Argyll & Bute Community Health Partnership (CHP) is delighted to announce that Robertson Dawn Health (RDH) have been appointed as design consultants to take forward the new Mental Health facilities in Lochgilphead.
The selection of RDH followed a series of interviews and discussions with a number of companies who were interested in working with the CHP in the development of this project.
Derek Leslie, General Manager of Argyll & Bute CHP, said:
“Last year Argyll & Bute Community Health Partnership carried out a formal public consultation on proposals for changes to the delivery of mental health services across Argyll and Bute. The resulting proposals were approved by the Cabinet Secretary for Health & Wellbeing in the summer of 2009.
“Since then we been implementing our project plan and have continued to engage closely with local communities, staff, service users and other interested parties throughout this process.
“One of the key stages of this implementation plan was the appointment of design consultants to take forward the new mental health facilities in Lochgilphead.
“I am delighted therefore to announce that after interviewing a number of interested companies the Project Board has appointed Robertson Dawn Health (RDH) as the design consultants.
“This project is a multi-million pound investment in new mental health facilities for the people of Argyll and Bute and I am looking forward to working closely with RDH as the plans develop.”
Bill Robertson, Executive Chairman, Robertson Group, added:
“This project is RD Health’s seventh award under the innovative NHS Frameworks Scotland, a new flexible partnering approach to the procurement of publicly funded construction work.
“Our appointment to this project also further strengthens our relationship with NHS Highland following an earlier Framework contract award to deliver the replacement Migdale Hospital in Bonar Bridge.
“We look forward to working with NHS Highland, and the staff and communities of Argyll & Bute CHP, on the development of a robust business case which will lead to new services and facilities.
Notes:
RD Health is a consortium formed exclusively to work in partnership with the NHS in Scotland as part of Frameworks Scotland, a new flexible partnering approach to the procurement of publicly funded construction work. RD Health, through its two principal members, Robertson Construction Group and Dawn Construction Group, has extensive links with the NHS in Scotland and is able to demonstrate considerable expertise in the design, construction and maintenance of both acute and primary care NHS developments throughout the Scottish healthcare estate. The Principal Supply Chain Partner is managed by Robertson Capital Projects.
Robertson was established in Elgin, Moray in 1966 by Executive Chairman Bill Robertson. It consists of eleven companies spread across three operating groups – Robertson Group, Robertson Construction Group and Robertson Homes. Working in six sectors Robertson employs over 1000 people at its offices throughout the UK and Ireland.
Friday, 27 August 2010
Wednesday, 25 August 2010
Friday, 20 August 2010
BBC ALBA – WEEKLY PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS Saturday 28 August – Friday 3 September 2010
Title: Scottish Premier League - Aberdeen V Kilmarnock
The latest full-match coverage from the SPL.
Transmitted: Saturday 28th August 2010
Time: 17:30
Title: An Ceanadach – Calum Kennedy
A tribute to the late Calum Kennedy. The programme reflects on his career which spanned half a century and a variety of stage and screen personalities give their recollections of "An Ceanadach".
Transmitted: Monday 30th August 2010
Time: 20:30
Title: Soillse: Climbing Mount Aconagua
The 'Stone Sentinel' is one of the nicknames of Mount Aconcagua in Argentina and part of the Andean Cordillera. At 6,962 metres, it's the highest mountain on the continent.
Katia Lafaille is the widow of Jean-Christophe Lafaille, the well-known mountaineer who disappeared near the summit of Makalu in the Himalayas. She's also the mother of two children, aged 7 and 15. So what is it that drives her to attempt one of the toughest trails in the world?
Transmitted: Wednesday 1st September 2010
Time: 21:00
Title: A Song of Crotal & White An-diugh
Updating the impression of life on the Isle of Lewis given by the MacDonald Sisters, first broadcast in 1969.
Transmitted: Thursday 2nd September 2010
Time: 21:00
Title: Live Rugby - Glasgow Warriors V Leinster
Live Magners League rugby kicks-off on BBC ALBA as Glasgow take on Leinster at Firhill.
Transmitted: Friday 3rd September 2010
Time: 19:00
Title: Aig Cridhe ar Ciuil
Unrequited love, tragedy and broken hearts often spring to mind when mention is made of Gaelic song. However, humour also has its own place. Rona Lightfoot and Donnie Macleod are amongst the singers who demonstrate the lighter side of Gaelic song.
Transmitted: Friday 3rd September 2010
Time: 21:30
The latest full-match coverage from the SPL.
