Girlguiding Airthrey District Coffee Morning
Girlguiding Airthrey District are holding a coffee morning on Sat 22nd March 2025, 10am to 12 Noon, at the Bridge of Allan Parish Church Hall,
see poster on our events page here.
Making things great in our local community
Do you want to get involved in making things great in your local community?
We’re looking for Bridge of Allan residents to join the Community Council to help with:
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protecting local greenspace
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promoting our history and heritage
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progressing community priorities
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prioritising community views.
We are looking for three new members to join the Community Council as co-opted or associate members until full elections are held in 2027.
We have been actively working on many different community projects and initiatives, so it is more important than ever that all sections and voices of Bridge of Allan are represented on the Community Council. We are particularly looking for people with skills in communications, social media and web content creation. The role involves keeping up to date with community issues raised, working together to find solutions and helping communicate resident’s views to local organisation such as Stirling Council, Network Rail, developers and businesses. We have 10 meetings a year usually held at the Allan Centre ( our meeting minutes are here )
Though a lot of the activity involves raising resident’s issues and concerns with the appropriate authorities we also organise the Christmas Lights in Henderson street with a Switch-On event, other events such as the annual Service of Remembrance at the memorial park; we worked with Discover Bridge of Allan to purchase the Sunnylaw meadow and undertake maintenance of it; members have been engaging with the community seeking views to incorporate in the Local Place Plan which will feed into the forthcoming Stirling Council Local Development Plan. See our facebook page:
Who can become a member ?
You can put yourself forward if you live in the Bridge of Allan area , are over 16, and are on the electoral register.
Although currently there is only 1 space for a Co-opted member on the Council, we can also appoint associate members with particular skills or knowledge seeking to broaden both representation and expertise for specific projects/issues. See more here about different types of membership.
To find out more about community councils in general and how they are run see here .
To find out more about the Bridge of Allan Community Council please email chair Amanda or one of the members ( email addresses are on our webpage ‘Your Community Council’) and ideally come along to a meeting!
Next Meeting: Tue March 18th, 7.30pm at the Allan Centre
Stirling 900 Commemorative Photography Book Request for Submissions
We have received this invitation from the Stirling Photography Festival for Community members, groups and events to submit photographs for a special Stirling 900 commemorative book.
The Stirling Photography Festival are delighted to be partnering with Stirling District Tourism to produce this unique photo book celebrating Stirling 900, and we would love to include photographs of events and organisations, showcasing the best of what happened in Stirlingshire this past year.
The photo book aims to capture the people and the place, in a curated collection of images taken during this special year. You can read more about it on the What’s On Stirling website.
Our aim is to produce a book that showcases the breadth of all our community events in 2024/25 – highland games and agricultural shows, sports matches, music, arts and cultural events, as well as the people in our community working and celebrating.
Details about the book and how to submit are on the website : https://www.stirlingphotographyfestival.co.uk/stirling-900-1
Closing date for submissions is 7th April.
For information about the Stirling 900th Anniversary Weekend 28-29th March vist the website: https://www.yourstirling.com/whats-on/stirling-900-finale/
Your Stirling, Your Say: Visitor Levy, Adaptation, and Equalities
Stirling Council have notified us of two more open surveys online, in addition to the Equalities survey (as posted her on Feb 20th) which closes today.
- Visitor Levy, Until May 4th: https://engage.stirling.gov.uk/en-GB/projects/visitor-levy
- Climate Adaption: Until April 6th: https://engage.stirling.gov.uk/en-GB/projects/climate-adaptation-strategy
- Equalities Outcomes:Until 10th March : https://engage.stirling.gov.uk/en-GB/projects/equalities
Visitor Levy
The early engagement on a potential visitor levy for Stirling has opened today. The introduction of a levy scheme could see a set percentage charge on overnight accommodation paid by visitors and tourists in the Stirling Council area. To help shape the scheme ahead of a decision in December, we want to hear your ideas on what the scheme could look like, including its objectives, percentage rate, timeline, and how revenues would be re-invested. To find out more about the visitor levy and take to the survey, click here. A series of drop-in sessions have also been arranged for businesses, accommodation providers and anyone else who would like to share their views on the scheme. These will take place at the following locations:
- Stirling (Friday 14 March 2025, 11am-6pm, Albert Halls)
- Killin (Tuesday 18 March 2025, 11am-6pm, McLaren Hall)
- Callander (Wednesday 9 April 2025, 11am-6pm, Callander Youth Project)
- Drymen (Wednesday 16 April 2025, 11am-6pm, Drymen Village Hall).
Climate Adaption Strategy:
We are also inviting feedback on our draft Climate Adaptation Strategy, which is part of our Climate and Nature Emergency Plan. Now, we’d like to hear what you think about our draft strategy. There are two ways to tell us what you think:
This consultation is open until the 6th of April.
Equalities Outcomes:
Finally, there is still time to take part in the Equalities Outcomes consultation. We want to involve a range of people in developing the equality outcomes for 2025-29 – particularly those who share a relevant protected characteristic and their representatives. We will take your responses, experiences and stories – and collate them with others’ responses to understand common themes. We will then turn these themes into Equality Outcomes for Stirling, and aim to improve people’s life chances over the next four years. Click here to take the survey.
If you would like any more information about how you can use these surveys to have your say, you can email us at insights@stirling.gov.uk.
M9 overnight closures March 10 to 14 Junctions 9 – 11
We have received this notification of M9 closures in the week of March 10 to 14th:
BEAR Scotland, acting on behalf of Transport Scotland, is planning to carry out Bridge Joint Replacements at the Structure M9 10-11 65 Knockhill which carries the M9. The joint replacements will require phased road and lane closures in each direction to facilitate the works.
The works have been programmed to start on Monday the 10th of March for a duration of 5 nights between the hours of 20:30 and 06:00 each night.
The M9 Northbound will be closed between junctions 9 and 11 on 10th and 11th of March. The M9 Southbound will be closed between junctions 11 and 9 from the 12th to 14th of March.
The southbound M9 between junctions 10 and 9 will also be reduced to one lane on the 11th March, to allow works to be undertaken on the central reserve.
To ensure the safety of the workforce and members of the travelling public it is necessary to implement road and lane closures during the works.
The diversion route for both north and south bound traffic on the M9 will be signposted between Junctions 9 and 11, via the A91 and A9. This diversion will add approximately 17 minutes and 8.5 miles onto affected journeys.
A location plan showing this diversion route is within the attached document from BEAR: M9 Junctions 9 – 11 – Overnight Bridge joint Replacements
Drumbrae Woodlands – Community Tree Planting Day
The community council has received this invitation to the community about a tree planting volunteer day:
Monday 7 April 2025, 10am-1pm
Join the Drumbrae Woodland Community Ranger to plant trees near the path towards Cocksburn Reservoir, at Drumbrae. They will be planting crab apple trees as part of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh’s Scottish Plant Recovery project.
You will help prepare the ground for planting, plant trees and make sure all trees are recorded so they can monitor them over the years.
You don’t need any specific skills or previous experience and they will provide the tools and equipment. To volunteer you must be 16 years old or over to volunteer. Those under 16 years old, must be accompanied and supervised by a responsible adult. This activity is recommended for age 8 and above. Places are limited and spaces must be booked in advance. If the event is over-subscribed they will operate a wait list.
If you are interested in volunteering then please visit our website for more information and complete the online sign up form: https://sustainability.ed.ac.uk/operations/forest-peatland/volunteering-opportunities
