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Join in with an extra special Black Isle Repair Cafe celebrating 2 years of repairs across the area! As well as having our usual repair stations and a chance to learn some new skills from the volunteers (please bring your repairs along on the day) we also have some live ...

The Annual Potato Day run by Transition Black Isle is happening on March 2 at North Kessock Village Hall from 11 am to 3 pm.  You know what to expect.  Enthusiastic folk buying individual tubers of a great number of heritage and modern potato varieties - some organicall...

Bring your repairs & shop pre-loved/second hand items at the BLACK ISLE REPAIR CAFE & RE-LOVE SALE! Promoting REPAIR & REUSE - you can bring along any broken items you have at home that need fixing (GENERAL REPAIRS - ELECTRICAL REPAIRS - SEWING-TOOL SHARPENING ...

The Back Isle Partnership has been funded by Highland Council to prepare a Place Plan for the Black Isle. This should provide a Black-Isle-wide vision for the future. It will build on existing surveys, and will consult communities on what their priorities are for the next 10 y...

The Black Isle Partnership has been funded to develop a Local Place Plan for the Scottish Government to provide a framework for future development on the Black Isle. The work will be undertaken over the next year. The Local Place Plan will build on existing surveys, and will con...

The Black Isle Health and Nature Summer Festival took place over the last weekend of July. Groups in each of the villages organised Get to Know Your Village Walks and other activities.  The walks were rather leisurely and planned to get folk to appreciate how ...

The Black Isle Partnership having served as the local Community Anchor Organisation for the Scottish Government's Supporting Communities Fund has now been awarded funding for Community Recovery projects from Foundation Scotland.  The latest April newsletter fro...

There is an open invitation for anybody to have their say on how the Black Isle could become more resilient as we all react and respond to the Covid-19 pandemic.  There is no better time than now to look to the future. Jon Palmer, Chair of the Black Isle Partnership, has ...

During the lockdown many organisations are finding creative ways to engage their supporters and friends. The Mamie Martin Fund, a charity which supports girls’ education in Malawi, had planned a cycle tour in the Central Belt but that felt uncertain in recent months. So a s...

As the Black Isle begins to welcome new and returning visitors, all should notice the appearance of Banners reminding everybody of what rules to follow to protect all from the scourge of Covid-19.  The first to appear were on the two main routes into Cromarty.