BALFRON COMMUNITY COUNCIL NEWS
Balfron Active Places, Construction Phase One – Advance Information
Following last year’s community engagement and consultation exercise undertaken as part of the Balfron Active Places project, the improvement works to The Clachan and Printers Row will start on 28th September 2020, and will last approximately ten weeks subject to Covid-19 instructions.
The works reflect the outcomes that were highlighted by the community during the consultations, such as:
- Improve the public realm and create space that provides enjoyment, comfort and protection.
- Provide positive road safety impact. Improve pedestrian and cyclist circulation.
- Improve accessibility for those with impaired mobility.
To ensure the safety of pedestrians, vehicle traffic and contractors at certain times there will be traffic management controls in place which will include temporary traffic lights and may also include temporary road closures.
Full details, including plans of the two areas can be seen at www.stirling.gov.uk/balfronactiveplaces.
Balfron Community Council Meetings
All Balfron Community Council meetings will be held remotely by video conference for the foreseeable future due to the Coronavirus. We will continue to keep you informed via this website, our Facebook page and via the Balfron Community Resilience page. We will also share information on our 2 noticeboards in the village. If you have an issue you want raised at our online meeting, you can contact us via the Facebook page or by emailing us at hello@balfroncc.org.uk
Balfron Recycling Centre
From Monday 24th August it will be possible to book 2 visits per week for the Balfron Recycling Centre starting. The booking week will run Monday to Saturday. You can book your time slots via the Stirling Council booking system.
Balfron Bank of Scotland Closure
We continue with our campaign to get the Bank of Scotland to reconsider their latest decision to close the Balfron branch in March 2021. We feel that the alternatives being offered are totally inadequate to the needs, not just of Balfron, but of all the communities of West Stirlingshire.
As our campaign continues, we have been featured the August 2020 edition of Which? Money. The article focuses on the general trend of branch closures and the impact on communities. Our chair, Colin Cameron, was also interviewed on Radio 4’s You and Yours at the end of July highlighting the concerns of local rural businesses and residents.
Please continue to share our online petition as widely as possible – we have had over 1,300 signatures on our petitions to date and our elected Councillors, MPs and MSPs are all actively supporting our campaign. And please add your comments and concerns to our Facebook page.
COVID-19 – Support and Information
Testing
If you or a member of your household are showing symptoms of COVID-19, arranging for a test to be carried out is straightforward. Find out more on the NHS Inform page.
Local Support Available
If you are self isolating or need support if you have to self-isolate any time in the future, there is a group of Balfron volunteers who are happy to help with errands such as shopping, dog walking, urgent supplies and posting mail (for free). Please call Michelle Conway on 07540 667260 if you need assistance or if you want to join the local volunteer group.
Stirling Council Community Support Available
You can also contact Stirling Council if you are vulnerable, know of somebody who is vulnerable, self-isolating and has no immediate support available on 01786 404040 or email communitysupport@stirling.gov.uk.
Balfron Resilience Group
Keep up to date with the latest local information about the Coronavirus on the Balfron Community Resilience Facebook page. Balfron has its own resilience plan, and the volunteers behind the plan are now working closely with Stirling Council to ensure our village needs are understood, and what we as a community can do to support Stirling Council to ensure the most vulnerable are looked after.
Community Council Meetings
We meet every month (except January and July) and our next meeting is:
Community Council MeetingVideo Conference |
About Us
The Community Council is a body consisting of local residents, who meet on a monthly basis to discuss and progress issues affecting the local community, and represent the views and concerns of the Balfron residents to Stirling Council and other relevant groups.
Members
- Colin Cameron, Chair
- Robert Young, Vice Chair
- Bill Noblett, Treasurer
- Christine Wilson, Secretary
- John Nicholson, Planning
- Fraser Allan
- Laura Elder
- Alison Lamont Chalmers
- David McGowan
- Luci Rooney
- Our Minute-Taker is Carsten Mandt
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Today’s Stirling Observer. We shall keep fighting until we get proper engagement with Bank of Scotland. “By Your Side” - not by ours it seems!
From Monday 24th August, households will be able to book two visits per week to the Balfron Recycling Centre. You can book your slots through the Stirling Council website: www.stirling.gov.uk/bins-waste-recycling/balfron-hwrc-booking-page/
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You will need to book a slot in order to visit our Balfron tip. You can do this here.URGENT UPDATE FOR THOSE WHO HAVE RECEIVED UNSOLICITED PACKETS OF SEED IN THE POST
The following message has recently been circulated by NFU Scotland:
Significant numbers of Scottish households have been receiving unsolicited packets of seeds in the post from China/Singapore as part of a likely scam. Following contact with Scottish Government, it urges those receiving seeds to take the following actions:
If the packet of seeds has not been opened, please leave it sealed.
• DO NOT PLANT OR COMPOST THESE SEEDS.
It is possible that these seeds could be a harmful invasive species or harbour a disease both of which if released could pose a threat to agriculture and the environment.
• Do not handle the seeds
These seeds may have been treated with a chemical pesticide. Please wash your hands if you have handled them without gloves.
Science and Advice for Scottish Agriculture (SASA) is collecting these unsolicited packets of seeds for analysis. It is asking for your co-operation to send these seeds to SASA. Email your details and a postal address to info@sasa.gov.scot. You will be sent a pre-paid self-addressed envelope and zip-lock bag. When you receive the envelope and zip-lock bag please insert the packet of seeds into the zip-lock bag and seal. Then place the zip-lock bag and contents into the envelope and post it back to SASA.
If you receive further unsolicited packages, please report them again using info@sasa.gov.scot
Our Bank Campaign featuring once more on BBC Radio 4 this morning. Item starts 30mins in: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000lddr
You and Yours - Eat Out To Help Out; FlyBe Routes; Bank Branch Closures - BBC Sounds
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Will theWell spoken Colin - It was quite a long discussion
