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Cove Gala - Saturday 9th June
Plans for this year’s Cove Gala are progressing well. The first Gala in Cove was organised to celebrate the Queen’s Silver Jubilee in 1977, so it’s a great achievement that it’s still going strong in her Diamond Jubilee year. This year’s theme is The Armed Forces, so start thinking about your fancy dress and stall decorations Click here for more details. |
 Welcome to the website for the Community of Cove and Altens in Aberdeen. Here you will find lots of information on all the goings on in this thriving community. The history of Cove Have a look at the history of the Community of Cove from the 18th century to the current day by Douglas W Gray. The bustling community is far removed from a sleepy fishing village in the 1790’s of less than 300 souls more... Community Council meetings All members of the Community are invited to the regular Community Council meetings which are held at Loirston Primary School. Community Councillors Cove and Altens Community Councillors as at April 2007. Contact info@cove-bay.com for more information Come along to hear what's going on at 7:00pm on the following dates;
Chairman's Notes Andy Finlayson, Cove and Altens Chairman, provides an update on current matters affecting the residents of the Community of Cove and Altens.
April 2012 Community Centre Programmes 2011-12 Altens Community Centre The 2011-2012 programmes for Altens Community Centre
Do you have any spare time and are able to help at Altens Community Centre on a voluntary basis? More information can be found here
Loirston Annexe - UPDATE Your Loirston Annexe Management Committee has been working hard over the last month ensuring that the community centre runs as usual. As you’re aware, there were recent changes to the childcare provision (including the cost) within the Annexe, and the Management Committee have agreed unanimously to subsidise all those using the service by £2 per session until June 29 when this will need to be reviewed. We hope that this will ensure all parents and carers will continue to benefit from this much-needed resource. The new new Loirston Annexe website should be up and running by the end of May and this will keep you informed with what’s happening in the Annexe, how to book the facilities and partnership organisations which may be of use. But for those of you less technologically minded we’ll keep you updated through The Cove Chronicle. A funding application has been made to help celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee with the focus on a children’s party. We should find out mid-May if we’ve been successful so it could be tiaras and Union Jacks at the ready! And last, but by no means least, we want to hear from you about the services / classes you’d like provided at the Annexe. We’ve been approached about computer classes, language courses, baby massage, boxercise style fitness classes and much more but we need to know from you about what’s most wanted. eMail loirstonannexe@yahoo.co.uk with any ideas or suggestions. Seona Shand Doonies Farm Doonies Farm website - www.dooniesfarmaberdeen.co.uk Doonies Farm sits on the cliff tops between Aberdeen Lighthouse and the village of Cove. The farm is home to some of Britain’s rarest breeds of cattle, sheep, horses, pigs, goats and poultry. It is a working farm that is managed using mainly traditional farming methods to encourage local wildlife to flourish too. For generations of children, Doonies has been their first contact with the countryside. Cities twinned with Aberdeen Aberdeen is twinned with the following cities;
Does your group/organisation have interests you feel might benefit from making
connections with or visiting other similar groups in one of our twin cities? Local City Councillor Surgeries If you would like to meet one of your Local City Councillors to discuss any matter then you can attend one of their surgeries listed under Useful Numbers. Surgeries are available for Neil Cooney, Kate Dean or Callum McCaig. A Design Workshop for the Sustainable Growth of Cove Full details can be found here. Neighbourhood Bulletin The latest Neighbourhood Bulletin provides information on local services, projects and events happening in your area. Aberdeen Football Club proposed 21,000 seater stadium at Loch of Loirston |
Latest newsMore information required We are gradually building up information to place on our website. If you run a community group or club in Cove and Altens and would like to have your details added, please contact us. Extracts from The Cove Chronicle We now have a selection of articles from the current Cancer awareness info from the NHS CANCER, don't get scared, get checked. Things to look out for. Cove Clean Up Thank you to all the wonderful volunteers who came along on the 21st April to help with the Cove Clean Up. Here are some
of them. Altens Community Centre needs a Minute Secretary Altens Community Centre needs a Minute Secretary for their monthly meetings. If you can help please contact Jenny at the Centre on 896798. Cove in Bloom Have a look at the results of the The Cove in Bloom Team's
hard work ... We will also be planting in other areas of our community and we would welcome your help. We don’t have dates yet but please contact us on info@cove-bay.com to leave your name if you wish to take part Police News John Fiddes 0372 and Jake Woo 0991 are based at the Cove Police Station at the Cove Library, Loirston Avenue and look forward to meeting and assisting the Cove community. Introduction of Inspector Mark Cochrane can be found here St Mary's Church news Latest news from St Mary’s Shared Church here Nether Loirston Growers News
The Nether Loirston Growers website can be found at www.nlga.info The Growers are looking forward to the coming growing season with anticipation. We have started to check our seeds and planning what we can produce this year. A polytunnel is to be erected on our site to extend the growing season for the allotmenteers and to provide space for talks and
hands-on workshops over the summer months.
If you no longer use your compost bin, perhaps due to the brown bin scheme, then please consider donating it to the
allotments. We can uplift it from you. We have established allotments for Cove and District residents, thanks to £37,750 from the Scottish Government’s Climate Challenge Fund. Full details here. If you wish an allotment please email the requested details to nlga@hotmail.co.uk. NESCAMP North Esplanade West Enforcement Motorists seem oblivious to new signage which not only highlights that speed enforcement may take place but also confirms
the limit is 30mph on North Esplanade West. 63rd Aberdeen (Cove Bay) Scout Group The Scout Group are looking for adult volunteers to help run their Beaver, Cub and Scout sections. more...
Your Chronicle Needs You! You may have noticed that your Cove Chronicle has grown over the years due to our ever expanding community and our readership has greatly increased from our early days. The Chronicle has and continues to be a true and real community effort with everyone involved giving of their time on
a voluntary basis to help in getting the wide ranging local information to you every two months. This involves many
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