We are Dunblane Runners – a small and friendly running club with the aim of bringing runners of all abilities together. We run three times a week - on Mondays and Thursdays (6.30pm) - meet at the entrance to Dunblane Centre and Saturday at 8.30am – meet at Dunblane Cathedral Car Park.
Saturday is the "Social" run, and we have a get together for a coffee at Old Churches House after running. The Saturday session is structured to suit all abilities from beginners upwards.
We have a broad range of ages and abilities in our club. At our Saturday sessions, we have a Meet & Greet set up where one of our members will welcome you and run with you, introducing you to some of our members who would likely be running at the same pace as you. Sessions generally last 30 – 60 minutes and will vary with time of year, weather and who is taking part. We have runners from walk / run level up to, and more than, 7 mins per mile pace. Nobody gets dropped or left behind at any of our sessions.
Before you take that step of joining Dunblane Runners, we would like to invite you to one or two of our sessions and meet us all. The sessions are free. We look forward to running with you!
In response to the Covid19 crisis, Re-engage has launched Call Companions - a free service for older people who live alone and feel they could do with a friendly phone call every week or two. What's great is that the same person calls every time so, gradually, you get to know one another. Whatever you chat about, it helps lifts your spirits.
One of our volunteer call companions phones at a time that suits you, the calls last for half an hour or so and we try to make sure you have some interests in common. The service is completely free and lasts as long as you want it to.
To be eligible for a call companion you should be living alone or in sheltered housing and have difficulty getting out in normal times. However, we do consider applications on a case-by-case basis, so if your circumstances don't completely meet our criteria and you would like a call companion, please do still get in touch.
If you would like to refer anyone to Call Companions, you are welcome to refer online (with their permission, of course) at www.reengage.org.uk or simply pass on our freephone number 0800 716543. We have friendly staff who can go through the application form over the phone.
Lorna Dunbar, Support Officer, Re-engage
Dunblane Senior Citizens (DSC) has an office in Old Churches House. DSC runs a monthly coach trip for Senior Citizens
from April to September; they are all on a Tuesday - usually the last Tuesday of the month. Check the 'What's On' Calendar
The University of Stirling Sports Centre provides a range of sports and fitness classes for adults and children.
The University has fantastic facilities such as the newly refurbished gym, indoor tennis courts, swimming pool, Loch and parklands for walking, plus a nine-hole golf course
These facilities are open to the local community and we welcome you to take part in a range of activities, sports and fitness classes.
See the website for further details and we look forward to welcoming you soon.
Classes including Young at Heart and Children's Sport.
We are a local charity providing Home Starter Packs, Crisis Food Packs and a Listening/Befriending Service to those who are homeless or experiencing financial hardship. We operate throughout the Stirlingshire Area and the Dunblane community is extremely supportive of our work and food collections are much appreciated. If you are interested in volunteering or donating items please get in touch.
The First Responder Service in Dunblane is provided by Trossachs Search & Rescue (TSAR)
If you are interested in becoming a first responder in Dunblane contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
What are First Responders? First responders attend emergency calls prior to the arrival of an emergency ambulance in order to provide lifesaving treatment, stabilise patients and promote recovery. They receive training from the Scottish Ambulance Service that qualifies them to respond to a variety of life threatening conditions. On duty personnel are dispatched by the Ambulance Control Centres after an emergency ambulance has first been directed to attend.
What happened to Dunblane First Responders (DFR) DFR provided a valuable service in Dunblane for nearly a decade. The group now no longer exists.
Who are Trossachs Search & Rescue For the last ten years TSAR has provided a First Responder service in Stirling’s rural areas including Doune and Callander. Read more at https://www.trossachs-sar.com/. In October 2018, the group was invited by Dunblane Community Council to expand their area of operation to include Dunblane.
Defibrillators TSAR will maintain the existing network of defibrillators in the Town. They also have an App showing the location of defibrillators.
Heartstart Training TSAR will continue to provide Heartstart training in the Town so that as many people as possible are confident in doing CPR and using a defibrillator.
Dunblane Art Club are an amateur group of artists who meet in Dunblane Cathedral halls on Tuesdays at 2pm.
We have an exhibition each year and have had some success selling our pictures.
For further information contact Helen Aitken at the email address below.