Transmitted: Saturday 28th August 2010
Time: 17:30
Title: An Ceanadach – Calum Kennedy
A tribute to the late Calum Kennedy. The programme reflects on his career which spanned half a century and a variety of stage and screen personalities give their recollections of "An Ceanadach".
Transmitted: Monday 30th August 2010
Time: 20:30
Title: Soillse: Climbing Mount Aconagua
The 'Stone Sentinel' is one of the nicknames of Mount Aconcagua in Argentina and part of the Andean Cordillera. At 6,962 metres, it's the highest mountain on the continent.
Katia Lafaille is the widow of Jean-Christophe Lafaille, the well-known mountaineer who disappeared near the summit of Makalu in the Himalayas. She's also the mother of two children, aged 7 and 15. So what is it that drives her to attempt one of the toughest trails in the world?
Transmitted: Wednesday 1st September 2010
Time: 21:00
Title: A Song of Crotal & White An-diugh
Updating the impression of life on the Isle of Lewis given by the MacDonald Sisters, first broadcast in 1969.
Transmitted: Thursday 2nd September 2010
Time: 21:00
Title: Live Rugby - Glasgow Warriors V Leinster
Live Magners League rugby kicks-off on BBC ALBA as Glasgow take on Leinster at Firhill.
Transmitted: Friday 3rd September 2010
Time: 19:00
Title: Aig Cridhe ar Ciuil
Unrequited love, tragedy and broken hearts often spring to mind when mention is made of Gaelic song. However, humour also has its own place. Rona Lightfoot and Donnie Macleod are amongst the singers who demonstrate the lighter side of Gaelic song.
Transmitted: Friday 3rd September 2010
Time: 21:30
Monday, 16 August 2010
COUNCIL 'REVIEWS ITS VISION AND VALUES'
Argyll and Bute Council says it "is to review its vision and values as part of its ongoing improvement journey."
Councillors are being asked to agree that the authority moves away from the current vision (Leading Rural Area) and instead discuss its proposed replacement – ‘Argyll and Bute - Realising our Potential Together.
The authority’s Executive will debate a report on the proposal, drawn up following a period of consultation with council employees and elected members as well as community planning partners, on August 12.
Leader of the council, Councillor Dick Walsh, said that any new vision should be ambitious yet realistic, and something which is meaningful to all the authority’s stakeholders.
“Argyll and Bute has significant potential on all levels, and has very strong partnership connections. With this in mind, I believe that the vision Argyll and Bute – Realising Our Potential Together underpins what we are trying to achieve and should be encouraging one another to achieve.
“This vision translates into all areas of service delivery and can easily be applied to everything we do towards ensuring that we are delivering best value services to all our stakeholders.
“I look forward to hearing my colleagues’ views on this proposal for what is a vital element of the council’s identity.”
The report also details four new values, drawn up on the basis of feedback received from employees. These state the way in which the council should act in achieving its outcomes and set the standard of behaviour expected throughout the organisation. They are:
We involve and listen to our customers and communities
We take pride in delivering best value services
We are open, honest, fair and inclusive
We respect and value everyone
If the Executive approves the report’s recommendations, the proposed new vision and values will go out for consultation with the public and other partners through the Local Area Community Planning Groups before being formally adopted.
Councillors are being asked to agree that the authority moves away from the current vision (Leading Rural Area) and instead discuss its proposed replacement – ‘Argyll and Bute - Realising our Potential Together.
The authority’s Executive will debate a report on the proposal, drawn up following a period of consultation with council employees and elected members as well as community planning partners, on August 12.
Leader of the council, Councillor Dick Walsh, said that any new vision should be ambitious yet realistic, and something which is meaningful to all the authority’s stakeholders.
“Argyll and Bute has significant potential on all levels, and has very strong partnership connections. With this in mind, I believe that the vision Argyll and Bute – Realising Our Potential Together underpins what we are trying to achieve and should be encouraging one another to achieve.
“This vision translates into all areas of service delivery and can easily be applied to everything we do towards ensuring that we are delivering best value services to all our stakeholders.
“I look forward to hearing my colleagues’ views on this proposal for what is a vital element of the council’s identity.”
The report also details four new values, drawn up on the basis of feedback received from employees. These state the way in which the council should act in achieving its outcomes and set the standard of behaviour expected throughout the organisation. They are:
We involve and listen to our customers and communities
We take pride in delivering best value services
We are open, honest, fair and inclusive
We respect and value everyone
If the Executive approves the report’s recommendations, the proposed new vision and values will go out for consultation with the public and other partners through the Local Area Community Planning Groups before being formally adopted.
