A beautiful place to live, with a fascinating past.
The Village action day on 18th May went well. On Saturday (and over the last few months) many villagers have been working hard to keep Dummore looking good. From weeding and clearing dead foliage, to painting benches, iron work and notice boards. Fantastic work, everyone!
Our new defibrilator has been installed on the front of the bowling hut and we’ve been very fortunate that Martin from Forth Valley First Responders has been providing training to all interested villagers. The debrilator will be maintained and regularly check by the Responders.
Be part of your community and pitch in to help with basic maintenance and gardening. You’ll be rewarded with hot drinks and homemade cake.
Meet at Lillian’s garden at 10.30am.
Can’t make it on Saturday? Pop an email to dunmorevillage@gmail.com or to the village WhatsApp group to find out how you can help.
The committee are hoping to run more social events throughout the year and hope this will bring everyone together through the year.
If any villagers have a suggestion for an event please let the committee know.
Following many months of the village association negotiating with Falkirk Council rotten sycamore tree has been removed by professional tree surgeons. A team of villagers have chopped the wood into smaller, more portable pieces and much of it will be left in the garden as a home for nature. A Rowan tree will be planted in its place later in the year.
The annual general meeting of Dunmore Village Association is on Thursday 28th March 2024 at 7pm in Dunmore Bowling Clubhouse.
The AGM is an opportunity to catch up with neighbours and hear what’s been going on in the village. It’s also a great opportunity to hear the committees future plans and have your say.
Please note the committee is always pleased to welcome new members – if you are interested in joining the committee or getting active in the village please email dunmorevillage@gmail.com.
Accounts for the year have emailed to all villagers and posted on the village notice board. If you haven’t received an email, please drop a message to the email address above.
We enjoyed a wonderful Christmas carols event on Sunday 17th December, and received a special visit from a certain jolly gentleman who had presents for all the village children.
We raised more than £230, which will go towards village maintance projects and to Strathcarron Hospice.
Thank you!
This event wouldn’t have been such a success without the support of everyone who attended and donated. Huge thanks also go to:
Clackmannan District Brass Band for braving the chilly weather to raise our spirits.
Village committee members/villagers who decorated, catered and organised the event.
And, finally, Geoff Leask, who “arranged” the visit from our special seasonal visitor!
Thursday 14 December is the closing date for neighbour comments on the propsed Hill of Airth development, which would see the construction of 82 houses and a visitor centre near the East Lodge to the north of Airth. This is the second attempt to green light this project, following objections from local people and stakeholders such as the National Trust for Scotland.
Make your comments on the Falkirk Council development portal.
Airth Parish Community Council are hosting a public meeting about the application at Airth Venue, 7pm, on Wednesday 20 December, following their short general meeting at 6.30pm.
Following Falkirk Council’s decision to no longer support festive lights in Dunmore, the Village Association has replaced the exisiting failing lights. Hooray! It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas!
After having to cancel in 2022 due to the very cold weather, we’re looking forward to getting back together and singing in the season. We’ll be joined once again by the Clackmannanshire District Brass Band and will be collecting for charity.
Come for the carols and stay for the Christmas treats and hot drinks afterwards!
Tea on the Green was a great success. We enjoyed fabulous home baking, live music and good chat under the sun… and some of us got quite competitive over the games. 
Huge thanks to everyone who came along, baked and donated and to musician Iain Guthrie. We raised over £700 for the village maintenance fund!
Well done to the Village committee for organising.
We’ve just been alerted to the visit of MSP Michelle Thomson to the Village today, 2.15-3pm.
Join us on Sunday 20th August for cakes, games and great chat. Please bring your change – all games and cake sales will go towards the village maintenance fund.
A mixture of elbow grease and persistence from Dunmore Village Association has resulted in some small improvements to village amenities.
DVA’s Colin sanded and repainted the flaky bench at the well and villagers have been keeping the beds planted earlier this year weed free while the plants get established – it needs more work than you’d think!
The Association has also compiled a list of of issues with public spaces and have been contacting Falkirk Council. The bus shelter has finally been cleaned for the first time in several years and the swings at the play park are in the process of being treated for painting. Hopefully they’ll be finished in time for Tea on the Green next week!
The heavens opened just as the hoedown began last night, but we made good progress – check out the before and after path pic below.
Still more to do, so helping hands are much appreciated. If you’ve five mins to spare, pull some weeds!
Huge thanks to those who braved the elements.
Airth Highland games are this Saturday, 21st July.
More info and tickets from the Airth Games website.
Help us to get some weeding done. Meet at Lillian’s garden at 7pm on Wednesday 19th July. Many hands=quick work!
We’re thrilled to welcome Sam Scissorhands garden maintenance to Dunmore.
The Village Association has engaged Sam to cut the grass in village public spaces between Falkirk Council’s infrequent visits. Sam is also picking up cuttings, which means playing and sitting on the village green is a much more pleasant experience!
Say hello! and cheer her on if you see her hard at work.
Residents have been invited to a study about green/nature-based solutions in coastal management.
CoOpt is an interdisciplinary project exploring how to support the transition from hard “grey” defences to softer “green” solutions in coastal flood protection management. They also look at the acceptability of flood protection schemes in the UK.
Airth is one of four case study sites where CoOpt recently conducted a postal survey. There will now be focus group discussions to hear the opinion of local residents about:
There are two focus group sessions on Monday, 12 June 2023 at Airth Community Centre.
Registration is welcome, but not mandatory – you can drop in for one of these sessions.
‘Co-Opt’ is funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). This study has been approved by the Ethical Review Committee in the School of Geography and Sustainable Development, University of St Andrews.
George Russell construction Ltd is trying again to get their initially rejected Hill of Airth development proposal passed. There is a consultation event on Monday 5th June, 2.30-6.30pm in Airth Community Hall, with all comments to be in by Monday 19th June.
More info and consultation here: http://www.ironsidefarrar.com/hillofairth.html
