BANNOCKBURN

MINERS WELFARE SOCIAL CLUB

Bingo Mondays and Wednesdays 8pm.

STIRLING CHRISTADELPHIAN CHURCH

Bible hour is on Sundays from 2.15pm with Sunday school at the same time.

COMMUNITY COUNCIL

Bannockburn Community Centre on the first Thursday of each month at 7pm.

BANNOCKBURN BUTTERCUP CAFE

Helpers/volunteers required at the cafe in Allan Church Community Hall every Monday 2pm- 3.45pm. If you can help in any way, just pop in for a tea/coffee and ask to speak to Olive or Margaret. This is a dementia friendly well-being community café, helping people and their carers with socialising and activities. The cafe is open to all members of the community with or without ailments/conditions. There is dominoes, cards and musical bingo.

MURRAYFIELD UF CHURCH

Connect Groups meet today (Wednesday) at 2pm and 7.30pm. Sunday’s service will be led by Robert Richard from Edinburgh. The welcome team is Jean Bell and Jan Cross; the offering team is Jane Robertson and Jean Hastings.

BANNOCKBURN HOUSE

The house was the venue for the recent conference on community land ownership jointly hosted by the trust and charity Greenspaces Scotland. The conference was attended by Community Land Scotland. The first meeting of the operational partnership between Bannockburn House Trust, the Smith Museum, the Wallace Monument and the Battle of Bannockburn has just taken place. Monthly meetings will focus on strengthening the historical tourism sector and assisting each other in sharing best practice. Four sessions of the Ready for Work Programme have now been completed at Bannockburn House, with participating students earning their Heritage Hero Awards as well as gaining volunteering hours towards their Duke of Edinburgh Award. The trust is having a new website designed and are running a competition to find the ideal image for the front. Full details on the Facebook page along with the latest blog from the head gardener. Bannockburn House Illuminations will take place on Saturday, February 29. Tickets cost £10 and are available on Eventbrite. The ticket price includes a buffet and musical entertainment. There are two showings at 6pm and 8pm. If you have time on your hands and think you would enjoy volunteering, contact volunteer