Newsletters
Trustees and members have written a newsletter for the village since 2023 —
two or three issues a year, covering the work parties, the woodland and
grazings, the funding bids, and whatever is coming up next. Each issue is
summarised below.
ICH Newsletter for Spring and Summer 2026
Spring and Summer 2026
The path works complete, and an ecological survey of the community woodland with the Cairngorms National Park Authority.
Winter 2026
The newsletter relaunched, and the Cairngorms National Park Authority taking on the Speyside Way path upgrade.
Autumn 2025
Owl boxes up and monitored, frogspawn in the pond, and the Cairngorms National Park Authority looking at the path.
Spring 2025
Forest Management Plan work under way, a wayleave agreement with SSEN, and a community Christmas tree event.
Autumn 2024
New office bearers, affordable housing added to the Community Right to Buy proposal, and summer work party dates.
Summer 2024
The Forest Management Plan approved, the wildlife pond a year on, and a members' vote to study buying the church.
Spring 2024
The end of summer BBQ, the aspen project thriving after a dry June, and a Cairngorm Trust grant for hedgerow restoration.
Summer 2023
Work parties, drystone dyke repairs, over 60 aspen planted, and funding for a hedge the length of the grazings.
Spring 2023
