After a successful launch last year, Forth Valley Food Festival is back for 2019 (11-20 October) showcasing the region’s diverse larder. This year’s food festival trail is already taking shape, with a range of fun activities on offer from wild cocktail making to farm tours. Over 14 local food producers, cafes and farms have already [...]
Volunteer Scotland, Volunteer Dundee and Quality Scotland have joined forces in a bid to improve and support volunteer practice across the nation. The three bodies are currently undertaking a review of the sector’s quality standards, the Volunteer Friendly Award and Investing in Volunteers, to ensure they are fit for purpose. Investing in Volunteers Award is [...]
Scotland’s Festival of Volunteering is set to return for a third year. Bigger than ever, the previously week-long festival developed by Volunteer Scotland will now run for the whole of September and over two locations: Stirling and South Ayrshire. Margaret Starkie, Strategic Engagement Manager for Volunteer Scotland said: “This year the festival will take place [...]
Rain didn't stop play at this year’s Stirling Festival of Cycling and Walking organised by Stirling Active Travel Hub. Local kids shrugged off Sunday’s showers to enjoy a host of free festival activities from showing off their skills on the pump track and testing their agility in the balance zone, to having a ride in [...]
Stirling Festival of Cycling and Walking is back for 2019, with a fun filled day of free activities for the whole family to enjoy. The annual event, organised by Stirling Active Travel Hub, will take place at Stirling High School on Sunday 11 August from 10am - 4pm. Topping the bill are The Clan, Scotland’s [...]
Scotland’s largest electric bike hire scheme, Forth Bike, will be launched today (Friday 21 June) in Forth Valley. Overtaking city-wide schemes planned for Glasgow and Edinburgh, the 120 e-bike project by charity Forth Environment Link will also be the UK’s first cross regional e-bike scheme connecting three Council areas: Stirling, Falkirk and Clackmannanshire. The £500,000 [...]
Stirling High was a hive of activity on Thursday (6 June) as the local food community gathered for the launch of Alive with Local Food: a joint initiative, by Stirling Council and Forth Valley and Lomond Leader, to support and develop the local food sector. Convener of Stirling Council’s Finance and Economy Committee, Cllr Margaret [...]
Volunteers’ Week 2019 (1-7 June) may be drawing to a close, but the benefits for charities and voluntary organisations will be felt all year round thanks to a new and free online course. Volunteer Scotland has joined forces with The Open University to create Involving Volunteers, a digital learning module aimed at improving the volunteering [...]
Forth Environment Link’s drive to get locals moving is picking up the pace thanks to the delivery of 16 new e-bikes just in time for Bike Week (8-16 June). The electric bike fleet, funded through Transport Scotland’s e-Bike Grant scheme administered by Energy Saving Trust, will allow community organisations, businesses and individuals across Forth Valley [...]
2019 marks the 35th anniversary of Volunteers’ Week (1-7 June) when thousands of charities and voluntary organisations across Scotland will hold events celebrating volunteering. According to the latest Scottish Household Survey (2017), 28% of adults in Scotland volunteer – over 1.25 million people. Together they contribute a mammoth 157 million hours of help, with an [...]
