Cairn
Social
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What do we mean by "Social" or "Welfare":
Using terms like being on 'the social' or being on 'welfare' can conjour up different thoughts to different folk. When we talk about these terms it doesn't mean necessarily being poor and needing to be on the national social benefits system - although many of us living at the Cairn will indeed be on one state benefit....the state pension. So please do not make any wrong assumptions when we have used the terms... Don't be 'put off' when we use such terms.
What we do aim to do is promote interesting social benefits for village residents and the surrounding community..... Somewhere easy to access, go in have a cuppa and a friendly blether, without the necessity of getting a bus or walk for miles. That's the 'social' aspect. As far as 'welfare' is concerned it's good to be able to talk to someone about potential problems and maybe even how to get round or solve a problem. Actually we think that often the 'social' and 'welfare' aspects are just a likely combination of the two.
So enter the new community Cairn Cafe hub at Lilac Cottage. We are already doing some crafting and other 'hobby' things there on most winter Tuesday evenings. We think and hope that such use will evolve into something good 'Socially' and to the benefit of the general 'Welfare' of folk living at the Cairn.
Mind you.... we will not be suggesting any notion that folk living in surrounding communities are not welcome (perhaps because they are not actual residents of Cairnryan). On the contrary, providing such folk are of good intent, their input and social contributions will be most welcome. There is a local social and welfare benefit to the concept of encouraging Wigtownshire based friends and relatives of the Cairn community to join in with the social interactions of our Group's activities.
Examples of activities that might augment the cafe operation (already suggested by Cairn Community members) could include 'Games Nights (Scrabble/Trivial Pursuits Nights/Dominoes etc); More crafting eg Tunisian Crochet; knitting/sewing projects etc; Quiz nights; Bingo; or just sitting about chatting. The point here is that it could be just what folk want it to be.
Part of this function could include using the Cairn Cafe. Please remember any cafe 'profits', after running costs, are used exclusively to fund village projects. Our Group is wholly a non-profit based company (a 'company limited by guarantee', for those interested in company classification and law).
Of course part of the social and welfare functionality includes the 'Resilience Planning' described on our Group Aims page.