Classes in Cheerleading, Dance and Gymnastics for kids aged 6 years + and adults at the Braeport Centre:-
Mondays 5:30 to 9.00pm
Tuesdays 5:15 to 7:15pm
Fridays 6.00 to 8.00pm
Founded in 1968 to assist in supporting the successful campaign for a Dunblane by-pass and still going strong with over 100 members.The Society continues to encourage high standards of architecture, town and country planning and to promote the social and cultural welfare of the people of Dunblane.
The Dunblane Civic Society meets monthly for a series of talks and additionally for special events in April, May and December. Meetings are held in the Braeport Centre at 7.30pm with the exception of the Annual Dunblane Lecture which is held at 7.30pm in the Victoria Halls. Annual membership £5 but occasional visitors are welcome to join us any evening for £2.
Further information from Chairman Designate, Mike Andrew 07785 703124 :
The Liltin Lassies is a fun community singing group for women based in Dunblane. Classes are friendly and sociable, and anyone who enjoys singing is welcome to join! We sing many different genres of song, but specialise in Scots song. They are all taught by ear and with lyrics, in a relaxed atmosphere so you don't need to be able to read music or memorise words. There is no solo singing unless you wish to, and there are no auditions to join. The classes are tutored and run by Amy Lord, a graduate The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (formally the RSAMD).
We meet weekly on a Monday for fun, relaxed practices/classes and perform gigs and concerts throughout the year, as well as meeting for social events. Classes run from 7–9 pm in the Leighton Room in the Cathedral Halls.
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Dunblane Chamber Orchestra gave its first concert in June 2008 in Dunblane Cathedral Hall. Although this concert was for string orchestra only, at the second concert, in November 2008, the woodwind section - flutes, oboes, clarinets, bassoons, horns - was added, to make up a full chamber orchestra. Trumpets and timpani also generally join us for the pieces we choose to perform.
The orchestra has a different soloist at every concert, sometimes from within the orchestra itself, but more often an invited performer. We have had two concerts performed in collaboration with the Strathcarron Singers , and several concerts featuring double concertos.
The usual venue for the DCO is the Victoria Hall, but Dunblane High School has proved invaluable when staging is required for the choir, and the Queen Victoria School Chapel has also often been our venue, in particular when we need a good piano. Only once have we performed in Dunblane Cathedral, and that was when we played the Poulenc Organ Concerto with the Cathedral organist, Kevin Duggan.
We have had three different conductors over the years - Alistair Warwick, Mark Wilson, and then until very recently, Robert Baxter - all of whom have contributed their unique talent to mould the orchestra into its present form. In the last two concerts, we have welcomed Steve King as our conductor. We have also had various leaders - Hilary Dalby, Lois Stewart and for at least a decade, Carolyn Sparey - who take a considerable responsibility for guiding the players.
Since 2015, our concerts have supported various charities, most regularly Strathcarron Hospice, although we have also donated to Help for Heroes, Direct Link, and the Uphill Trust, as well as Syrian and Ukranian refugees, among others.
Funding for our concerts comes from ticket money, player subscriptions, and occasional sponsorship.
We have recently involved the community more directly, in our extremely successful Community Play Days (2019, 2022 and 2023), at which the adult applicants are given the opportunity to play in an orchestra with help and guidance from members of the DCO. We are grateful to the Co-op for their generous funding for this exciting venture.
Dunblane Cathedral has handbell ensembles catering for all ages from 8 to adult. The beginning groups develop music reading skills. The groups for advanced handbell musicians perform widely.
They have been broadcast on television and radio on many occasions, and travelled the length and breadth of the country to perform on numerous occasions in venues both large and small. They have also performed in Europe, Canada and the USA.
They have made commercial recordings and have the distinction of having won the only UK-wide competition open to the thousand groups in Britain in recent times.
Practice sessions are held in the Cathedral Halls on Sundays. Children in P5 - P7 from 6.30 - 7.30pm. Those of High School age 5.30 - 6.30pm Beginner adults from 6.30 - 7.30pm. The adult group for experienced musicians rehearses from 7.30 - 9.15pm.
The Dunblane Bridge Club meets at Dunblane New Golf Club at 7pm on Thursdays during the winter months.
New members welcome - for further information call us.
The Dunblane Whist Club meets every Thursday afternoon from 1.15 - 3.45pm in the Victoria Hall.
Further information available from Dolly Gemmell 01786 822387 or 07840 375108