Aird Community

The aim of the Pitch Project is to refurbish the waterlogged, rutted and unplayable Community Centre Pitch to make it usable again for everyone in the community. We have been fund-raising locally for the last couple of years with the 100+ Club (contact christinerebeg@hotmail.co.uk if you’d like to join) and some Community Quiz Nights. We’ve […]

Most elderly people want to live at home for as long as they possibly can. For many of us that should be perfectly feasible – with a little bit of support. We believe statutory services are important – particularly for addressing practical issues such as adaptations to your home or help with cleaning and cooking. […]

The weather treated us kindly on Saturday and we had a good turn out to help trim the willows. Many thanks to Rob Kinghorn, Tom Paterson, Mark Forbes and Lindsey Stout. By 2pm the 3 willow structures had all the new growth since the spring trim weaved into the structure and the top growth turned […]

To mark the Viking Festival of Up Helly Aa, Kirkhill Beavers and Cubs put on their own version of the famous celebration held in Shetland at the end of January each year. A replica longship, built by the Cub leaders, David Hendry and Dave Knox, was carried into the playing field behind the Community Centre […]

Who will forget in a hurry the cold snaps we experienced over the last 2 winters. The prolonged periods of cold weather meant many of us will have faced higher energy bills. And anyone trying to buy heating oil in December last year would have found that not only was it hard to get an […]

We are now planning for the next edition which MUST be ready for circulation about a week before the Gala. The first day of Gala Week is 29 May and distribution of Crannog must have been done by then. In which case as you may noitice in the current edition our closing date for advertising, […]