Category: General News

Due to the Red weather alert, we thought it would be appropriate to repost this.

Back in October 2017 the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service launched the Community Asset Register (CAR).

Essentially this is a register of volunteers who have a particular asset or skill which they feel could be used to support emergency services and responders at an incident.

Examples include someone with a boat who could be called in times of flooding to assist evacuate people from houses to a place of safety.  Similarly someone with a 4X4 may be used in times of severe snow to transport vulnerable people to a community hall.

Further information about the CAR can be found on the link below:

http://www.firescotland.gov.uk/news-campaigns/news/2017/10/sfrs-launches-community-asset-register-(1).aspx

Unfortunately, it is impossible to gauge how often a volunteer will be requested.

Mobilisations can be determined by severe weather, a specific type of asset/skill required for the incident, the emergency services availability and resources in the area and the location of the volunteer.

It must be stressed that even when someone has registered, they are under no obligation to mobilise when they are called by the Operations Control centre.

For anyone to register an interest and request a form they would be required to email: SFRS.CommunityAssetRegister@firescotland.gov.uk and a registration form will be sent to be completed along with guidelines on how to complete the registration process.

Announcement on Clacks Council Twitter

Back in October 2017 the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service launched the Community Asset Register (CAR).

Essentially this is a register of volunteers who have a particular asset or skill which they feel could be used to support emergency services and responders at an incident.

Examples include someone with a boat who could be called in times of flooding to assist evacuate people from houses to a place of safety.  Similarly someone with a 4X4 may be used in times of severe snow to transport vulnerable people to a community hall.

Further information about the CAR can be found on the link below:

http://www.firescotland.gov.uk/news-campaigns/news/2017/10/sfrs-launches-community-asset-register-(1).aspx

Unfortunately, it is impossible to gauge how often a volunteer will be requested.

Mobilisations can be determined by severe weather, a specific type of asset/skill required for the incident, the emergency services availability and resources in the area and the location of the volunteer.

It must be stressed that even when someone has registered, they are under no obligation to mobilise when they are called by the Operations Control centre.

For anyone to register an interest and request a form they would be required to email: SFRS.CommunityAssetRegister@firescotland.gov.uk and a registration form will be sent to be completed along with guidelines on how to complete the registration process.

Due to the bad weather, not many people were able to attend the public presentation in the Cochrane Hall recently.

Sam Sweeney, Partner, Bracewell Stirling Consulting CHARTERED ARCHITECTS
has kindly sent us the related documents for you to see.

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Tomorrow, Friday 2nd February, is the last day you can feedback your views of the Budget Proposals to Clacks Council.

If you wish to do this online, here is the link –
https://clackmannanshire.citizenspace.com/communications-department/budget-consultation-2018-19/consultation/intro/

If you have a paper version, then please ensure that this is returned to Alva CAP or to the collection box in Alva Co-op by no later than 3pm tomorrow.

Thank you

Notice of Poll – Local Government By-Election: 
Ward 2 – Clackmannanshire North – Thursday 1 March 2018
Notice of Poll for the Local Government By-Election which will be held on Thursday 1 March 2018.

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Audit Scotland have published an article about the well publicised financial problems of Clackmannanshire Council.
The article refers to the Accounts Commission as being their source.
You can read the full article by clicking on this link …..
http://www.audit-scotland.gov.uk/news/serious-concerns-over-clackmannanshire-council

The link to the Best Value Assurance Report by the Accounts Commission is… http://www.audit-scotland.gov.uk/uploads/docs/report/2018/bv_180125_clackmannanshire.pdf

It contains information like this….
Clackmannanshire faces many challenges

9. Like most areas of Scotland, the population of Clackmannanshire is ageing;
by 2033, one in four people in the council area will be over 65. Over the next
20 years the population is expected to decrease by 2.4 per cent, against a
national expected increase in population of 8.8 per cent in the same period.

10. Clackmannanshire has significant concentrations of deprivation, including Alloa South and East and Tullibody North and South. People living in deprived areas have fewer resources and opportunities, for example in health and education.
Nationally, Clackmannanshire has the eighth highest concentration of deprivation of the 32 Scottish councils. Full-time jobs in Clackmannanshire pay less than the Scottish average, and pay has fallen by six per cent since 2013, in contrast to a two per cent increase across Scotland.

11. The proportion of school leavers entering higher education in 2014/15 was
26 per cent, well below the Scotland rate of 38 per cent. There are around 9,000
children in Clackmannanshire, with around 2,000 (22 per cent) living in workless
households and 2,400 (27 per cent) living in poverty.

WHERE HAS ALL THE BUDGET FEEDBACK FORMS GONE TO?

There have been in excess of 250 Budget Feedback Forms handed out so far, yet only NINE have been handed into Alva CAP and ZERO put in the Collection Box in the Co-op.

With the deadline of Feb 2nd just over a week away and the data on the entry forms needing to be input manually before that, could we please get those forms back a.s.a.p.

You only have one chance to express your views and this is it!!

Thank you 🙂