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Why not come and help look after some of Crieff’s best loved paths! Our Paths Group have another four paths maintenance tasks lined up for the coming weeks. All are welcome. If you would like to join us, please contact our Greenspace Ranger, Calum, so we know how many people to expect; cbachell@pkc.gov.uk.  Please dress according…

Crieff Community Trust and the Drummond Arms Regeneration Limited would like to celebrate the many important events in the town’s history and memorable family occasions which occurred in the Drummond Arms over the years. To record these memories, we will be hosting an exhibition throughout March (details to follow) which will showcase the building in…

Happy 2020 from Crieff Community Trust! We look forward to the 2020s being the decade when we really start to see progress on Crieff town-centre regeneration. We made a great start in 2019, securing ownership in October of the former Drummond Arms Hotel. A trading subsidiary company, Drummond Arms Regeneration Limited (DARL), was set up…

On Monday 20th January 2020 tree maintenance operations will begin in Turretbank Wood. TD Tree & Land Services will carry out the work on behalf of Crieff Community Trust. Work will include; Pruning dead branches and removal of deadwood Removal of fallen and dead trees Removal of ivy Management of Hawthorn and Blackthorn If you…

Come and help look after one of Crieff’s best loved paths! 10.30am, Saturday 25th January Meet at the Sands on Lady Mary’s Walk. We will be clearing drainage channels alongside the path, raking leaves off the path and cutting back overgrown vegetation to keep the path clear. Please dress according to the weather and bring…

A huge thank you to our fantastic Paths Group volunteers and Calum the Greenspace Ranger who were out looking after the paths in Turretbank Wood recently. There’s a wee description of what they got up to and some nice pictures in this blog. If you are interested in helping to look after our community woodland…

Come and help look after the paths in our community woodland! 10.30am, Saturday 30th November Meet at the MacRosty Park car park on Turretbank Road. We will be clearing vegetation along the riverside path through Turretbank Wood using loppers, rakes, strimmers and leaf blowers. If we have time and enough volunteers we will also tackle…

We would like to provide some clarity regarding the development and potential restoration of the Drummond Arms building on Crieff High Street, in response to some reports and some misunderstanding circulating locally. Crieff Community Trust, after many years of dedication and hard work, secured ownership of this historic building to ensure that it will be…

Since sharing our exciting news last week that CCT had acquired the former Drummond Arms hotel, the positive comments and responses have been outstanding. It’s really great to know we have the continued support of the community as we work towards a long term, sustainable solution for this much loved building. Now with this big hurdle overcome,…

Crieff Community Trust has secured the title of the former Drummond Arms Hotel While the crumbling ‘B’ listed property, which is on the national Buildings At Risk Register, was left to fall into major disrepair and give rise to dangerous situations, CCT has been working very hard navigating countless obstacles to secure the building and…