light bulbs.