Welcome to this week’s KDP Bulletin. Lots to take your interest… Grow Your Group Funding Workshops RelaunchKDP and Partners are delighted to announce the relaunch of the Grow Your Group Funding Workshops held in 2017. This programme addresses the ongoing need to support groups and organisations on sources of funding and make strong, robust applications. […]
Hello and welcome to the Arduthie Bee, Arduthie Primary School’s web space. Here, we bring the people of Stonehaven news about our activities in and out of school – from cross-country club to our Primary 7 trip, from dancing shows and ceilidhs in the town hall. One of the things you might like is our […]
KDP is offering local community groups the chance of securing up to a £300 micro grant to support their group or project. This is an event with a difference… The community will decide which group or project will receive the grant. KDP is inviting groups to come along to give a five-minute talk about their […]
A YOUNG carer and a stalwart of Stonehaven’s Folk Festival and local quiz nights, were recipients of this year’s awards by Stonehaven Community Council. Shannah Findlay was presented with the Hannah Dyson Award following a nomination by Mackie Academy principal teacher Duncan Whyte, who cited her friendly, supportive and conscientious nature in addition to her […]
Stonehaven Mountaineering & Hillwalking Club based its annual March weekend at Gerry’s Hostel, Graig, Glen Carron, Wester Ross. Gerry Howkins opened one of Scotland’s first independent hostels using two old railway workers cottages. This unique establishment is now run by Gerry’s son Simon and occupies a superb location for hillwalkers with numerous mountains on its […]
The timetable for services 747 and 757 will be revised from Monday 18th March 2019. Due to the completion of the AWPR Stagecoach have adjusted their timetable for services 747 and 757 to improve the punctuality of both services. There is no revision to the route or stops from this date. The new timetable is […]
IMPROVED disabled access, a lick of paint and an improved pedestrian environment have been identified as achievable upgrades for Stonehaven’s train station. These suggested quick fixes were some of the suggestions made at a stakeholder workshop held earler this month, looking at Stonehaven’s railway station. Scotrail are obliged to produce improvement plans for stations in […]
Mackie Academy’s Concert Band has made it through a series of regional rounds to reach the National Finals of the Scottish Concert Band Festival with stunning pieces such as Shipwrecked, which features in the accompanying YouTube link. The band, conducted by by Sarah Gove, will travel to the prestigious Festival in Perth Concert Hall this […]
Do you know of a building in Stonehaven that would be of interest to locals – if only they could get in? Doors Open Day is the largest free architectural event in Scotland organised nationally by the Scottish Civic Trust and by Aberdeenshire Council locally. The event takes place every year in September and involves […]
An officer of Police Scotland is expected to deliver a report and address any matters raised at next week’s meeting of Stonehaven and District Community Council. Recent meetings have proven quite lively, and with the recent reports of plans to rehome the north-east’s mobile force from Stonehaven to Inverurie, this could prove an interesting and […]