Key workers in Forth Valley are being offered free access to e-bikes and push bikes. Forth Environment Link and Recyke-a-Bike have joined forces with Cycling Scotland to make the region’s two bike share schemes, nextbike and Forth Bike, free to key workers during April. 100 free memberships are being made available for each bike hire [...]
Chef Ali Cartmell and volunteer delivery driver Eileen Prior are helping feed those in self-isolation. Peebles based social enterprise The Food Foundation will open the region’s first digital farmers’ market several weeks ahead of schedule, in a bid to support the local community during the current Covid-19 crisis. The organisation had intended to open the [...]
Ray Burr from charity Forth Environment Link. Charity Forth Environment Link is offering NHS key workers free use of an electric bike during the Covid-19 crisis, allowing them to get to and from work and between hospital sites without using public transport. The charity’s Active Travel Coordinator, Ray Burr said: “As the coronavirus situation continues, [...]
Community groups, charities and social enterprises across Stirlingshire have joined forces to respond to the challenges posed by Covid-19. The voluntary sector has jumped into action to support Stirling’s most vulnerable citizens, with many organisations adapting their services and activities to meet the needs of the community during the crisis. National organisation Volunteering Matters, which [...]
L-R: Head girl Brenna Smith, Head Boy Ryan Fitzsimmons, Deputy Head Teacher Barry McGurk, Senay Kurt, Mairi McIntosh of Forth Environment Link and Charlie Gallon. A fourth local school has joined Stirling’s popular bike share network, nextbike, run by charity Forth Environment Link. St Modan’s High School, joins Bannockburn, Stirling, and Wallace, in the first [...]
Get the kids out in nature this Easter with Wild Wonder Wednesdays. A new Easter kids camp connecting kids with nature has been launched in Port of Menteith, promising a cracking day of wildlife, wilderness and woodcraft. Following on from the success of their ‘meet the goats’ and 'foraging for your own pizza topping' experiences, [...]
Food expert Wendy Barrie will host the networking event. Fife based food expert Wendy Barrie will host a networking event for rural food and drink producers at the Scottish Food Studio, Aberdour on Wednesday 26 February (10am-1pm). The event, organised by charity Forth Environment Link, will give local food businesses the chance to network and [...]
It’s official! Dunblane’s Rubber Chicken Theatre has set a new GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ time for Fastest Theatrical Production – just 11 hours and 59 minutes from opening a script to performing on stage! A cast and crew of nearly 200 people, aged 8 to 70 plus, took part in the crazy challenge at Stirling’s MacRobert Arts Centre on Sunday [...]
Holli with her owners Paul and Fiona Steedman. Tibetan Terrier Holli has been cast as Sandy in SABOS Musical Theatre’s forthcoming production of Annie following a special round of dog auditions on Sunday. The local pooch, who belongs to Paul and Fiona Steadman from Stirling, will star as Annie’s faithful companion when the hit Broadway musical comes [...]
Grace Rocks and Hannah Gregory will take on the role of Annie next spring. There's just one thing missing, a dog! It’s audition time again for Stirling’s longest running musical theatre company, SABOS (Stirling and Bridge of Allan Operatic Society) but this is no ordinary casting call. Almost 50 local girls have already been cast [...]