Members of the public are invited to a webinar on Tuesday 14 January from 7-8:30pm which will outline Highland Council’s proposed Visitor Levy Scheme, currently undergoing public consultation until 31st March 2025 www.highland.gov.uk/vlconsultation
The webinar is open to all interested parties and to register a place, please click here
Further info can be found at www.highland.gov.uk/visitorlevyconsultation
Please send any enquiries to visitorlevyconsultation@highland.gov.uk
We have received the following letter from SSEN, please note the content particularly if you are a resident or user of Balmeanach Road.
Shopping Trip – Craft Night – Coffee morning – Xmas Lights Switch-on
Struan Xmas Shopping Trip to Inverness – Are you interested?
Fancy a day out? Join us for a day trip to Inverness, leaving Struan Green at 0800 hrs, arriving back at 2000-2100 hrs.
All are welcome, travel is free for all members of the Struan community. Friends of community members are welcome to come, for a small charge, if numbers allow for this.
The bus has space for 33 people, with storage for shopping underneath. We would need at least 20 people signed-up to make the transport viable. Otherwise, we will use the North West Skye minibus, which can carry up to 8 people and their shopping bags, in which case we would need a volunteer driver with D1 on their licence?
Deadline for response – 1st December 2024 please also advise whether you have a D1 license and are willing to drive.
Craft Night – Thursday 28th November 7-9pm
The next craft night will be on Thursday 28th November from 7-9pm. all are welcome.
Coffee in the Classroom Saturday November 30th 10:30 – 12:30
Coffee in the Classroom is on Saturday 30th November from 10:30 to 12:30, please come along for tea, coffee, biscuits and a blether. Dolly will be supervising and all are welcome.
Struan Xmas Lights Switch-on
Weather permitting, this will take place on Monday 2nd December at Crofters Bite starting at 6:30pm, see below:
There will be a skip at the re-cycling point from Friday 15th December for use by Struan residents. Please do not leave anything outside the skip and do not fill it above the level of the sides as it will not be taken away. Also please note that there are many items that are not allowed in the skip (see note below). If any of these are found in the skip the community will be charged a substantial fee based on the weight of the whole skip. If this happens there will be no further Community Skips (which would be a shame).
The next craft evening will be at the School on Thursday 14th November 7:00 pm, all are welcome.
Coffee in the Classroom is on Saturday 16th November from 10:30 to 12:30, please come along for tea, coffee, biscuits and a blether. Meg Wilkinson will be supervising and all are welcome.
The Struan Act of Remembrance will be held on The Green at the war memorial on Saturday November 9th starting at 10:45am.
Tea & coffee will be served afterwards in the school.
Coffee in the Classroom is back and will be held every fortnight from 10:30 to 12:30 on Saturdays starting 5th October and will continue through till the end of March. All are welcome. Each session has a nominated supervisor (this week it is Tanda). Please note, the supervisor is there to open up and lock up. He or she is not there to make your drinks or wash up, so please serve yourself.
The next Craft Night will be on Thursday 3rd October from 7:00pm to 9:00pm, all are welcome.
The draft minutes for the last Community Council meeting are available for viewing on the web site or Here and the next Community Council Meeting will take place on 8th October at 7:00pm at the school.
The web site now has a Struan Calendar on it (follow the link from the home page) or you can view it here. The calendar is primarily there for “what’s on at the school” but if you are holding other community relevant events and want them published in the calendar then drop the site admin a note with the details at:
website_admin@struancommunity.co.uk
There is an information leaflet about the digital switchover available in the “useful links” page on the web site or can be viewed by following the link below:
The skip is full to overflowing, please do not put any more in it, and would the person that put dining room chairs in it please come and collect them as they are on the prohibited list and will not be taken away.
Thank you to all those that responded to the questionnaire and the results are below. On the basis of the responses we plan to have Saturday Morning Coffee every fortnight from October to March starting on 5th October. We will be in contact with those who offered to assist with supervising so we can put a schedule together.