Dates for your diary 2026

Monday 23 March – AGM at 7pm, Bowling hut
April – Board games and chippy
May – Village quiz night
June – BBQ on the Green
July – Cheese and wine night
Sunday 16th August 2026 – Tea on the Green – 2-4pm
September – Racing night (DVD)
October – Hotdogs and Halloween
November – Craft night
December – Christmas Party

More details to follow, watch this space!

Village Action Days

We’re back it! After a well-earned hibernation, we’re dusting off the gardening gloves and heading out on Sunday 22 March at 10am for a couple of hours.

Future action days will run on the 4th Sunday of every month, but if you can’t make these you’re welcome to get stuck in at any time.

You don’t need to be a resident in Dunmore to help – we’ll welcome you with open arms… or at least a nice cuppa and some cake.

No gardening experience? No problem. If you can pull, dig, brush or point you’re already qualified. Come along as often (or as rarely) as you like — no pressure and no long- term commitment.

You can also join the village gardening club WhatsApp to keep in the loop
and turn up when it suits you.

For more details email us at dunmorevillage@gmail.com

Village Association AGM

The Dunmore Village Association AGM takes place on Monday 23rd March at 7pm in the Bowling Hut. Village accounts will be posted on the village noticeboard.

If you live in Dunmore this is your chance to have a say in what happens in the village
and help steer what the committee focuses on this year.

If you can’t make it let the Village Association know your your comments, ideas, or
grumbles by email to dunmorevillage@gmail.com and they will be raised.

There is space for at least two new members to join the committee. The commitment is flexible, meetings are once a month (around 1.5 hours), and you can dip in and out of events as suits you. It is a fun way to make a difference locally and you do not need any special skills. If you would like more information, drop the committee an email or chat to an existing member.

Well done, Village Gardeners!

Villagers got stuff done in 2025!

This year we replanted four of the beds on the village green with pollinator-friendly plants. This involved some serious digging, new soil, lots and lots of weeding and watering (it was quite a hot summer this year).

We’re sure it won’t be long before the new beds are looking as fabulous as the beds near the well which got the star treatment a few of years ago.

The hardest job this year has been removing bamboo from Lillian’s garden.

The bamboo got out of control over the last couple of years, popping up in places it was never intended to go! Removing it has involved machinery and a lot of back-breaking work to pull out the roots. This was achieved over several big pushes from villagers this year to get on top of garden maintenance and resulted in two skips being filled.

Our next job is to figure out what is going in its place. At the very least we hope to have more picnic-style seating.

Christmas Carols

Sunday, 14th December, 4pm

Join us for a magical afternoon of festive cheer!

Enjoy a festive sing-a-long with a choir and brass band.

Stay for Christmas treats, hot drinks and a visit from Santa!

If you’re coming along with Children, please let us know so we can make sure Santa is prepared. Talk to a member of the village committee or email dunmorevillage@gmail.com.

We’ll have limited carols booklets available, but you can also download a copy here.

A4-Dunmore-Christmas-Carols.pdfDownload

Village Action Day – 13/7/25

The next Dunmore action day is this Sunday 10am-12pm. Join us to help out.

Meet on the green and we’ll divide up the jobs. We’re looking for help with:

  • Trimming the front hedge in Lillian’s garden.
  • Clearing the cuttings
  • Weeding of flower beds on green – approx 6 people
  • Strimming the edges of beds

All help gratefully received and anyone not from the village will be made very welcome.

New committee elected

A new village association committee was elected for 2025-26 at the AGM on Monday 24th March. Many thanks to all who attended and to the previous committee for their hard work.

Laura and Colin shared the highlights from the last year which included:

  • Setting up the “Friends of Dunmore”, which invited donations to be used on village beautifcation and maintenance projects
  • Working with MSP Michelle Thomson to have Falkirk Council cut down a rotten tree from Lillian’s garden;
  • Organising community days to chop wood, maintain public gardens and pick litter;
  • Putting on a very successful Tea on the Green which raised over £1300;
  • Providing hospitality for walking groups, which raised over £150;
  • Restoration of the old phone box;
  • Working with Forth Valley First Responders to install a defibrilator on the Bowling Hut and organising training for villagers.

There was some regret that, due to the drainage works, the Carol service could not take place.

Laura continues as Chair, with Lynne as vice chair and Kevin as Finance Officer. The remainder of the committee is made up of Becky, Colin, Derek, Emma, Gary and Sam. Derek will continue in his role of liasing with the committee and Airth Parish Council.

Village AGM

The Village Association AGM takes place at 6.30pm on Monday 24th March. We’ll review the year and vote in the new committee who will review our events program and take forward improvements to the village public areas. Any villagers wishing to take part in the committee will be made very welcome.

Coming up in 2025

Sunday 16th March, 10-12: Village Action Day (odd jobs, gardening etc.)

Monday 24th March: Dumore Village Association AGM

April, date TBC: Litter Pick

Saturday 14th May, 10-12: Village Action Day (odd jobs, gardening etc.)

Sunday 20th July, 10am: Village Action Day (odd jobs, gardening etc.)

Sunday 17th August, 2-4pm: Tea on the Green

Sunday 21st September, 10am: Village Action Day (odd jobs, gardening etc.)

Sunday 12th October, 10am: Village Action Day (odd jobs, gardening etc.)

Sunday 14th December, 4pm: Christmas carols

Other suggested events:

Quiz, Forth Boat Trip, Christmas craft

Phone Box restored

The phone box at the entrance of the village has never looked better. Alasdair has been repairing broken glass and smartening up the paint. It’s been a very footery, time consuming task and we’re sure you’ll agree he’s done a beautiful job.

Huge thanks also go to Fiona for the gold detail work on the crown. Did you spot the “telephone” sign has been replaced with a specially-made “Dunmore?

A tea-rrific afternoon

We had a wonderful Tea on the Green! The weather cleared up (even if it was a bit windy) and we enjoyed great music, company and incredible home baking.

Tea on the Green is a chance for neighbours and friends to come together, but it’s also a chance to raise money for the various village maintenance projects. We’re pleased to report that between the baking, tombola, treasure hunt, games and generous donations we raised £1200! Thanks to all who attended and showed their support

A huge amount of work goes in to make these two hours special and Dunmore villagers – especially the Gardening Club – deserve a big pat on the back. The Dunmore Village Committee would like to thank everyone who gave their time, energy and resources, including Ian Guthrie, our brilliant musician, Jim Tait and Joe Detlaff for the loan and delivery of the chairs and tables, and to David and the Sea Cadets for the use of their gazebos.

Pollinator plaque

The village was awarded a grant by Falkirk Council and Repollinate to improve the quality of our flower beds to make them more friendly to pollinating insects.

The beds were planted last year by the gardening club and, since then, they’ve kept on top of the weeds and the watering to give the immature perennials and shrubs room to grow. The beds look fabulous now, so well done everyone!