Drymen Community Council

30/08/2026

📢 Opportunity for Stirling Residents 📢

We’re pleased to share this free employability programme from CERT and partners for anyone currently out of work and looking to develop skills, confidence, and qualifications to support their journey into employment.

o Where: Raploch Community Campus, Stirling
o When: starts Monday 31st August 2026
o For details, contact 01259 272 017 or [email protected]

Please see the poster below for full information. 👇

30/08/2026

We’re looking forward to welcoming you to our next meeting on Tuesday 1st September at 7pm in Drymen Village Hall

21/08/2026

Damaged Brown Garden Waste Bins

We are aware of a number of brown garden waste bins that appear to have been damaged when emptied recently and will be raising the matter with Stirling Council.

If your bin has been affected, please request a replacement directly from
Stirling Counil using the online form:

https://www.stirling.gov.uk/bins-and-recycling/request-a-replacement-bin-or-new-bin/

As replacements are arranged on an individual household basis, each affected property will need to submit its own request.

We hope this information is helpful and will continue to raise issues affecting the community where appropriate.

Order or ask for a new or additional bin, or tell us if your bin is broken with our online form.

10/08/2026

Households that join the club will benefit from cheaper electricity when the hydro is generating.  The hydro will also benefit from a higher energy price when club members are using the energy. As BCHS is a community benefit organisation, all profits go back into the community from an annual grant ...

23/06/2026

🙌 🚍 Stirling Council and local partners have celebrated the announcement that the Trossachs Explorer bus service will relaunch on Monday 29 June as a two-year pilot.

The council has taken over the operation of the service which will be expanded to run all-year round, extending beyond the summer months as provided by previous pilots in 2024/25 by Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park Authority. This follows positive feedback from bus users, partners and communities, whose support and insight have helped shape the next stage of the pilot.

It will operate on a similar route to the previous service, providing a vital public transport connection for rural communities between Callander and Aberfoyle, as well as providing visitors with access to popular destinations in the Trossachs including Loch Venachar, Ben A’an, Loch Katrine Pier, The Lodge, Ben Venue, Loch Katrine, Ben A’an, Brig o’Turk and Kilmahog/Ben Ledi.

The service will operate from Monday to Sunday, with four return journeys per day, and it will support connections to Stirling (59), Killin (C60), Balfron and Glasgow (X10A) and cruises to Stronachlachar.

Timetables will be available on the council website. Fares will be calculated on distance travelled. Adult single journeys will range from £1.50 to £4.40, return journeys from £2.30 to £6.60, while a 10-journey ticket is available from between £10.40 to £29.70. Prices for children will be half of all adult fares. All NEC (concession) cards apply as normal.

Card payments (excluding Amex) are made when boarding the bus. No cash payments will be accepted.

The service will be modelled on the council’s in-house C60, C61 and C62 bus pilots that are improving public transport connections between many of Stirling’s rural communities and destinations.

Another council-operated bus service that will serve Fallin, Cowie, Throsk and Plean is scheduled to launch later this summer.

Read more: stirling.gov.uk/news/trossachs-explorer-bus-service-relaunch-date-announced

Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park VisitScotland Stirling: Alive with Scotland Transport Scotland

11/06/2026

💬 Residents, community groups and other key stakeholders are being asked for their feedback on another key part of Stirling’s Local Development Plan (LDP) as it continues to take shape.

This part of the consultation will gather people’s views on the plan’s spatial strategy and the site options that are currently being considered for inclusion.

The spatial strategy will dictate where and how growth, development and land-use change will happen in the Stirling Council area (except Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park), directing investment and housing to the most appropriate locations.

The site options shown in this round of the consultation come from two places:

👉 Sites submitted by landowners and developers during the Call for Sites, which ran from August to October 2025.

👉 Sites already identified for development in the current Stirling Local Development Plan that have not yet started and therefore need to be reassessed to decide whether they should be included in the next plan.

Drop-in events have been arranged to support this part of the consultation, with some extra sessions added. The remaining events are listed below:

➡ Dunblane - Wednesday 10 June (1.30pm-6.30pm) in the Dunblane Centre
➡ Fallin (including Throsk) - Thursday 11 June (2pm-6pm) at Fallin Library
➡ Thornhill - Friday 12 June (3.30pm-7pm) at Thornhill Community Hall
➡ Stirling and localities - Tuesday 16 June (1.30pm-6.30pm) at Old Viewforth
➡ Buchlyvie – Wednesday 17 June (12.15-6.30pm) in Buchlyvie Village Hall
➡ Killearn (including Balfron) - Thursday 18 June (1pm-5pm) in Killearn Village Hall
➡ Balfron (including Killearn) - Thursday 18 June (6pm-8pm) in Balfron High School
➡ Fintry - Tuesday (2.15pm - 6pm) in Fintry Community Hub.

More information about these, including location details, can be found on the Site Options consultation webpage on the Engage Stirling website. You can also take part in the surveys here: https://engage.stirling.gov.uk/en-GB/folders/local-development-plan

Read more: stirling.gov.uk/news/feedback-sought-on-crucial-phase-of-new-local-development-plan-consultation/

Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park NHS Forth Valley Go Forth Stirling business improvement district Forth Valley Chamber of Commerce University of Stirling

05/06/2026

🚨 Early arrival for Gala Day! 🚨

This cheerful character has reported for duty at Drymen Primary School a day early and is ready to welcome everyone to tomorrow’s Gala Day.

Looking smart in their Gala colours and keeping watch over the village! 💚💜💛

See you all tomorrow for a fantastic day.

04/06/2026

FOUND - it had been popped in a safe place. Thank you 👌

📢📣 Mystery time! 🕵️‍♀️

Has anyone seen the missing section of railing outside Spar? 🤔

Stirling Council are looking for it so they can get it repaired and put back in place.

If you’ve spotted it, or know where it might be, please let us know.

Thank you ✨

Jakki