A Space for Living – Latest Proposed Plans
The latest proposed plans for our village, which were presented at the community event on Saturday 5th October, are now available on the Balfron Active Places website. Thanks to everyone who attended and provided feedback on the project. More to follow ….
The Balfron Telephone Box
We are proposing a weekend of restoring the telephone box in Dunmore Street. Please come along armed with wire brushes, sandpaper, paint brushes and anything else you think we might need the weekend of the 2nd and 3rd November 2019 – 11:00am to 2:00pm or whenever you can in those times. Follow the project here >>
Stirling Council Budget 2020 / 2021
Have you say on where Stirling Council’s 2020 / 2021 budget should be allocated using their new online tool by 20th October.
The Handyperson Project
The Volunteering Matters organisation in Stirlingshire are looking for volunteers to complete small and minor maintenance jobs that some older people cannot do by themselves in their own homes. Give them a call to see if you can help on 01259 928 088.
Community Health and Social Care Drop-ins
Clackmannanshire and Stirling Health and Social Care have also set up drop-in sessions for Balfron, on Wednesdays in Strathendrick Care Home from 11:00am – 12:30pm. More details on the help they offer is available here >>
Alzheimer Scotland Drop-in café – Strathendrick Care Home
Alzheimer Scotland hold a sociable drop-in café for anyone living with dementia and their family and friends. It take place every second Tuesday of the month 1:30pm–3:30pm at the Strathendrick Care Home, Balfron. More >>
Community Council Meetings
We meet on the first Thursday of the month (except for January and July) at Balfron High School. Our next meeting is:
Community Council MeetingBalfron High School |
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
- Fraser Allan, Vice Chair
- Bill Noblett, Treasurer
- Christine Wilson, Secretary
- John Nicholson, Planning
- Laura Elder
- Alison Lamont Chalmers
- David McGowan
- Robert Young
- Luci Rooney
- Our Minute-Taker is Carsten Mandt
Recent Posts
The phone box in Dunmore street is now owned by the community council, we are proposing a weekend of restoration and giving it a coat of paint (weather permitting). If you can, Please come along armed with wire brushes, sandpaper, paint brushes and anything else you think we might need the weekend of the the 2nd and 3rd Nov (11 till 2 or whenever you can in those times)
and rather than yarn bombing the phone box, please support the following project by knitting squares if you can:
Friends of The William Stewart Centre, Malawi are bringing hope to vulnerable people in the community where the Foundation is based. It can get very cold overnight. We’d love help with knitting to keep babies warm. It’s our aim to give a blanket to every newborn baby. If you (and your friends) would like to knit squares to be sewn together to make a blanket, please could they be 20cmx20cm. Or if you’d like to make a complete baby blanket to your own pattern that would be gratefully received. Baby/toddler knitted hats would be very useful too. We are grateful for everyone’s ongoing support. Thank you. Www.williamstewartfoundation.org
The William Stewart Hope for the Hopeless Foundation
Joy where there was despair; hope where there was hopelessness.
williamstewartfoundation.org
The William Stewart Hope for the Hopeless Foundation
Joy where there was despair; hope where there was hopelessness.Please support both of these excellent initiatives
Want to have your say on the proposals to improve walking, cycling and the village environment? Drop in to the High School next Saturday, 5 October, any time between 10am and 1pm. Look forward to seeing you there.
Tomorrow, Wednesday, there is a drop-in exhibition at Killearn Village Hall of proposals to develop the Killearn Hospital site for housing and “mixed use”. Worth going along as this could have a big impact on Balfron. Open between 2pm and 8pm.
Where is the hospital site in killearn ? ( lack of local knowledge) thanks
June
Where is the hospital site in killearn ? ( lack of local knowledge) thanks
Here's the agenda for Thursday evening's meeting. Following the fire on Cotton St, representatives of Fire Scotland will be present to discuss the retained fire service in the village. Please note the meeting is in the McLintock Lower Hall this month.
I regret I will not be able to hold my normal morning session in Doyle's on Thursday.
Revised plans on the Station Road closure from Stirling Council apparently. Letter now says closure from 29th for "around 4 days". And will only be between Ballochruin Road and Keirhill.
Will we still need to go the long way round to get to Drymen??
