Friday, 22 April 2022

10 THINGS FOR A FRIDAY

I hope you had a great Easter break.  Lots to catch up on this week – so welcome to Ten Things For A Friday!

QUEENS JUBILEE

It was the Queen’s birthday this week and we have been collaborating with community members who came forward to run an event to celebrate the Queen’s Jubilee. This will take place on Friday 3^rd June at the Shinty Pitch, Lower Foyers.  There will be an Afternoon Tea Party from 12.30 to 4.30pm.  Bring a plate of nibbles and enjoy an afternoon of traditional music and family fun.  This will be followed by an Evening Dance from 6.30pm to 11pm.  BYOB to a ceilidh, disco and BBQ.  Further details on this event to follow.  For more information contact luvviesJubilee@gmail.com Tel 01456 486233.  The event is hosted by the Loch Ness Luvvies with logistics support and funding from SFCT.  More soon…

TENDER FOR WORK

Still time to get your tenders in for work on the Marquee Floors for the Jubilee Event Make our wooden floors for a marquee | 21 April 2022 | Stratherrick & Foyers Community Trust (stratherrickcommunity.org.uk)

AND ANOTHER EVENT

We want to help you save car miles shopping and help local craft and crofter business thrive so we are launching our first Craft and Crofter Fair on Saturday 7^th May, 10am til 2pm at the Wildside Centre.  From feedback of those who had stalls at our Summer and Winter events we will run four a year.  I hope you can come along and support it.  If you want to find out more about the event or book a table details here Have you booked a stall and saved the date? | 21 April 2022 | Stratherrick & Foyers Community Trust (stratherrickcommunity.org.uk)

ON YOUR BIKE

It is Etape weekend – come see all the riders at the Wildside Centre this weekend and please be aware of some local disruption and road closures.  Details here ETAPE Comes to Wildside | 21 April 2022 | Stratherrick & Foyers Community Trust (stratherrickcommunity.org.uk)

VOLUNTEERS WANTED

Volunteers are wanted for the next BIG event – the Loch Ness Challenge in May.  These events are great for attracting participants and tourists, helping the local economy.  You can volunteer and make new friends.  Details here Volunteer for Loch Ness Challenge | 21 April 2022 | Stratherrick & Foyers Community Trust (stratherrickcommunity.org.uk)

TRUST EMPLOYMENT – FINANCE OFFICER

The Trust are recruiting for a new Finance Officer.  Apply here Be our new Finance Officer | 21 April 2022 | Stratherrick & Foyers Community Trust (stratherrickcommunity.org.uk)

NEW EMPLOYEE

We have recently recruited a new member of staff for the Wildside Centre as we attract more bookings and community events.  A big hello to Gail Marshall who starts in May.

WEDDING

This week the Wildside Centre hosted a wedding reception, showing the versatility of this community owned building.  Details of how to book the Wildside Centre is here The Wildside Centre | Stratherrick & Foyers Community Trust (stratherrickcommunity.org.uk)

I hear Baby and Toddlers had a great Easter Egg Hunt and a new Pilates Class starts 27^th April at 10am.

THE BROLLY GROUP

The Brolly Group met to discuss post Covid help and the cost-of-living crisis as well as support for Ukraine refugees last week and we are working though some of the recommendations from that.  Meantime we continue to signpost help from other areas too so if you have money worries here is where you can get help Worrying about money? | 21 April 2022 | Stratherrick & Foyers Community Trust (stratherrickcommunity.org.uk)

ACTION GROUP NOTES

As you may know we are taking forward the Community Action Plan recommendations.  All far Action Group Notes can be read online here From plan to action... forging ahead! | Future Ideas (communityfuture.net)

If you want to help with any of the ideas in the Notes then please fill out the Skills and Volunteer Survey so we know who you are.  Fill it out here https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/SFCSkillsSurvey

AND FINALLY…

Phew – ten things for a Friday.  Feeling a little faint.  Need a sit down.  Time for one more… Moreover, we are gradually getting back to the office.  Many of our staff will be in the Wildside on a Wednesday and we have opened the building for study and workspace if you would like a change of scenery from your home.  Free wifi is available.  If successful we will invest in more things to make you more comfortable.  Try it out here Wildside open for work and study space | 14 April 2022 | Stratherrick & Foyers Community Trust (stratherrickcommunity.org.uk)

Tony Foster

Trust Manager

2025

February (12 stories)

22 February 📣 ** TODAY ** 📣 - Forest School Meeting

Interested in the future of the Forest School building? From 2pm   Come and speak to us about your thoughts for the Forest School and wider opportunities fo...

21 February Congratulations to Whitebridge Hotel

Whitebridge Hotel are finalists in the National Hotels of the Year - Scotland awards!   The ceremony takes place in Glasgow on the 26th February at The Cr...

19 February 📣 Youth Club returns this Thursday 📣

Youth club is for anyone in P7 to S6 ✅ After a bit of a break, we are delighted to say that Youth Club is back!! ⭐ Important info ⭐ Date - Thursday 20th Februa...

19 February Communications 2025!

We are making a some improvements in the way we share important information with the community in 2025. The SFCT Board and communications team have made the dec...

13 February Mailing List Update

We hope you received your copy of the February newsletter and enjoyed reading through it. The team are busy updating our mailing list and we understand that there may ...

12 February Next Sat 22nd February

Next Sat 22nd February   Inverfarigaig Forest School, Farigaig Forestry Carpark IV2 6XR - From 2pm   Come and speak to us about your thoughts fo...

