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.
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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/
Strathcarron Hospice has been providing palliative care for 45 years. To help them continue into the future they are suggesting 45 different ways for supporters to fundraise and raise awareness.
More information at https://www.strathcarronhospice.net/appeal/celebrate-45
Park Life Magazine is published 6 times a year and delivered by Royal Mail door-to-door to every household in the area detailed . The magazine is free and well-established as an essential guide to the people, businesses and events that bring our area together.
They are looking for local events listings for the May & June issue. Please send any what’s on listings that you would like covered by 21st March.
You can email them to paul@paulsaunders.co.uk or submit at the website: https://www.parklifescotland.co.uk/local-events
To advertise a business see https://www.parklifescotland.co.uk/advertise
The coverage area is Bearsden, Milngavie, Strathblane, Blanefield, Croftamie, Drymen, Killearn, Balfron, Rowardennan, Gartocharn, Fintry, Buchlyvie, Arnprior, Kippen, Gargunnock, Thornihill, Ruskie, Port of Menteith, Callander, Kilmahog, Brig O Turk, Aberfoyle, Kinlochard, Balloch & Gartmore.
This month’s community lottery super draw prize is a Luxury City Break worth £1000 (or £1000 cash prize).
Tickets for the lottery cost just £1 a week. Each ticket has a 1 in 50 chance to win a prize each week, with a top prize of £25,000!
From every £1 ticket sold 60p will go Thornhill Development Trust to help support our community.
To register and buy your tickets visit our lottery page and support TDT.
All welcome to the North Common Trust AGM at 7.00pm, Thornhill Community Hall meeting room on Wednesday, 26th November.
Even if you just want to get a bit muddy doing maintenance, come along and we can share the winter plan with you.
Starting on 7th July until 5th October 2025, the Trossachs Explorer Bus Service will run seven days a week between Drymen and Callander. It will be operated by local operator, McColls and supported with funding from the National Park Authority, Tactran through Transport Scotland’s People and Place programme, Stirling Council and Callander Community Council through the Braes of Doune Community Fund.
More information at https://www.lochlomond-trossachs.org/the-trossachs-explorer/
There’s still time to sign up for the March Community Lottery Superprize Draw on Saturday to have a chance of winning a robot vacuum cleaner and lawnmower.
There are also weekly prize draws with prizes of up to £25000.
Sign up to support Thornhill Development Trust and you can also support your local community – winners all round!
https://www.stirlingcommunitylottery.scot/support/thornhill-development-trust
The Stirling Photography Festival are partnering with Stirling District Tourism to produce a unique photo book celebrating Stirling 900, and would love to include photographs of events and organisations, showcasing the best of what happened in Stirlingshire this past year.
The photo book aims to capture the people and the place, in a curated collection of images taken during this special year. You can read more about it here.
They are encouraging people to submit photographs from within their community.
The aim is to produce a book that showcases the breadth of all community events in 2024/25 – highland games and agricultural shows, sports matches, music, arts and cultural events, as well as the people in our community working and celebrating.
Details are here on our website. Closing date for submissions is 7th April.