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West Stormont Woodland Group Update …
Working with local people to bring Taymount Wood and Five Mile Wood into Community Ownership. Click read more for lat... Read more
Community Council News and Minutes
This page contains minutes and other items of interest from the Dunkeld & Birnam Community Council, from January ... Read more
Dunkeld Fine Foods Opening
We’d like to officially announce the latest chapter for Dunkeld Smoked Salmon with the opening of our store in the co... Read more
Cleaner Wanted for Holiday Home
Two bedroom Holiday Home in Birnam.
Saturday changeover 3 hours cleaning between 10-30am and 3-30pm plus laundry... Read more
Community Action Plan
Over recent years, many communities across Scotland have decided to develop a Community Action Plan which refle... Read more
October at Loch of the Lowes
We are delighted to be open to visitors again and looking forward to welcoming you through the doors!
Prebooking... Read more
Trochry Wildlife Enthusiasts Save Birds!
Stewart and Georgy Pritchard; Adrian Blundell and Jon Soal from Trochry have come to rescue of birds in crisis stuck ... Read more
Community Council Matters
If you would like to contact the Community Council you can do so by emailing: dbcc.correspondence@gmail.com or email ... Read more
Christian Aid Book Sale
Duchess Anne Halls
Saturday 3rd November
Saturday 17th November
10am - 4pm
All profits to Christi... Read more
The 3 Churches Charity Shop has moved...
to the other side of The Cross, into the old Information Office.
Come and see us!!!!
We are currently open ... Read more
Support Choices
Support Choices is a project that helps people living in rural Perthshire to get the social care and support they nee... Read more
Community Co-working Space at Lagmhor
(Old Doctors Surgery)
NEW 50% reduction for students to use coworking space for studying plus free photocopying... Read more
Messy Church
Duchess Anne
3.00pm – 5.00pm
Messy Church is for young families and those young at heart, with a warm welco... Read more
House Group
Over the summer the group has been meeting by zoom and has spent a few weeks looking at the book of Acts. While not t... Read more
Men's Breakfast
The men’s breakfast has been meeting weekly by zoom on Wednesday mornings at 9am. Obviously the bacon rolls are not s... Read more
Gien a Haund
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” Dickens may not have had the Pandemic in mind when penning ‘A ... Read more
Dunkeld Community Archive
The big news is that the Archive is once again open to the public. Normal opening hours are:- Monday to Friday; 10am ... Read more
Donation to the Three Churches Charity S…
As part of the Grand Lodge of Scotland Covid-19 appeal the Provincial Grand Lodge of Perthshire West (PGLPW) enabled ... Read more
Click and Collect at Birnam Library
Culture Perth and Kinross library members are now able to put their orders in for Click and Collect, at Birnam Librar... Read more
Kat 'n' Kat Shop Opens
Kat Moran and Kathy Burns to open new shop in Dunkeld on 1st October.
Two friends fulfilling a creative dream. A... Read more
Connect ... Linking Asheville, North Car…
The similarities between our sister cities of Asheville and Dunkeld-Birnam go far beyond the geography, the common an... Read more
Letter from Lord-Lieutenant for Perth an…
Dear all
I write as Her Majesty’s Lord Lieutenant for Perth and Kinross and on behalf of the Queen to express my... Read more
PH8 Coronavirus Group
What we’ve delivered and what happens next:
From the germ of an idea in the week before lockdown to a large mult... Read more
Protecting Northern Perthshire’s Red Squ…
Saving Scotland’s Red Squirrels is asking Perthshire residents in the Dunkeld, Aberfeldy and Pitlochry areas to help ... Read more
Sport & Active
Dunkeld and Birnam has a wide variety of sport clubs and activity groups which welcome participants of all abilities... Read more
The "Horti" Continues to Bring…
New pictures to bring spring into your home. With thanks to Erin, Christine, Jan and Moira.
