Out& about

Do you need help with your hearing?

Drop in to the Walker Hall on the last Tuesday of March between 12.30pm and 2.30pm.

Batteries are available, moulding is cleaned and tubing replaced.

Ayrshire Cancer Support is here to help families and patients. Counselling. Drop- in- Centres and

Patient Transport is available. Centres are situated at 5, Dundonald Road, Kilmarnock and 22, Wellington Square, Ayr.

Troon Library has an excellent photocopying service available. The prices are as follows: Anything with Colour in it – A4 and A3 – 40p per side.

Black and White – A4 and A3 – 20p per side.

The Annual General Meeting of Troon RNLI Fundraising Branch will be held at the Boathouse on Wednesday March 25 at 7pm.

Troon Ayrshire Family History Society will hold its next meeting in Portland Church Hall on Thursday March 19 at 7.30pm.

Maureen Cockbain will give a talk entitled “My Hero”. Visitors very welcome.

Friends of Troon Beaches meet at 10am every Sunday to pick up litter from the sand and shoreline. The session lasts for one hour. Everyone is welcome – including dogs.

The Foodbank will be open weekly in Troon Old Parish Church - Room 2 on Tuesdays and Fridays from noon until 2pm .

Troon Connect – Looking for some advice and support; are you concerned about your health or your partner’s health. Call in at The Haven, 9 Academy Street Troon every Thursday from 2pm to 4pm.

The Troon Connect Hub can give advice on local services available, community groups and activities.

Troon has its own nature reserve. The flooded fields off Dundonald Road have provided a safe haven for 9 mute swans and a large variety of ducks. Curlew and lapwing can also be spotted with many inland gulls sheltering from the strong winds.

Troon Flower Club. Following a directive from NAFAS and afternoon consultation with the demonstrators, the decision has been taken to cancel meetings for March and April.

If you require further information contact Audrey Stewart on 443951.

Due to coronavirus the meeting of Troon Arthritis Group to be held in St Meddan’s Church Hall on Wednesday March 25 has been cancelled.

Notices of further cancellations will appear on St Meddan’s Church Notice Board and in the Library.

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