Wednesday, 28 July 2010
BBC ALBA – WEEKLY PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS: Saturday 7 August – Friday 13 August 2010
Title: Clach Mhile
First programme in a five-part series exploring contemporary Scottish build and design, its heritage and current resurgence. We celebrate with leading architects at the Inverness Architectural Awards and meet two families embarking on their own build journeys to create their dream home.
Transmitted: Sunday 8th August 2010
Time: 21:30
Title: Iomall nan Tonn
This series gives a bird's eye-view of the Scottish Islands with stunningly shot views of the area. Each programme also highlights important historical, geographical and enviromental facts about each area. This programme focuses on the Western Isles.
Transmitted: Wednesday 11th August 2010
Time: 19:00
Title: Larach anns an Fhasach
Botswana, blessed with revenue from diamond mining, has invested in its people, providing free education for all children, over a period of ten years. Professor Donnie Murdo MacLeod has played his part in the education programme, training teachers to work in the most remote parts of the country. Accompanied by the musician and broadcaster, Mary Ann Kennedy, Donnie tours the country assessing the impact of free schooling for all in rural areas.
Transmitted: Thursday 12th August 2010
Time: 21:00
First programme in a five-part series exploring contemporary Scottish build and design, its heritage and current resurgence. We celebrate with leading architects at the Inverness Architectural Awards and meet two families embarking on their own build journeys to create their dream home.
Transmitted: Sunday 8th August 2010
Time: 21:30
Title: Iomall nan Tonn
This series gives a bird's eye-view of the Scottish Islands with stunningly shot views of the area. Each programme also highlights important historical, geographical and enviromental facts about each area. This programme focuses on the Western Isles.
Transmitted: Wednesday 11th August 2010
Time: 19:00
Title: Larach anns an Fhasach
Botswana, blessed with revenue from diamond mining, has invested in its people, providing free education for all children, over a period of ten years. Professor Donnie Murdo MacLeod has played his part in the education programme, training teachers to work in the most remote parts of the country. Accompanied by the musician and broadcaster, Mary Ann Kennedy, Donnie tours the country assessing the impact of free schooling for all in rural areas.
Transmitted: Thursday 12th August 2010
Time: 21:00
Monday, 26 July 2010
HEBRIDEAN PETROLHEADS FEATURE ON BBC ALBA
TRUSADH - CINN-CONNAIDH NAN EILEAN / HEBRIDEAN PETROLHEADS
Monday 2 August at 9pm on BBC ALBA
Motors are an all consuming passion for many island folk who spend much of their free time with their nose in an engine. Islanders’ fascination with all things mechanical is explored in an intriguing new documentary in the Trusadh series being broadcast on BBC ALBA on Monday 2 August.
The programme, ‘Cinn-Connaidh Nan Eilean / Hebridean Petrolheads’, meets island folk who restore buses, tractors, even an Indian jeep, as well as a father who has taken up a dangerous hobby at an age when many would be thinking of winding down.
Sandy Morrison, 62, from Dunvegan, Skye, has recently started rally driving, encouraged by successful driver son Neil, albeit to the despair of many including his wife Faye. “My wife says I’ve lost the plot and I’ve got a screw loose,” says Sandy with a wry smile.
Faye adds: “I thought he’d get wiser as he got older but he’s got worse. Neil is now involved too so there is even more commotion than before.”
Another whose passion for motors has proved a little distracting from family life is Donald ‘Cudaig’ Macleod, of Callanish on Lewis. The mechanic, who’s currently doing up a Massey Ferguson, gives his wife credit for her patience: “I’m married and she’s done well to stay with me. She says the tractors and pigs get more attention than she does.”
Duncan Campbell, of North Uist, is restoring a 1991 H-registered Indian Mahindra jeep he bought for £100. In the islands, parts can be hard to come by but resourceful Duncan has used old bed springs to close the bonnet and fashioned little brackets from lager can ring-pulls. “It’s good to have a pastime. Even if it’s ready I can still improve on it,” he smiles.
The programme also follows the iconic red and green liveried MacBrayne’s buses out for an annual excursion through Skye, with plenty reminiscing. The buses, the last of which stopped running in 1972, were once a regular feature on Highland roads. The owner of one bus, Donnie MacDonald from South Uist and his friends in the MacBrayne Circle are determined to keep them going. Donnie says: “I spend a lot of time restoring the bus – too much time probably!”
