Month: April 2023

This May Glenurquhart Men’s Shed will be holding a Community Consultation. Weds 24th May Glen Urquhart Public Hall 3-8pm Tues 30th May Balnain Community Hall 3-8pm Its an opportunity for folk to come along, share their thoughts and ideas on a possible asset transfer of the Forestry Buildings at Balnain. These will be vacant when… Continue reading Public Consultation Men’s Shed

We are delighted to announce we were successful in our recent application to the ‘Think Health Think Nature’ Small Grants Fund. GURCA have been awarded £1475 – this will fund a range of kit that will help us to run Green Health and Learning activities from Blairbeg Hall and the soon to be Community owned… Continue reading Green Health Grant Success

Tea & Tunes with Sarah McQuaidCraigmonie Centre, DrumnadrochitSunday May 14th 20232.30pm Doors open – Concert Start at 3pm Ticket HERE: https://www.wegottickets.com/event/566550 Tickets: £16, £14 concessionsUnder 18s free if accompaniedIf not sold out, tickets will be available on the door (Cash Only) This Concert was originally scheduled to take place in 2020….. and we all know what… Continue reading Tea and Tunes Sunday 14th May

Free Guided Nature Walks -The Cover, Urquhart Bay Woods Posted on behalf of local volunteer Anna and our friends at the Woodland Trust A wonder filled walk with local wildlife enthusiast Anna Macfie. Dawn Chorus 6am-8am: 21st May and June 18th . Wildlife Walks 10am-12pm: 7th May, 4th June, 2nd July and 16th July. Meet… Continue reading Free Nature Walks

Saturday 29th April: Painting Volunteers Required Glen Urquhart Public Hall. From 10am A great chance to brush up on some DIY skills. If you can come along and help, even if its just an hour or so hour, you would be most welcome. Paint is provided, and we have a limited number of brushes and… Continue reading Painting Volunteers DIY SOS

What a braw week its been and tomorrow’s forecast is another Belter! Come along and make the place look even better. Blairbeg Park Car Park (Balmacaan Road) meetig at 16:00 for an hour or so – thank you to GURCA member Charles for arranging these again this year.,

Support Live Music, Support the Hall…. Saturday 27th May This will be a fantastic evening – we can’t wait to have the Budapest Cafe Orchestra back in the Glen…. Ticket Link below… Tickets https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/inverness/glenurquhart-public-hall/budapest-cafe-orchestra/2023-05-27/19:30/t-krymrry

We had a great day up at the Green this past weekend (Saturday 15th April). Huge thank you to Visit Loch Ness Inverness, Loch Ness Hub and all partners who put on a brilliant event to promote active travel in our beautiful Glen. Lots of fun and too many smiles to count. We hope to… Continue reading Thank you – PEDAL POWER

Community larder Thanks to the generous donation from Scotmid Food to the local community, Dan from GURCA and Kara from Soirbheas picked up an array of food and household items for the community larder in Drumnadrochit Thankyou Scotmid Food and your helpful staff – it’s acts of kindness such as these that make a huge… Continue reading Community Larder – Scotmid

Photography Competition 2023! Deadline for entries – Sunday 21st May 2023 at midnight. Here are the prizes you could win this year: Winners in each category and class will receive an individual voucher prize worth £50 to spend in their preferred local business. They will also nominate £100 to a Strathglass or Glen Urquhart based… Continue reading Photo Competition