Insh Community

Summer 2023 newsletter

An invitation to the end of summer BBQ, an aspen project that came through a dry June almost untouched, and a grant of £4,834 towards restoring the hedgerow on the grazings.

In this issue

  • The end of summer BBQ on Sunday 17 September, open to the whole village and not only to members
  • The aspen project: over 95% of seedlings in leaf despite a very dry June
  • Hedgerow restoration: a grant of £4,834 from the Cairngorm Trust, with fencing begun with help from the RSPB
  • Membership passing sixty
  • Partnerships and funding through HIE, Kingussie Community Development Company, the Cairngorm Trust, Think Health Think Nature and the RSPB
  • The accounts audited, signed off, and going to OSCR
  • The charity's section of the Badenoch Way cut back for walkers and cyclists
  • Firewood: log piles in the forest, with deliveries to come
  • Community Right to Buy: trustees investigating the Scottish Government scheme
  • A proposal to improve the little-used path along the old pylon line