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REPAIR CAFE AND RE-LOVE SALE, FORTROSE SATURDAY 2 SEPTEMBER
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 ...
Local Place Plan for the Black Isle
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...
Employment Opportunity for a Coordinator to oversee the delivery of a Local Place Plan for the Black Isle and other projects
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
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 ...
From Supporting Communities to Recovery
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...
Resilience Strategy for the Black Isle
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 ...
Mamie Martin Fund Cycle Tour
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...
Banners appearing across the Black Isle
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.
Advice for locals and visitors on Covid-19
Jon Palmer, Chairman of Black Isle Partnership, which has the responsibility as a Community Anchor Organization, to oversee consistent relief across the Black Isle, has written on the guidelines to follow in daily life.
In summary:
Support Local Busines...
Economic recovery after the coronavirus pandemic
There are a few days left to influence Scottish Government policy on priorities after the decline of the coronavirus pandemiic. A response is needed by May 31.
In official government speak: "The Scottish Government has recognised that it must be prepared to act swif...