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FESTIVAL WEEK: IN CALLANDER FOR CALLANDER, Mon 12th - Mon 19th March 2012

We live in a wonderful town and we want to make sure everyone knows it, in fact to make a festival of it. To do that the plan this year is to make a showcase for all that is on offer to do and enjoy in Callander – as a group, a family, as an individual, and especially as a community, which is low or no cost, sustainable and does not involve travelling away from the town to do. This year we are also doing things a little differently by taking the festival ‘out and about’ in Callander over the week beginning 12 March (though there are meetings and events going on right through the month).

For programme, click here.

CALLANDER FRUIT FAIR, Sunday 23rd October 2011

A Fruitful Callander is organising Callander’s first Fruit Fair. As will be demonstrated by stallholders at the Fair, our future fruit harvest could serve many purposes! Come along and press your own apple juice!

Learn about different ways to preserve fruit from Margaret Lear and taste Menteith Jam’s delicious cordials.

'A Fruitful Callander' is an umbrella group, formed by representatives of McLaren Leisure Centre, the Greening of Callander, the Callander Allotment Group, Callander Centre for the Scottish Wildlife Trust, Callander and Climate Change and several enthusiastic local individuals.

For leaflet, click here.

CLOTHES SWISHING EVENING, Friday 21st Ocober 2011, 7.30pm

Callander Ladies Circle invite you to a Clothes Swishing Evening at the Riverside Inn.

Tickets are£3 available at the Riverside Inn or from members of the Ladies Circle. Entry is Ticket + Item for swapping. Please bring at least 1 item of ladies' wear that's in good condition and on a hanger. Bring more if you can including shoes, bags and other accessories.

All proceeds to Ladies Cirlcle who support Stirling Autism Parent Support Group and local environmental projects.

For leaflet, click here.

ENERGY EFFICIENCY WORKSHOP FOR HARD TO TREAT PROPERTIES, Thursday 29th Sept 2011

Worried about rising energy costs? Is your home an older or more traditional house unsuitable for cavity wall insulation? Does your house have a solid wall construction? Want to improve your homes energy efficiency?

Come along to our workshop on Hard to Treat properties where experts in the field will lead talks and activities covering everything from low cost, easy to install measures through to solutions involving major work.

When: 6-9pm

Where: Bridgend Hotel

Light Buffet available 6-6.30pm. Entry is free

For more information or to book your place please phone 07866 153328

FUN FAMILY CYCLING EVENT, Saturday 3rd Sept 2011 Callander Primary organised jointly with Callander Primary Parent Council to bring you a day of cycling fun. Come along with your bike (or without!) and have a go at our obstacle course, try out a tandem or trailer, get your bike checked out and find out about all things cycling. Click here for leaflet.

A STEP FORWARD FOR CALLANDER

On 27th March 2011, we held the second Callander Sustainability Festival. The day went really smoothly thanks to all who contributed to it. A total of 50 volunteers helped to organise the festival, and were present on the day itself. Local community groups the Greening of Callander, Callander Master Composters, the Callander Hydro Group, the Callander subgroup of the Scottish Wildlife Trust, the Horticultural Society, Argaty Red Kites; all had stalls and information related to the effects of climate change and how to move forward in a more sustainable way. Also we had volunteers help out with the successful local food café. Attendees at this lively happening were delighted with the quality of this year’s festival, and thoroughly enjoyed themselves.

SCOTTISH APPLES AND ORCHARDS On 18th March 2011, Callander and Climate Change and the Greening of Callander organised a public meeting about Scottish apples and orchards at st Andrews' Church. Guest speaker was the Perthshire based orchard expert Andrew Lear

ABOUT THE FUTURE OF CALLANDER On the 24th of November 2010 we organised a Transition meeting hosted by Eva Schonveld (Transition Scotland Support), which provided information for the 15-year Vision document.

FOOTPRINT FESTIVAL

The 16th of May 2010 was the day for the Callander Carbon Footprint Festival, where Callander’s communal footprint was announced. During the event, local residents were offered free information on energy and renewables, buying and growing local food, sustainable travel and transport, including the eco driving simulator, local tree planting and more, while enjoying free coffee and tea, locally baked cakes with Scottish ingredients and live music from Callander based musicians.The event was a great success. Well over 200 people came along!

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On 30th November 2009, we held the first of a series of public meetings. we organised a film showing of ‘the Age of Stupid’. During the evening the two project officers introduced themselves to the community, presented the project and provided information about building a low carbon community and volunteering with CandCC. About forty people attended the film showing and several people left their details to be added to the CandCC mailing-list.

Furthermore we so far organised, facilitated, actively supported and were present at a variety of successful events. We:

- Co-hosted Forth Environment Link’s Community Orchard Mapping Event

- Organised Community Hydro Scheme information evening

- Organised and participated in Master Composter training

- Organised ‘I ♥ Callander’ competition for Valentines Day

- Co-hosted and contributed to the Annual Gathering of The Sustainable Development Commission

- Organized a public meeting on Allotments, which led to the setup of the Callander Allotment Group

- Organised an outing to the Green Routes Project in Gartmore

- Contributed to and were present at the Trossachs Health Fair in the Callander Kirk Hall

- Contributed to and were present at the Callander Highland Games in summer 2010