11 February ⚠️ Update regarding the upcoming works taking place at The Wildside Centre ⚠️

We can now confirm that the scheduled works on upgrading the toilet facilities in the Wildside Centre is starting this Thursday – 13th February.   The Wi...

11 February 🙌 JOIN OUR TEAM 🙌

We are currently recruiting a part-time (30 hours per week) Community Action Plan Project Officer to join our small team, based in the Wildside Centre in Whitebridge, on ...

8 February 📢 THE DAY IS FINALLY HERE 📢

Later today the Pathways Group are hosting their Community Engagement event at the Wildside Centre from 13.30pm.   For the past year, the Pathways Group has be...

6 February Errogie Church Statement

As you will be aware, an announcement was made by the Trust in mid December 2024 that we were unfortunately unable to host three events that were due to take place at Err...

6 February Wildside Wednesday Success!

🙌THANK YOU 🙌 We want to say a big thank you to those of you who popped along to our first Wildside Wednesday event yesterday! It was great to see you all 😃  ...

5 February !! WILDSIDE WEDNESDAY - TODAY !!

Join us TODAY at the Wildside Centre, between 9.30am – 12.30pm where the first Wildside Wednesday of 2025 will take place.  You can shop local, with local p...

January (22 stories)

31 January !! Next Saturday !!

On the 8th Feb The Pathways Group host their Community Engagement Day at the Wildside Centre from 13.30pm.   The group have setup a dedicated Facebook event pa...

30 January Refurbishments to toilets in The Wildside Centre

Following many months of work behind the scenes we are pleased to be able to share with you that work on upgrading the ladies toilets and creating a larger disabled toile...

30 January Fancy a sing song with Monadhliath?

The Monadhliath Choir invites all singers to a charity singing event on the 27.04.2025 at Stratherrick Public Hall. If you would be interested in join...

29 January February Newsletter

We are pleased to share that our Feb newsletter should be making its way through your door next week! 🙌   Please look out for the white envelope addressed to ...

25 January Do you use Instagram?

Did you know that Stratherrick & Foyers Community Trust are on Instagram? If you too have an account, why not give our page a follow. We’re keen to build up ...

24 January Foyers Community Fire Station

🚒 Foyers Community Fire Station 🚒   Foyers Community Fire station has a competent crew of 7 personnel, but we are in real need of new recruits, to keep the s...

23 January Wildside Wednesday is returning!

Join us on the 5th February at the Wildside Centre, between 9.30am – 12.30pm.   Here is your chance to shop local, with local produce from Lyne Mhor Crof...

22 January Loch Ness Luvvies - Traditional Burns Supper

This Friday, 24th Jan the Loch Ness Luvvies are hosting their very own Traditional Burns Supper at Stratherrick Hall, Gorthleck at 7.30pm. Tickets are £20 per he...

22 January Timings have been announced!

As you may have recently seen, The Pathways Group are running a Community Engagement event on the 8th February from 1pm at The Wildside Centre. In our previous post, t...

21 January ** Mobile Library Update **

Mark, our local librarian has kindly sent over a full list of dates when he will be stopping in the area. You can find the full list here: https://www.stratherrickcommuni...

20 January Invitation to tender - Health & Safety Consultant required

We are looking for an experienced Health & Safety professional to carry out a comprehensive survey on Errogie Church to ensure that the building is fully compliant fo...

19 January Send in your dates for the Community Calendar!

Did you know we have an online Community Calendar? If not, you can find it here: https://www.stratherrickcommunity.org.uk/calendar/   We would love to inclu...

18 January What's the next step?

For the past year, the Pathways Group has been working hard to promote the local path network, paths that lead through rich landscapes, historical sites, and biodiversity...

15 January Community Engagement Day - 8th Feb

Over the last month you may have noticed that the Pathways Group are holding a Community Engagement Day on the 8th February. You can find out all about the event by follo...

14 January Mobile Library Update

Below you will find a list of updated Dates/Times where you can visit the Mobile Library at The Wildside Centre.   We will add these dates to the Online Commu...

14 January Indoor Carpet Bowls makes it return as of today!

** TODAY ** Indoor Carpet Bowls makes it return as of today! The group return to their weekly session after the Xmas break. Please note: The group will now ...

10 January Community Engagement Event - 8th Feb

The Pathways Group invites you to a community event that explores the potential development of a pathways based app. This is your opportunity to help shape an app which w...

9 January Deadline for Jan/Feb Newsletter Content!

The deadline to send in any content for the Jan/Feb Newsletter is Friday the 17th of January 2025. Please email marketingofficer@sfctrust.org.uk with your articles inclu...

9 January Send us in your photos from the Winter Festival

A HUGE thank you to those of you who have already uploaded photos to our shared community photo gallery during the festival.   If you have any wintery snaps th...

8 January Reverse Advent Calendar Success!

Santa's little helpers would like to thank everyone who contributed in any way to the overwhelming success of this project. The generosity shown by our community was ...

8 January ** MOBILE LIBRARY VISIT TODAY CANCELLED **

Sadly, due to the current road conditions, Mark who drives the local ‘Mobile Library’ will NOT be stopping at Wildside today. All books will be renewed, and h...

7 January Welcome Back

Hello, we hope you had a relaxing time during the festivities. As it’s now time to get back to work, we thought it would be a good idea to update our online communi...