For mum-of-two, teacher Donna Barden, from Coll on the Isle of Lewis, seeing her late husband Alasdair’s home-made NG restored brings back happy memories of the couple’s honeymoon in the car. Motor enthusiast and GP Alasdair died tragically 12 years ago in a gyrocopter accident.
But Donna has decided to take the old NG from the garage and have her brother Iain Campbell make it roadworthy in time for her nephew’s wedding. She says: “I hope the couple who are getting married like the car and it doesn’t let them down. If Alasdair was here he’d be so happy that it was being used for such an occasion.”
Produced by mactv and directed by Magnus Graham for BBC ALBA, ‘Cinn-Connaidh Nan Eilean / Hebridean Petrolheads‘, will be broadcast on Monday 2 August at 9pm.
Monday 2 August at 9pm on BBC ALBA
Motors are an all consuming passion for many island folk who spend much of their free time with their nose in an engine. Islanders’ fascination with all things mechanical is explored in an intriguing new documentary in the Trusadh series being broadcast on BBC ALBA on Monday 2 August.
The programme, ‘Cinn-Connaidh Nan Eilean / Hebridean Petrolheads’, meets island folk who restore buses, tractors, even an Indian jeep, as well as a father who has taken up a dangerous hobby at an age when many would be thinking of winding down.
Sandy Morrison, 62, from Dunvegan, Skye, has recently started rally driving, encouraged by successful driver son Neil, albeit to the despair of many including his wife Faye. “My wife says I’ve lost the plot and I’ve got a screw loose,” says Sandy with a wry smile.
Faye adds: “I thought he’d get wiser as he got older but he’s got worse. Neil is now involved too so there is even more commotion than before.”
Another whose passion for motors has proved a little distracting from family life is Donald ‘Cudaig’ Macleod, of Callanish on Lewis. The mechanic, who’s currently doing up a Massey Ferguson, gives his wife credit for her patience: “I’m married and she’s done well to stay with me. She says the tractors and pigs get more attention than she does.”
Duncan Campbell, of North Uist, is restoring a 1991 H-registered Indian Mahindra jeep he bought for £100. In the islands, parts can be hard to come by but resourceful Duncan has used old bed springs to close the bonnet and fashioned little brackets from lager can ring-pulls. “It’s good to have a pastime. Even if it’s ready I can still improve on it,” he smiles.
The programme also follows the iconic red and green liveried MacBrayne’s buses out for an annual excursion through Skye, with plenty reminiscing. The buses, the last of which stopped running in 1972, were once a regular feature on Highland roads. The owner of one bus, Donnie MacDonald from South Uist and his friends in the MacBrayne Circle are determined to keep them going. Donnie says: “I spend a lot of time restoring the bus – too much time probably!”
For mum-of-two, teacher Donna Barden, from Coll on the Isle of Lewis, seeing her late husband Alasdair’s home-made NG restored brings back happy memories of the couple’s honeymoon in the car. Motor enthusiast and GP Alasdair died tragically 12 years ago in a gyrocopter accident.
But Donna has decided to take the old NG from the garage and have her brother Iain Campbell make it roadworthy in time for her nephew’s wedding. She says: “I hope the couple who are getting married like the car and it doesn’t let them down. If Alasdair was here he’d be so happy that it was being used for such an occasion.”
Produced by mactv and directed by Magnus Graham for BBC ALBA, ‘Cinn-Connaidh Nan Eilean / Hebridean Petrolheads‘, will be broadcast on Monday 2 August at 9pm.
HEBRIDEAN PETROLHEADS FEATURE ON BBC ALBA
TRUSADH - CINN-CONNAIDH NAN EILEAN / HEBRIDEAN PETROLHEADS
Monday 2 August at 9pm on BBC ALBA
Motors are an all consuming passion for many island folk who spend much of their free time with their nose in an engine. Islanders’ fascination with all things mechanical is explored in an intriguing new documentary in the Trusadh series being broadcast on BBC ALBA on Monday 2 August.
The programme, ‘Cinn-Connaidh Nan Eilean / Hebridean Petrolheads’, meets island folk who restore buses, tractors, even an Indian jeep, as well as a father who has taken up a dangerous hobby at an age when many would be thinking of winding down.
Sandy Morrison, 62, from Dunvegan, Skye, has recently started rally driving, encouraged by successful driver son Neil, albeit to the despair of many including his wife Faye. “My wife says I’ve lost the plot and I’ve got a screw loose,” says Sandy with a wry smile.
Faye adds: “I thought he’d get wiser as he got older but he’s got worse. Neil is now involved too so there is even more commotion than before.”
