Farm Visit & Barbacue

Jimmy arranged our summer farm visit with well known Kilrea farmer Mr David Laughlin, his
wife Anne and son Andrew  to visit his diverse and picturesque farm at Culmore House Bann Road Kilrea BT515RY

David ,Anne and Andrew run a successful Organic Dairy and beef enterprise . They sell their own organic beef which was used for the Barbecue after the farm walk . A new enterprise started this year
is organic vegetables and they hope to have them available to eat as

The farm has also diversified into renewable energy with the construction of a large wind turbine and the dairy herd is milked through a robotic milking machine which is fascinating to watch in
operation .

Set beside the River Bann the farm has lovely walks and is full of wildlife This is proved to be a very successful and interesting evening.

http://culmoreorganicfarm.com/

http://culmoreorganicfarm.com/

Jack Pinkerton Presentation to Jackie Brogan, Tesco

Jackie Brogan and Fionnula were our guests at today's club meeting. 

Jackie had been asked to talk about her community work with our local Tesco.

However, an a great surprise to her the real purpose was to present her with our "Jack Pinkerton Endeavour Award"  This is awarded ever year to an individual or organisation who the club considers has made an outstanding  contribution to Ballymoney.  Jackie more than meets this in her work with Tesco which has been recognised regionally and nationally.

The Jack Pinkerton Endevavour for 2015-16 was awarded to Jackie Brogan from Tescos. This is our highest award

Presidents Update July 2016

Presidents Update 06-07-16

Hope to issue a brief update to members after each Council meeting. Council met on Monday 4^th. July. 

Sydney Henry from PCSPs

President Richard welcomed Sydney back to the club.  

Sydney talked about his role on the Policing and Community Safety Partnership in the CCG area.

Sydney was involved in our very success JustOneLife project in March.

He challenged us to accept responsibility for our own driving.

https://www.causewaycoastandglens.gov.uk/live/policing-and-community-safety-partnership

What we do?

Causeway Coast and Glens PCSP aims to make our community safer. We do this by focusing on the policing and community safety issues that matter most across the Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council area.

We:

consult and engage with the local community on the issues of concern in relation to policing and community safety. The Policing Committee has a distinct responsibility to provide views to the relevant district commander and the Policing Board on policing matters;

identify and prioritise the particular issues of concern and prepare plans for how these can be tackled;

monitor - a Policing Committee comprising the political and independent members will monitor the performance of the police and work to gain the co-operation of the public with the police in preventing crime; and

deliver a reduction in crime and enhance community safety in our area, directly through our own interventions, through the work of our delivery groups or through support for the work of others.

Somme Remembered

New year started with our attendance at the Somme Remembered event at the showgrounds. We erected our Sheltebox tent. Unfortunately the weather was awful