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Stirling's food and drink at Highland Show
Stirling food and drink producers ‘throw down the gauntlet’ in advance of this year’s Royal Highland ShowStirling Tastes Good is yet again preparing to serve up the best of the region’s produce at this year’s Royal Highland Show on 20 – 23rd June, 2013. The group of five local food and drink producers are being supported by STEP, Stirling business support agency, which helped secure funding from Stirling... more…
Malawi Fair Trade to visit Stirling
Stirling Council Provost, Mike Robbins, welcomed two Fair Trade rice growers to Stirling last week.Fair Trade Stirling joined forces with Stirling Council and Just Trading Scotland to host the event. Susan Ntende and Howard Msukwa from the Karonga district in the north of Malawi spoke about the work being done by their fair trade co-operative. Susan Ntende highlighted the positive role model for women make up 50% of the Board. In... more…
Council Consults with Creative Community
Stirling Council to Consult with Creative Community on a stronger future for the Arts & Culture Stirling Council is calling on members of the creative community to get involved in consultations to help guide future arts and cultural spending.The decision follows agreement at a meet of the Community Planning and Regeneration Committee for a complete review on how best to support the area’s arts sector.The council is currently... more…
Stirling celebrates Armed Forces Day
Saturday 22 June 2013, Kings Park, Stirling, 11 am – 5 pm Stirling will again play host to Scotland’s premier Armed Forces Day event this year with a packed Military Show programme offering something for all the family.Highlights on Saturday 22 June will include a Spitfire flypast, songs from the West of Scotland Military WAGS Choir, 40s-era dancing by perennial favourites the Kennedy Cup Cakes, and the traditional march past and... more…
Shock tactics to tackle dog mess
Dunblane Community Council is trying new shock tactics to get irresponsible dog walkers to pick-up after their pets by highlighting dog mess with bright red spray-paint in parks and open spaces.The Community Council, which is being supported by Stirling Council’s Land Services was inspired by Polmaise Community Council’s anti-dog mess campaign where they patrol the village and spray any dog mess with the bright paint to raise... more…
Petitions Panel hears Boquhan speed concerns
Stirling Council's Petitions Panel travelled to Balfron today to hear representations from Boquhan residents on the speed of traffic through the village.Petitioners requested that speed limits be reduced, citing dangerous bends on that stretch of road. The petition was left open to allow Council Officers to work with the community, as the road is scheduled to be resurfaced over the summer. This will allow rumble strips and improved road... more…
City proud to host Argyll's last parade
Stirling is set to welcome the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders as the city says thank you to the Battalion in its last official parade before it becomes a light infantry company.The parade of 350 soldiers takes place this Friday, 14 June, stepping off at Stirling Castle from 11am, marching down to Broad Street and on to Bow Street, Baker Street then King Street and on to Murray Place where the band will stop to play. They will then... more…
Environmental Improvements Agreed
Community projects across the Stirling Council area have been selected to benefit from £50,000 of funding to help improve the local environment.Stirling Council’s Environment and Housing Committee approved eleven community projects to share in funding allocated during the recent budget.Awards range from £1,100 towards replacing a damaged fence in Stirling’s Afton Court play area up to £13,750 towards path... more…
Care at Home discussion sessions
Ideas and suggestions for reshaping Care at Home Services for the future will be discussed at two informal community meetings in Alloa and Stirling over the coming fortnight.Service users and non-users, families, carers, and anyone with an interest in the care of older people are being invited to come along to have their say at the Tommy Downs Room, Town Hall, Alloa, at 10 am on Thursday 13 June, or Council Chambers, Old Viewforth, Stirling,... more…
Waste and Recycling service provides best value
This week, Stirling Council's Environment and Housing Committee will be presented with the findings of an independent Best Value Review of its Waste Service.Stirling Council engaged Zero Waste Scotland (ZWS) to undertake the review with the aim of investigating how efficient Stirling Council's recycling collection model is compared to other councils. It also analysed Stirling's Waste collection costs, which appeared high in the last Audit... more…
Changes to Bedroom Tax Procession Agreed
Stirling Council's Planning & Regulation Panel today agreed to a new application by Stirling Against Bedroom Tax to march on Saturday 8 June from the Kings Park to the city centre.The Panel was asked to revoke its previous decision of May 28, to consider a fresh application by organisers Alasdair MacPherson and Pauline Thomson to accommodate a change to the procession start time to 10am.Due to the change of time Police Scotland also... more…
New role for Head of Education
Head of Education Services with Stirling and Clackmannanshire Councils Belinda Greer has been appointed to the post of Chief Executive Officer of the English Schools Foundation, a key provider of international English medium education in Hong Kong. ''It has been a great privilege to be entrusted with the leadership of the Education Service in Stirling and Clackmannanshire Councils," commented Mrs Greer, who joined Stirling Council as... more…
Shop window displays
You may have already heard of Youth Services but you will certainly see a lot more of them following the recent very visual graphic in King Street. This vibrant shop window is another creative way in which Youth Services reaches out to the young people of Stirling, and it is one of many high impact creative methods being used to engage with young people across Stirling. Keep your eye open for Youth Services smart cars and the new... more…
Off the Stanza at Book Festival
May sees the launch of the fourth poetry competition run by Stirling Libraries as part of the Off the Page Stirling Book Festival. Once again Stirling Makar Anita Govan,who is really looking forward to the entries coming in, wll judge the competition.Last year’s winner with her poem Cat’s Paws, Mairi Wilson, Edinburgh, said of the competition “I knew there'd be a rich and varied programme at the prize-giving event with... more…
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