Balfron Community Council

07/12/2025

A bit of rain doesn’t stop the people of Balfron☔️ from the Christmas tree light switch on🎄

Thanks to Anne Adams for bringing her lollipop to power on the lights 💡
Thanks to Christmas Tree Farm, Buchlyvie - Duff Trees for donating the tree at the Tontine and also the tree outside the Library🌲
Thanks to Co-op for donating the refreshments🍫
Thanks to all who have helped this weekend in installing the trees and setting up for today’s event💪

06/12/2025

Off cuts from the Christmas trees available to take for your Christmas crafting. Located at library and Tontine.

05/12/2025

Thanks to the fundraising efforts of Balfron Primary Parent Council , the play equipment has been replaced and is a great asset for the village👏
The equipment was first installed with funding from Balfron 10k who is one of the funders of the replacement equipment 👏

01/12/2025

23/11/2025

Any local groups looking for trees to plant? Application is open now and trees for delivery in March.
Thank you to Rae Wilson for spotting and sharing this opportunity.

We’re giving away hundreds of thousands of trees

23/11/2025

Please note that the December meeting(4th) of Balfron Community Council will be held at McLintock Hall instead of Balfron High School.

16/11/2025

We don’t often share details of fundraising events, but like many of the local businesses who have donated prizes for the raffle, we wanted to support this local young person who is raising funds for their volunteering placement with the educational charity Project Trust.

There is a live music event on 22 November in McLintock Hall. You can also buy raffle tickets. Details of how to purchase a ticket for the event or raffle tickets are on the images below⬇️

28/09/2025

Please see message below from Thomas Graham Library in Strathblane. The courses are open to anyone to attend.

The Thomas Graham Community Library has been operating now for over 2 years and in that time the Centre for Lifelong Learning at Strathclyde University has been running adult learning courses. These have covered a range of subjects, including modern languages, philosophy, political geography, genealogy, art, etc. This autumn term there will be courses in Spanish, Italian and Religious Imagery in Art.

We would like to know from you if there are any other courses you would like to do, including ideal days and time of day. Each course typically lasts 10 weeks and availability will depend on securing appropriate tutors.. Please let us know by emailing: [email protected].

06/09/2025

On Sunday 7 September from 2:30-5pm at The Pirn Inn, there is a free event for all as part of Balfron Book Festival. It offers:
📚pre-loved book sale
📖 authors there to chat with you about their latest reads
👩‍🎨 free craft activities

The event will be inside and under cover so no need to worry about the weather forecast.

Congratulations to all the volunteers who have made the Balfron Book Festival 2025 happen👏

21/08/2025

The Village Phone Box Food Exchange on Dunmore Street was looking in great shape when it was visited by Chris Kane MP this week, thanks to EJS Landscape and Co-op.

Chris was interested to learn about how the phone box helps people out and reduces food waste.

Pictured are some of the people who help:
🌟Luci Rooney and her helpers who collect the donations and deliver many evenings to the phone box
🌟 Staff from Balfron and Killearn Coop
🌟Staff from Highland Fuels - Balfron

19/08/2025

It was a joy to see so many people come to litter pick and share memories about Lachlan Cameron. I think you would agree Lachie was one of a kind👑
Thanks to everyone who helped on Saturday. Luci Rooney for organising, Co-op for taking the recyclable soft plastic, Stirling Council for lending litter pickers and for taking the collected litter, Doyles Cafe for hosting the refreshments and everyone who came along.

Let’s carry on supporting community events, next up is Balfron Book Festival📚

14/08/2025

Meeting point for Saturday’s community litter pick is in the photos⬇️ This has been kindly organised by Luci Rooney. Starting from the Tontine at 10am where you can borrow a litter picker, grab bin bags and be guided to which part of the village to litter pick.