Friday, 08 March 2024

5 Things For A Friday

Firstly Happy International Women's Day and Mother's day on Sunday.  i hope you also had a great World Book Day this week!

1. Great to hear the Highland Gathering is coming back – check our news section on the website for the date!

2. Lovely to see the Sunday Social received a lot of interest in the Polycrub (and the donation of wood from the Trust).  The success if the Polycrub is now over to you.

3. The BioDiversity Group had their first event at the end of February.  Great to see some proactive activity from this group as it fits nicely with Community Action Plan and Project Plan actions.

4. I hear there was meetings about Foyers Bay, email chat about the Riverside, meetings about Errogie next steps, I was at a meeting between school, community council, BCC and the Trust team about transport, caught up with Communities Housing Trust and SSE about funding for affordable housing, close to launching a new booking system for the Wildside Centre and lots of work going on at Inverfarigaig.  I’m sure you will read all about it in the new forthcoming magazine.

5. Behind all these projects are Board Directors, volunteers and staff.  This week I’ve been doing staff appraisals.  This gives us time to say a dedicated thank you to staff and discuss their training needs, any issues we need to address, anything we need to celebrate and objectives for the next year.  It also helps inform us where there may be gaps if we have the opportunity to review staff roles when someone leaves, as we do now.  Above is just a sample of what everyone is up to and I extend my thanks to all the staff for the amazing work they are doing on behalf of the community.  Good job!

Tony Foster 

2026

February (2 stories)

3 February 📚 Mobile Library Visiting Tomorrow! 🚐✨

The Mobile Library is rolling into the area tomorrow, Wednesday 4th February, so pop along and say hello to Mark! Stop & time: • The Wildside Centre &ndash...

3 February RSABI Fundraising Event

Don't miss out on an incredible evening of music and laughter with the talented Farmers Choir performing in Aviemore late February in aid of RSABI and SAYFC.  ...

January (12 stories)

28 January Six Nations: Scotland 🆚 England LIVE at The Wildside

💘 This Valentine’s Day, find someone who loves you as much as you love rugby 🏉   We’re streaming Six Nations: Scotland 🆚 England LIVE at The Wil...

27 January 🌳 Development of Inverfarigaig Forest School 🌳

A community member has been in touch about the possibility of setting up a Forest School within our community. With the support of the Community Trust, a short survey has...

26 January 📚 Mobile Library Visiting Tomorrow! 🚐✨

The Mobile Library will be in the area tomorrow, Wednesday 27th January, so pop along and say hello to Mark!   📍 Stopping points & times: • Errogi...

22 January 🔥 Free Firewood Available – Whitebridge Area 🔥

A member of our local community, has been in touch with Stratherrick & Foyers Community Trust (SFCT) to let us know that he has a significant amount of larch firewood...

21 January Large grant application from BCC for Foyers Stores Acquisition - Update

A Board meeting is taking place this evening in order for Directors of SFCT to consider the application and agree their recommendation. As the Chair of SFCT explained at ...

20 January Thank you!

Thank you to everyone who came along to the public meeting at the Wildside last night. We had a fantastic turnout, with 110 people attending in person and 26 joining u...

19 January Agenda for Public Meeting - Regarding the Foyers Stores Acquisition

Please find the agenda for tonight’s public meeting at the Wildside Centre regarding the proposed community acquisition of Foyers Stores.   1. Welcome &n...

14 January Apply for our Project Coordinator role

👋 Friendly reminder!   There’s still time to apply for our Project Coordinator role at Stratherrick and Foyers Community Trust ...

8 January Notice to the Community: Change of Date for Public Meeting on Foyers Stores

Stratherrick and Foyers Community Trust (SFCT) would like to update the community regarding the previously announced public meeting relating to the proposed purchase of F...

7 January 🌟 New Year, New Opportunities! 🌟

Stratherrick & Foyers Community Trust is here to support your projects with our grants! 💡✨ 📅 Next application deadline: 21st March 2026 Learn more about ...

6 January 🎉 Calling all community organisers! 🎉

Do you run a class, group or one-off activity in one of the local buildings? We’d love to help spread the word! 💛 Our SFCT Community Calendar is looking a ...

6 January Mobile Library Visit Cancelled – Wednesday 7th January 2026

👋 Hello and welcome to 2026 from SFCT! 🎉 We bring news from the Mobile Library as our first update of the year. 📚 Mobile Library Visit Cancelled – Wednesday ...