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Across Scotland August 10Th - 18Th, 2019 Across Scotland August 10th - 18th, 2019 Event times & locations supported by: Event times and locations 2019 ARGYLL AND BUTE ............................................................................... 4 1. Iona Village Hall Community Trust – Iona Community Celebration 2. Kilfinan Community Forest – Kyles of Bute Community Community Get together and BBQ 3. Mull and Iona Community Trust – Ulva Ferry Community Land Celebration 4. North West Mull Community Woodlands Company Ltd - Isle of Ulva Walks 5. South Islay Development Trust - South Islay celebrations 6. South West Mull and Iona Development - Tiroran Community Forest Fun Day CENTRAL ........................................................................................ 6 7. Bannockburn House Trust - Celebration 8. Kettins Parish Hall – Community Lunch FIFE ......................................................................................................6 9. The Ecology Centre and Kinghorn Community Land Association - Teddy Bears’ Picnic GLASGOW AND CLYDE VALLEY ............................................................. 6 10. Carluke Development Trust – Our Mill 11. Copperworks Housing Association – Triangle celebration 12. Spire View Housing Association – Opening of Community Hub 13. Kinning Park Complex - Kinning Park Celebration – A Bigger, Brighter Future 14. Linwood Community Development Trust – Worth the Wait HIGHLAND ............................................................................................ 8 15. Fernaig Community Trust - Open Day 16. Fort Augustus and Glenmoriston Community Company - Celebration 17. Garbh Allt Community Initiative - Across the Generations – Come and join us! 18. Kyle and Lochalsh Community Trust - Plock and Toll Office Buyout Celebration 19. Lochcarron Community Development Company - Volunteer Celebration 20. Minginish Community Hall Association - Interactive Event 21. Scourie Community Development Company - Show and Tell 22. Sunart Community Company, Strontian Community School Building Ltd, Sunart Community Renewables -The Sunart Story 2 LOTHIAN AND BORDERS ....................................................................... 10 23. Action Porty – Bellfield, a place to belong 24. Bridgend Farmhouse – Family Funday 25. Peebles Community Trust - Open Day at Eshiels Community Woodland NORTH EAST ......................................................................................... 10 26. Fittie Community Development Trust - Fittie – Folk and Families 27. Lumsden Community Association - Grand Opening Event ORKNEY ................................................................................................ 11 28. Rousay, Egilsay and Wyre Development Trust - Update on the Trumland Estate buyout SOUTH WEST........ ................................................................................ 11 29. Castle Loch Lochmaben Community Trust - Teddy Bear’s Picnic 30. Crossroads Community Hub – afternoon tea 31. Moffat Community Woodlands - Celebration 32. Mull of Galloway Trust - Community Garden Party 33. Nith Valley Leaf Trust – Community-owned Passivhaus Homes 34. Upper Nithsdale Arts and Crafts Initiative, A’ the Airts – Tea Party WESTERN ISLES ................................................................................... 12 35. Gallan Head Community Trust – Science talk and whale and dolphin watch. 36. Keose Glebe Estate – Community Gathering 37. Storas Uibhist – Guided Walks 38. The Pairc Trust - Housewarming 39. The Stornoway Trust – Exploring the future of crofting 40. The Stornoway Trust – Tour of the Castle grounds 41. Urras Oighreachd Ghabhsainn – Launch of Coastal Walking Route 42. Urras Oighreachd Chàrlabhaigh (Carloway Estate Trust) - From our land and sea 43. West Harris Trust Community drop-in session and celilidh 3 3. MULL AND IONA COMMUNITY ARGYLL AND BUTE TRUST – ULVA FERRY COMMUNITY LAND CELEBRATION 1. IONA VILLAGE HALL COMMUNITY TRUST – IONA COMMUNITY When: Fri 16th Aug, 16.00 – 21.00 CELEBRATION Location: Ulva Primary School, Ulva Ferry, Isle of Mull, PA73 6LT When: 9th – 18th Aug, times TBC Grid Reference: NM 45125 40130 Location: Isle of Iona, PA76 6SJ Mull and Iona Community Trust will be holding The Scottish Land Fund provided the funds to an event to celebrate the purchase of land at purchase the additional area of land needed for Oskamull on which they will build affordable the construction of our new Iona Village Hall, housing. The event will involve local school which is due to start in June/July. This will pupils, USCA members and the wider community be transformative for the island but does mean of Ulva Ferry and North Mull. There will be a that all village hall activities are displaced for celebratory event on the plot itself and then a the duration