The next  monthly meeting of the Westhill and Elrick Community Council takes place on Thursday 11th October at the Holiday Inn, Westhill Drive, starting at 7pm

All residents welcome to attend

For the Agenda  click WECC Meeting Agenda 11th October 2018

 Community Learning and Development staff have developed a financial capabilities course which will be running in Westhill starting on 27th September. The programme has been developed collaboratively with key partners including the Citizens Advice Bureau, Aberdeenshire Council’s Employment Support Team, Grampian Credit Union, NESCOL and others yet to be confirmed.  This will be a 6 week block and will focus on some of the following issues: budgeting, spending adjustments, getting the best deals for utilities, managing debt, employment support and benefits, how to start a savings plan, relationship worries, mental health and wellbeing – to name but a few.  The course will be on Thursday mornings from 27th Sept – 15th Nov, 9:30am – 12pm at the Westhill Community Centre, Hays Way, Westhill.  For further information and to reserve a FREE place – Contact: Ann Bothwell 07721119587 or Debbie Mackay 07881855608

The Garioch Partnership has arranged a number of Democracy Matters Conversations.They want to hear your thoughts in a discussion about local communities deciding their own future. How should communities be involved in decisions about Scotland’s public services? Come along and share your opinion. The sessions will be held in Newmachar on Tuesday 25^th September; Inverurie on Tuesday 2^nd October; Westhill on Wednesday 3^rd October (Old Schoolhouse); Kintore on Monday 8^th October and Kemnay on Tuesday 9^th October.  For more information visit: http://gariochpartnership.org.uk/events/ where you can find the background documents to the consultation as well as a link to a short animation with more information.  Please let them know if you intend to come along, by signing up via the website.

The Westhill & Elrick Community Council are holding its AGM and monthly meeting on Thursday 13th September, starting at 7pm in the main function room at Holiday Inn.
The agendas can be viewed at the links below.

The AGM includes announcement of winners and presentation of prizes for the Westhill In Bloom competition,  and a short talk from the SensationALL charity on how they are progressing with their plans for work on the Old School and Schoolhouse.

WECC AGM Agenda – 13 Sep 2018
WECC Meeting Agenda.13 Sept 2018

As part of Year of  Young People, Westhill Rotary have launched  a Young Citizen Award.

The objective is to recognise the efforts of young people in Westhill area where they have shown exceptional efforts with Citizenship and acknowledge these efforts by public recognition.

Guidance notes on the award are at this link.Rotary YOUNG CITIZEN Guidance 2018 (4)
Word doc Nomination form is at this link Rotary YoYP Nomination form
Pdf doc Nomination form is at this link  Rotary YoYP Nomination form pdf

Deadline for submitting nominations is 28th September