For many... Read more
Happy 110th Birthday to Jessie Sinclair
Ahead of the date Scheme Manager Briony McDonald (left) put out a message to the PH8 Community that she was after a m... Read more
Dunkeld and Birnam Historical Society Wi…
The Historical Society has its last meeting of our winter programme, which takes place at 7:30pm in Birnam Arts on Mo... Read more
Highland Perthshire Communities Land Tru…
2020 AGM and Open Meeting
John Swinney, Cabinet Secretary for Education & Skills, was at Dùn Coillich commun... Read more
Dunkeld and Birnam Horticultural Society
The (BIG) bulb show to be held on Thursday 19th March at Birnam Arts alongside a talk by Andrew Thomson of Backhouse ... Read more
The 17th Niel Gow Festival, 20th-22nd Ma…
Niel Gow Memorial: A life-size clay sculpture by artist David Annand has now been cast in bronze (see photo) and will... Read more
The Dunkeld Deer Management Forum
The aims of the Dunkeld Deer Management Forum (DDMF) are:
To collaborate as responsible professionals in meeti... Read moreDunkeld And Birnam - Scotland’s First Wa…
Dunkeld and Birnam has been officially recognised as Scotland’s first water efficient village after collectively savi... Read more
West Stormont Woodland Group - Monthly C…
Working with local people to bring Taymount Wood and Five Mile Wood into Community Ownership. Click on the link to do... Read more
Not Another Tick Box Exercise! Ticks And…
As we move into summer, it is important to be aware of the risk of ticks and transmission of Lyme Disease.
Anec... Read more
What Has Been Going On At The Guide Hall…
Since November a small miracle has been happening at Dunkeld Guide Hall, turning the building into a resource fit for... Read more
Birnam Oak Receives Support From Lancash…
Pupils from a Lancashire Secondary School rallied round to raise funds for the historic Birnam Oak. The tree is the l... Read more
New sculpture in the Cathedral
On August 19th. a new carving in the Cathedral was unveiled and dedicated. It has been placed on the north wall under... Read more
Poets Corner - October
Noo' Simmer Dim has slipped awa,
And Nicht's are drawing in;
Tis Nature's time tae draw a braith,
Afo... Read more
Balsam Pullers Making A Difference
Dunkeld and Birnam Balsam Pullers
The Monday morning group have been pulling this non-native invasive pla... Read more
Dunkeld & Birnam UnPlugged 2018
Get ready for Unplugged 2018, 2nd – 9th September 2018!
Click here to visit the Dunkeld & Birnam Unplugged w... Read more
Tools With A Mission
Thank you, all of our members and friends, who have given generously to this cause. This year we have collected bags ... Read more
Bible Society
Thank you so much for all your donations for the Bible Society. I have recently been able to send £56 collected in St... Read more
A9 Co-Creative News
Outcome of A9 Co-Creative Stage 5 vote
The results of the “Big Decide” voting (between 23rd June and 2nd July) ... Read more
Making it Happen in and around Dunkeld
Volunteers who have been “making it happen” in the Dunkeld area were celebrated at an volunteer appreciation evening ... Read more
Data Protection Legislation
Need help on how the new Data Protection Legislation applies to your organisation?
Thanks to Helen Taylor and A... Read more
Scotland’s Potentially Vulnerable Areas …
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency’s (SEPA’s) national consultation on the designation of areas which are pot... Read more
2018 QUILT – The Winner
Ann Rees, The Quilt, Janet Haigh
The 2018 Quilt has been won by Ann Rees and £1500 raised, which will be divided... Read more
Parish Church Singing
The Parish Church Choir has stopped doing pieces in 4-part harmony every week and instead there is now a less formal ... Read more
Royal School of Dunkeld - 450 Years Old!
On the 27th of June, the Royal School of Dunkeld held a Royal Garden Party to commemorate 450 years of the school.
New Mobile Post Office Service For Dunke…
A new mobile Post Office service for Dunkeld at the North End Car Park (Atholl Street) between 0930 and 1030... Read more
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