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Volunteers wanted – MAIG
Meldrum Amenities and Improvement Group -MAIG are looking for help Can you spare an hour or two one evening a week, a fortnight or even a month! In order to maintain our beautiful floral display we need volunteers to help with evening watering. Please get in touch if you can help.
MAIG – Launch of Oldmeldrum Cycling Without Age
Meldrum Amenities Improvement Group (MAIG) - Launch of Oldmeldrum Cycling Without Age - Saturday 5th June Join us for the official launch of OLDMELDRUM'S CYCLING WITHOUT AGE SCOTLAND Square, Saturday 5th June am Come along and hear BBC Radio Scotland’s “Out and About” presenter Mark Stephen introduce Oldmeldrum’s wonderful new Trishaw! Find out how local elderly people and people with…
Meldrum Café
Meldrum Café Are you fed up having lived a year with restricted movement, lack of company and just generally isolated? The volunteers of Meldrum Café are investigating the possibility of reopening the café. Both customers and volunteers have missed the warmth of welcome and companionship found in the café. As a Community café, run by members of the Community for…
Covid Level 3 – Mon 26th April
Mainland Scotland will move into Covid Level 3 from Monday (26 April). Here is a useful Scottish Government guide to what Level 3 will look like across different sectors. COVID-19+protection+levels+-+summary+information+on+what+you+can+and+cannot+doDownload
Oldmeldrum Green Growing Space
Public meeting - Allotments - 21st April 2021 Are you interested in having a green growing space (allotment) in Oldmeldrum? There will be a public meeting to share information about the way forward on April 21st. Register your interest by and get an invite to the meeting by
Postal voting
Are you planning to vote by post in the Scottish Parliamentary election? Planning to vote by post in the upcoming Scottish Parliament election? If you don’t already vote by post, your postal vote application needs to reach the Grampian Electoral Registration Officer by 5pm on Tuesday, April 6. You can download the form by visiting the vote Aberdeenshire website.
E-Bike Oldmeldrum – trial launch
An exciting trial project gets underway in Oldmeldrum this week. has secured the use of 2 ebikes in order to trial an ebike hire scheme in the local community for the next few weeks. The bikes are now available for short 3 day hire periods. There is no fixed hire charge. We are simply asking for a small, optional donation…
New legislation for Livestock Worrying by Dogs
New legislation to deal with dog attacks on livestock has just passed through the Scottish Parliament with unanimous cross party support. The Dogs (Protection of Livestock) (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill, brought forward by Emma Harper MSP, will now proceed to Royal Assent before becoming law in six months time. Under the provisions of the new Bill, dog owners could be fined…
Cycling Without Age – Oldmeldrum
Volunteers wanted. Can you offer an occasional hour or so to pilot the electric trishaw and take local people with limited mobility out for some fresh air? If you are willing to volunteer as a pilot or co-pilot or wish more information please get in touch or checkout the website and see the difference this charity has made to people…
Funding News
The Mushroom Trust's primary goal is to support the creation and improvement of greenspaces. The Trust helps to fund projects throughout Scotland. In recent years, a variety of projects have been funded: improving paths for public access, enabling the commissioning of landscaping designs for long term planting, developing allotments, enriching planting, improving public parks and play areas, and planting community gardens and…