NEWS

12 May Community Planning Discussions

Would you like to shape how local people and organisations can help direct action and resources in their communities to address local priorities? Five Local Community Planning Partnerships are being developed to bring together local community organisations and public service organisations with a shared focus on...

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03 Mar A9 Dualling – Transport Scotland

Transport Scotland are holding Public Exhibitions for the Killiecrankie to Pitagowan and Pitagowan to Glen Garry dualling projects. Exhibitions will take place in Tuesday 8th March at Blair Atholl Village Hall from 12.00-19.00 & Killiecrankie Vilage Hall from 12.00-19.00. The information displayed at each venue will cover both...

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03 Mar A9 & Community Transport

Two big issues facing Highland Perthshire are the A9 dualling, which will cause significant disruption to Dunkeld & Birnam in particular, and the lack of public transport. HPCP are looking to form new subgroups to monitor these issues and would be interested to hear from anyone...

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26 Jan Broadband Update

Last week Stuart and Ian climbed the Ben and Struan hill (in shiny new HPCP vests!) to check that the wild, winter weather had not damaged the mast. They were happy to report that neither of the masts showed any sign of wear. As you...

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10 Jul HPCP HQ

We are now fully operational in our new offices at 23 Atholl Road Pitlochry. The premises will provide space to various HPCP supported projects, such as rural broadband and The Heartlander, a new magazine for Highland Perthshire which will launch this spring. The communal space...

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09 Jul Broadband Update

Bridge of Gaur has now been named as Phase 2 following the community’s proactive approach to securing funding for installation. Local businesses have aggregated vouchers under the Government’s BDUK Voucher scheme, which allows individual businesses up to £3,000 towards broadband set-up costs. If other communities in...

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13 Jun Broadband in Highland Perthshire

We are very close to beginning the first stage of work to upgrade the bandwidth to Amulree & Trochry and Struan. All the component parts are in place and we are currently organising the finer details and expect to be able to make an announcement...

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12 Jun Griffin Wind Farm Grants Micro Grants

The 5 Community Councils within the Griffin Wind panel area have an annual budget of £5,000 to disperse to the local community within their electoral area. These grants can be for amounts up to but not exceeding £500 to apply contact your community council for...

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11 Jun Spotlight on Heartland FM

HPCP hosts a weekly slot on Heartland FM which is dedicated to articles concerning HPCP, local group activities and “Whats Ons”. If you want free publicity for your group or organisation fill in the simple “Whats On “ form on the home age of the...

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