Author: hughboag
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New NHS dentist found for Arran
Arran is to get a new HNS dentist, it was confirmed this week, after a challenging process.
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Brodick Castle wins award
The National Trust for Scotland (NTS) team at Brodick Castle and Country Park is celebrating winning a prestigious Tripadvisor Travellers’ Choice 2023 award. It was one of 20 NTS venues to receive the recognition. The awards, which celebrate visitor attractions that have received consistent positive reviews on Tripadvisor over the previous 12 months, were presented…
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Free meals at lunch club thanks to winter funding
Arran Community & Voluntary Service (Arran CVS) are excited to announce that they have been awarded funding to support the work of their volunteer-led lunch club from the Arran community fund.
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Ben visits Arran as Sacred Islands returns for a new series
A new series of Scotland’s Sacred Islands follows Ben Fogle making another epic journey across some of Britain’s most stunning islands, including Arran, Holy Isle, Islay and Jura, the Orkney Islands and Skye. In the first episode, Ben takes the short but busy ferry trip across the Firth of Clyde to Arran. Ben wonders how the island’s…
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Trust Housing celebrate a half century of care
A day of celebrations took place at both Trust retirement housing developments on Arran last week, organised by housing coordinator Angela Glendinning, to mark its 50th birthday.
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Shop Arran weekend next month
Shop Arran is taking place on the weekend of November 17 to 19 this year. More than 25 retailers have already signed up to this year’s premier shopping event but there is still time to get involved as the registation deadline is Monday October 23. The Shop Arran weekend is hugely popular in encouraging islanders…
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Walking group nominated in volunteer awards
An Arran walking group was recently nominated in the Paths for All National Volunteer Awards 2023. The Stroll With It Arran walking group was delighted to be named in the Health Walk Group of the Year category which was won by Walk in the Park, Killin Group, Loch Lomond and the Trossachs Countryside Trust. The…
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Exhibition is celebration of Jonathan Livingston Seagull
This October, Saltwater Gallery is hosting an exhibition of new work inspired by Richard Bach’s classic novel Jonathan Livingston Seagull, first published in 1970.