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RHET (Royal Highland Education Trust) is a local choir, mostly farmers and their wives and we raise funds to take school children to farms to learn about where food comes from.
You are invited to a concert at Briarlands Farm on Sunday 26th April, 6.30 pm.
Stirling Council are inviting notes of interest to be part of the first Stirling Visitor Levy Advisory Forum – an exciting opportunity to shape how we invest in and grow Stirling’s vital tourism economy.
The Forum will play a central role in ensuring transparency, collaboration and the effective delivery of the Stirling Visitor Levy Scheme. Approved by Stirling Council in December 2025, the scheme will introduce a 3% levy on all paid overnight visitor accommodation stays within the council area. It will apply to bookings made from 1 January 2027 for stays on or after 14 June 2027.
To ensure a broad and balanced membership, the Forum will bring together people with the skills, and experience found across Stirlingshire’s diverse tourism sector, to best reflect the strengths and assets of the region. It is planned that the Forum will have a good balance of representatives from local communities, businesses engaged in tourism, and tourist organisations.
The Forum will advise on how the scheme operates and will provide guidance on how income from the levy is spent, with final decisions taken by Stirling Council following consultation with Forum members. An independent Chair, who is awaiting official confirmation in the role following a recruitment process, will lead the Forum and support the recruitment of its members.
All positions are voluntary and non-executive, with expenses covered. Membership will be reviewed regularly to ensure the Forum remains representative and effective.
To apply, please submit a CV and covering letter (maximum 400 words) to visitorlevy@stirling.gov.uk
Application deadline: Sunday 12 April 2026
More information about the role can be found at: www.stirling.gov.uk/visitorlevy
Further information for accommodation providers is now available to view on the Visitor Levy section of the Stirling Council website. Additional information will be added throughout the implementation process.
In various different ways 65 people in our community have taken part in the Energy Project supported by Thornhill Development Trust (TDT) and Forth Environment Link (FEL).
Following a launch event in December 2025 all households in the TDT area were invited to take part in a survey of their heating and power usage.
A further meeting on 23rd March gave the results of the survey and allowed for further questions.
1. The Report on the project in a presentation from Jon Cape and Alistair Roberts , Power Circle Projects (PCP)
2. The Q&A notes from the meeting, including more information about the next steps for the project.
Next steps:
This project is now complete and the outcomes will be reported to our funder FEL Scotland shortly. The organisers are very grateful to them to have had this opportunity to work with PCP and to look to the future of fair and efficient energy solutions for the home.
We have two Defibrillator machines in the village – do you know where they are and how to use them? You could save a life! Come along and find out how.
Information about Stirling Council Easter Play in the Park.
If you support your local community lottery you could win a fantastic prize.
For entry into the weekly draws with a £25000 jackpot and a monthly superdraw just visit the Thornhill page for more details.
I will run 420 miles….
Gregor Yates will be raising funds for Strathcarron by attempting to run the 420 mile Great Scottish Trail (a marathon a day) from Hadrian’s Wall to Cape Wrath in May. Some people in the village know Gregor, who lived in Thornhill during COVID, and has run the Thornhill 10k on a few occasions. The website for his fundraising is: https://www.strathcarronhospice.net/fundraisers/running-scotland
Good Luck Gregor!
Stirling Council is launching a two-year pilot of two new bus services to improve connections between rural communities in the western part of the council area.
The new in-house services will be called the C61 and the C62 and will start operating on Monday 30 March.
They will build on the current C60 pilot (that runs between Callander and Killin) and will operate on the following routes:
C61: Callander -Thornhill – Port of Menteith – Aberfoyle (with bookable/on demand journeys between Aberfoyle and Kinlochard).
C62: Croftamie – Drymen – Balfron Station – Balfron – Fintry – Kippen.
Both services will use all recognised bus stops along these routes and will link to existing public transport provision following feedback from recent public consultations in this area. However, for Thornhill the bus will only stop outside JCC/ Burnside works. It is hoped that more suitable stops will be available in the future.
Later journeys have been added to help accommodate young people attending after-school clubs and other activities.
The new services will replace existing demand responsive transport (DRT) services between these communities. Pending the success of the pilot, the new service will ultimately replace the current DRT service.
Passengers on both services can pay using debit or credit cards (not Amex). All National Entitlement Cards (NEC) will be accepted. Drivers will be unable to accept cash for fares.
The new services will be funded via existing budget allocations for DRT provision.
Read more: https://www.stirling.gov.uk/news/stirling-council-announces-pilot-of-two-new-rural-bus-services/
Thornhill Energy Solutions (TES) is an initiative of Thornhill Development Trust and is funded by Forth Environment Link.
The proposed King’s Highway corridor links the communities of Gargunnock, Kippen, Buchlyvie, Balfron and Drymen along the A811.
Stirling Council has obtained funding from Transport Scotland to build on work done by community groups and volunteers in the past.
They will be carrying out an options assessment and are looking for input from residents, route users and other interested group.
There will be a series on information sessions as (inperson and online) detailed below.
Further information at https://engage.stirling.gov.uk/en-GB/projects/king-s-highway-active-travel-project
At the events participants have the opportunity to:
-learn more about the project
-share local knowledge and experience
-identify areas that feel unsafe or difficult
-highlight opportunities for improvement help shape the development of future route options.
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