Do you want to get involved in making things great in your local community?
We’re looking for Bridge of Allan residents to join the Community Council to help with:
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protecting local greenspace
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promoting our history and heritage
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progressing community priorities
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prioritising community views.
We are looking for three new members to join the Community Council as co-opted or associate members until full elections are held in 2027.
We have been actively working on many different community projects and initiatives, so it is more important than ever that all sections and voices of Bridge of Allan are represented on the Community Council. We are particularly looking for people with skills in communications, social media and web content creation. The role involves keeping up to date with community issues raised, working together to find solutions and helping communicate resident’s views to local organisation such as Stirling Council, Network Rail, developers and businesses. We have 10 meetings a year usually held at the Allan Centre ( our meeting minutes are here )
Though a lot of the activity involves raising resident’s issues and concerns with the appropriate authorities we also organise the Christmas Lights in Henderson street with a Switch-On event, other events such as the annual Service of Remembrance at the memorial park; we worked with Discover Bridge of Allan to purchase the Sunnylaw meadow and undertake maintenance of it; members have been engaging with the community seeking views to incorporate in the Local Place Plan which will feed into the forthcoming Stirling Council Local Development Plan. See our facebook page:
Who can become a member ?
You can put yourself forward if you live in the Bridge of Allan area , are over 16, and are on the electoral register.
Although currently there is only 1 space for a Co-opted member on the Council, we can also appoint associate members with particular skills or knowledge seeking to broaden both representation and expertise for specific projects/issues. See more here about different types of membership.
To find out more about community councils in general and how they are run see here .
To find out more about the Bridge of Allan Community Council please email chair Amanda or one of the members ( email addresses are on our webpage ‘Your Community Council’) and ideally come along to a meeting!
Next Meeting: Tue March 18th, 7.30pm at the Allan Centre
