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Dunblane's Common Good Assets as listed by Stirling Council include :
- The Laighhills Park including the Pavilion
- The Library
- The War Memorial and Bridge
- Ochlochy Park
The full list is here : https://www.stirling.gov.uk/council-and-committees/about-the-council/common-good/common-good-asset-register/#dunblane-assets-4
How does an asset qualify as common good? Full details are provided here : https://www.stirling.gov.uk/council-and-committees/about-the-council/common-good/administration-of-the-common-good-funds-by-stirling-council/
What does it mean to us? The assets will still be owned and managed by Stirling Council but will be administered by the Civic Panel of Stirling Council. There might be a suggestion that asset management is funded from the Common Good Fund, but the fund is only likely to contain additional cash when assets are disposed off.
Discussions are ongoing to clarify all of this, but the historic nature of the assets and legal complexities mean that these discussions will be challenging.
Here's an article from the Courier : https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/5104432/laighhills-public-park-dunblane-pavilion/
The first of several Zebra Crossings planned for Dunblane is now being installed in Doune Road. Another one the other side of Dunblane Primary on Old Doune Road is also planned for this month. Both of these were necessitated by a decision to no longer have lollipop personnell.
A third Zebra crossing is proposed for outside the Dunblane Centre but speed measurements will be made to validate the requirement for this.
Stirling Council has just launched this year’s Big Conversation with residents about how it tackles another significant budget shortfall next year (2025-26), and we want to hear your views.
This year, the Big Conversation will include two surveys. The questions in the first survey - which is open now - are based on the feedback we received in last year’s Big Conversation. You told us you wanted more opportunities to tell us about the services you valued, what you liked and disliked about service delivery, and how we could do better and be more efficient. You also told us your views on raising council tax to raise income and help bridge the budget gap. We encourage you to do all of this by completing the survey here, by the 17 November: we want to know what you think.
The second survey will be published in early 2025 following the Scottish Government announcement of the annual local government finance settlement in December. It will run for around a month will include detailed savings proposals to address the estimated shortfall which residents will be able to feedback on.
Stirling Council Leader, Cllr Margaret Brisley said: “The financial environment for local government remains hugely challenging and councils across Scotland will be facing similar budgetary pressures over the coming months.”
“Your feedback will help inform the decisions made on next year’s budget and how we deliver services in your community. Please continue this big conversation with us so we can negotiate this unprecedented challenge together.”
To take part in the online survey, visit Project: The Big Conversation: 2025/26 | Stirling Council.
Paper copies of the survey are also available at Stirling Council libraries. Please ask library staff for more details.
For more information, including on a breakdown of how the council is funded and how it spends its money, please visit www.stirling.gov.uk/
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Thank you for taking the time to complete the survey: your feedback will be invaluable.
Stirling Council
Dunblane craft brewery plans to host first taproom event before Christmas
The town's new brewer has dreams of organising an annual Dunblane beer festival.
Matty Dixon launched his brewery in July 2021, but now it has found a home in Dunblane.
A brewery and taproom is expected to open in Dunblane before the end of 2024.
See this flyer which is self-explanatory pertaining to changes in how to attend Minor Injuries Unit within Forth Valley Royal Hospital, Larbert.
You MUST phone NHS 24 on 111 and not just go to Minor Injuries directly.
20th Anniversary Dinner & Live Band
The 20th anniversary was also celebrated on Funday Sunday 22nd Sept with Pipers, Drummers and Dancers from the Queen Victoria School performing. This was followed by a short speech and, of course, the cutting of a cake! With a variety of stalls, including food outlets.
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Dunblane-based contemporary glass maker Elin Isaksson has been chosen to create the awards for Scotland’s national music prize the Scottish Album of the Year, via this year’s SAY Award Design Commission.
Originally from Sweden, Elin began her glass training at the Orrefors Glass School, part of the famous Orrefors crystal factory. She moved to Scotland in 2001, where her passion for glass blowing led her to graduate from Edinburgh College of Art.
She established her studio in 2010, and has been based in Dunblane since 2019. Her unique sandcasted sculptures and contemporary hand blown accessories have received national and international acclaim, and her glass can be found in many galleries throughout the UK. When not undertaking commissions, she teaches the ancient craft of glass blowing at her Dunblane studio.
Elin’s work is influenced by the minimalist designs taught in her early training at the Orrefors Glass School, and the colours of the Scottish landscape which feature prominently in her pieces. She describes her work as Scandinavian design, made in Scotland.
Elin Isaksson said: “I am delighted to be commissioned by the SAY Award to produce the prizes this year. This opportunity will enable me to experiment and strengthen the sustainability of my practice.
I intend to utilise pieces of recycled glass which were formed on the blowing pipe during the creation of previous hand blow pieces.
“This coloured glass cullet will be mixed with molten glass poured from the furnace, and will transform this by-product into something beautiful and useful. I look forward to sharing the results and my wider work at my exhibition at Tolbooth Stirling next year.”
Elin is the third Stirling based maker to be commissioned to design the bespoke prizes for the Scottish Album of the Year (SAY) Award. The previously commissioned makers were Brutal Concrete Workshop, who made their awards from a sustainable form of non-cement concrete, and ART FUTURO, who created their prizes from natural slate. As the selected recipient of the SAY Design Commission, Elin’s work will be celebrated at an exhibition to be hosted at Tolbooth Stirling in early 2025.
Makers were invited to submit their applications based on the theme of sustainability, and Elin impressed the panel with her innovative ideas. The prizes she creates will be presented to the artists being honoured at this year’s SAY Award Ceremony taking place on Thursday 24 October at Stirling’s Albert Halls.
Stirling Council Leader, Cllr Chris Kane said: “Once again, we’ve been spoiled for choice by the high standard of entries for this year’s SAY Award Design Commission from the talented community of creatives that call Stirling home.
“The SAY Award Design Commission has offered a national spotlight for the work of Stirling based artists and my warm congratulations go to Elin for being picked the latest recipient of this prestigious design opportunity.
“In what is our 900th anniversary, Stirling is proud to be welcoming the most exciting and emerging names in Scottish music for the third year in a row for the SAY Award ceremony at the iconic Albert Halls in October.”
Hilary Goodfellow, Design Commission Producer & SAY Award Ceremony Event Manager said:
“The SAY Award Design Commission exists to reward creativity with creativity. Every year, we commission a local maker to create the bespoke prizes based on the theme of sustainability, and this year, we are delighted to be working with renowned maker Elin Isaksson. We can’t wait to see how Elin introduces recycled glass into her distinctive sandcasted sculptures, and we’ve been impressed by her plans to embed sustainability at all stages of her design and production process.”
Plans to build a controversial tennis and golf centre including housing on green belt land beside Dunblane have been scrapped.
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A stunning mural tribute to Andy Murray has been created at Dunblane Sports Club. Tennis Channel International commissioned the work and it was painted by Carlos and Abraham from Murwalls. You can watch the 10 minute documentary tribute including the creation of the mural here.