of the build. piped procession to Ulva School for a traditional USCA family ceilidh with local musicians, food, We have negotiated with a local supplier to bingo and a raffle. The Ulva Ferry Community borrow a small marquee, and a location for it to Transport service will be available for those be erected for two weeks in August, straddling that need it. both Ross of Mull & Iona Gala Fortnight and Community Land Week. August is by far the 4. NORTH WEST MULL COMMUNITY busiest month of our summer season, and the WOODLANDS COMPANY LTD - ISLE village hall usually plays a major part in the OF ULVA WALKS calendar of local events for islanders, visitors and seasonal staff. When: Sat 10th, Tues 13th & Fri 16th Aug, 10.00 We plan to have a range of events – organised Location: Please meet at The Boathouse Café, by different local groups – to celebrate both Isle of Ulva, Isle of Ulva, PA73 6LZ. the local Gala Fortnight and Community Land Week, including a community celebration of the The community-owned Isle of Ulva will be land acquisition. holding two or three, half-day guided walks and presentations covering the past year’s 2. KILFINAN COMMUNITY FOREST developments on Ulva and what their plans – KYLES OF BUTE COMMUNITY are for the future. Pre booking will be required. COMMUNITY GET TOGETHER AND Keep an eye on the Community Land Scotland BBQ web site for more information. When: Fri 16th Aug, 17.30 – 20:00 Location: Kilfinan Community Forest, Tighnabruaich PA21 2DB Website: www.kilfinancommunityforest.co.uk This Kilfinan Community Forest will be hosting a community get-together, free BBQ and children’s activities (17.30 – 20.00). More details to follow. 4 5. SOUTH ISLAY DEVELOPMENT TRUST - SOUTH ISLAY CELEBRATIONS When: Sat 17th Aug, 14.00 Location: Port Ellen Community Garden, Frederick Crescent, Port Ellen, Isle of Islay, PA42 7BD South Islay Development will be holding an event at The Lochiel Memorial Community Garden to celebrate the success of the Filling Station and Mobile Home Service point, the community garden and the development of their new project, - the Port Ellen Playing Field. There will be a tea party with live music and entertainment from local dancers and musicians. No confirmation is required unless organisations would like to have a stall / table to sell or promote their charities. 6. SOUTH WEST MULL AND IONA DEVELOPMENT - TIRORAN COMMUNITY FOREST FUN DAY When: Mon 12th Aug, 11.00 – 15.00 Location: Tiroran Community Forest, Isle of Mull, PA69 6ET Grid Reference: NM480303 This event will take place at Tiroran Community Forest. It will be an outdoor event. Attendees can bring a picnic and SWMID will provide drinks. The Community Bus will be booked to assist with transportation. There will be opportunities for people to have guided walks around the forest, or to explore by themselves to see what has happened over the past year. Children will be able to play on the new playground that is being built at a Woodland Tribe event earlier in the summer. We hope to collaborate with our local ranger service and others to provide fun/ educational activities for adults and children. 5 CENTRAL FIFE 7. BANNOCKBURN HOUSE TRUST - 9. THE ECOLOGY CENTRE AND CELEBRATION KINGHORN COMMUNITY LAND ASSOCIATION - TEDDY BEARS’ When: Tue 13th Aug, 12.00 – 15.00 PICNIC Location: Bannockburn House, Stirling FK7 8EY When: Sun 11th Aug, 13.00 – 15.00 Location: Kinghorn Loch, Kinghorn, KY3 9YG Bannockburn House Trust will be holding an event to celebrate the House coming into The Ecology Centre and Kinghorn Community community ownership and to let people know Land Association (KCLA) are co-hosting this about future plans. The event is mainly aimed event at Kinghorn Loch They will be holding at professionals and other community groups, a Teddy Bears’ Picnic. Families and anyone but attendance will be open to all. interested can come along and enjoy a friendly, relaxed picnic in the community owned 8. KETTINS PARISH HALL – grounds. Picnic food will be available, with COMMUNITY LUNCH fruits and vegetables used from The Ecology Centre’s Community Garden, where possible. When: Thur 15th Aug, 12.00 – 14.00 There will be an opportunity to do a tour of both Location: Kettins Parish Hall, Kettins, sites and hear about how The Ecology Centre Perthshire, PH13 9JP came to reside at the site and KCLA’s plans for the proposed columbarium and cemetery at A lunch will be provided with soup, coffee or Kinghorn Loch. tea and cake. People can come along and find out about the progress being made by Kettins GLASGOW AND CLYDE VALLEY Parish Hall. There is no need for people to book and they can provide transport if required. 10. CARLUKE DEVELOPMENT TRUST – OUR MILL When: Sat 10th Aug, 12.00 – 16.00 Location: Carluke High Mill, Chapel Street, Carluke, ML8 4BD Carluke High Mill
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