New Kilmory hub is first in Eco Savvy network
The first of eight planned Eco Savvy reuse micro hubs has opened at Kilmory Hall.
Hub manager David Payne officially opened the community hub, surrounded by eco partners.
After a brief introduction by project manager Michael Gettins, David welcomed the visitors and partners before P3 to P5 Kilmory Primary School pupils entertained the assembled group with a musical performance played entirely with recycled instruments; bottles, tissue box guitars and toilet roll shakers.
The new micro hub is the first of a series, making up a network across the island where people can offer up, for reuse and recycling, items that can be given a new lease of life under a new guise to avoid it ending up on a landfill site.
The hub will also play a large part in delivering educational events, promoting environmental awareness and swap shops.
Partnering up and sharing ideologies and hosting a table at the opening of the Kilmory hub were members from the Community of Arran Seabed Trust (COAST), Arran Community Land Initiative, Lochranza Field Centre and other partners who encourage eco responsibility and sustainability.
David thanked the Kilmory Hall committee members for their assistance and welcomed his first volunteer, Bruno Baumgärtner, who will assist with community events and encourage responsible and ecologically friendly methods of sustainability.
As previously reported in the Banner, the £65,000 project funded by the Scottish government through the climate challenge fund and the European Union’s regional development fund, will see seven more hubs open across the island.