Another whose passion for motors has proved a little distracting from family life is Donald ‘Cudaig’ Macleod, of Callanish on Lewis. The mechanic, who’s currently doing up a Massey Ferguson, gives his wife credit for her patience: “I’m married and she’s done well to stay with me. She says the tractors and pigs get more attention than she does.”
Duncan Campbell, of North Uist, is restoring a 1991 H-registered Indian Mahindra jeep he bought for £100. In the islands, parts can be hard to come by but resourceful Duncan has used old bed springs to close the bonnet and fashioned little brackets from lager can ring-pulls. “It’s good to have a pastime. Even if it’s ready I can still improve on it,” he smiles.
The programme also follows the iconic red and green liveried MacBrayne’s buses out for an annual excursion through Skye, with plenty reminiscing. The buses, the last of which stopped running in 1972, were once a regular feature on Highland roads. The owner of one bus, Donnie MacDonald from South Uist and his friends in the MacBrayne Circle are determined to keep them going. Donnie says: “I spend a lot of time restoring the bus – too much time probably!”
For mum-of-two, teacher Donna Barden, from Coll on the Isle of Lewis, seeing her late husband Alasdair’s home-made NG restored brings back happy memories of the couple’s honeymoon in the car. Motor enthusiast and GP Alasdair died tragically 12 years ago in a gyrocopter accident.
But Donna has decided to take the old NG from the garage and have her brother Iain Campbell make it roadworthy in time for her nephew’s wedding. She says: “I hope the couple who are getting married like the car and it doesn’t let them down. If Alasdair was here he’d be so happy that it was being used for such an occasion.”
Produced by mactv and directed by Magnus Graham for BBC ALBA, ‘Cinn-Connaidh Nan Eilean / Hebridean Petrolheads‘, will be broadcast on Monday 2 August at 9pm.
Monday 2 August at 9pm on BBC ALBA
Motors are an all consuming passion for many island folk who spend much of their free time with their nose in an engine. Islanders’ fascination with all things mechanical is explored in an intriguing new documentary in the Trusadh series being broadcast on BBC ALBA on Monday 2 August.
The programme, ‘Cinn-Connaidh Nan Eilean / Hebridean Petrolheads’, meets island folk who restore buses, tractors, even an Indian jeep, as well as a father who has taken up a dangerous hobby at an age when many would be thinking of winding down.
Sandy Morrison, 62, from Dunvegan, Skye, has recently started rally driving, encouraged by successful driver son Neil, albeit to the despair of many including his wife Faye. “My wife says I’ve lost the plot and I’ve got a screw loose,” says Sandy with a wry smile.
Faye adds: “I thought he’d get wiser as he got older but he’s got worse. Neil is now involved too so there is even more commotion than before.”
Another whose passion for motors has proved a little distracting from family life is Donald ‘Cudaig’ Macleod, of Callanish on Lewis. The mechanic, who’s currently doing up a Massey Ferguson, gives his wife credit for her patience: “I’m married and she’s done well to stay with me. She says the tractors and pigs get more attention than she does.”
Duncan Campbell, of North Uist, is restoring a 1991 H-registered Indian Mahindra jeep he bought for £100. In the islands, parts can be hard to come by but resourceful Duncan has used old bed springs to close the bonnet and fashioned little brackets from lager can ring-pulls. “It’s good to have a pastime. Even if it’s ready I can still improve on it,” he smiles.
The programme also follows the iconic red and green liveried MacBrayne’s buses out for an annual excursion through Skye, with plenty reminiscing. The buses, the last of which stopped running in 1972, were once a regular feature on Highland roads. The owner of one bus, Donnie MacDonald from South Uist and his friends in the MacBrayne Circle are determined to keep them going. Donnie says: “I spend a lot of time restoring the bus – too much time probably!”
For mum-of-two, teacher Donna Barden, from Coll on the Isle of Lewis, seeing her late husband Alasdair’s home-made NG restored brings back happy memories of the couple’s honeymoon in the car. Motor enthusiast and GP Alasdair died tragically 12 years ago in a gyrocopter accident.
But Donna has decided to take the old NG from the garage and have her brother Iain Campbell make it roadworthy in time for her nephew’s wedding. She says: “I hope the couple who are getting married like the car and it doesn’t let them down. If Alasdair was here he’d be so happy that it was being used for such an occasion.”
Produced by mactv and directed by Magnus Graham for BBC ALBA, ‘Cinn-Connaidh Nan Eilean / Hebridean Petrolheads‘, will be broadcast on Monday 2 August at 9pm.
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