Month: November 2021

Last night, on a night when the outside temperature was plummeting towards Zero, we had 71 people come along for the last Prize Bingo of 2021. Hot mince pies, tea, coffee and biscuits all helped to warm the atmosphere in the Hall, especially the winners of the prizes including the Festive Hamper and the bottles of Chivas Regal and Dimple, all of which were generously donated.
All of this meant that a record sum of £642 was collected on the night and this certainly raised the spirits of the Committee members in attendance. Well done to all concerned.
Best Wishes to all for Christmas and the New Year. The next Bingo evening will be on Wednesday 26th January in perfect time for some Burns themed treats. — at Cochrane Hall Alva



🐻 𝕊𝕒𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕕𝕒𝕪 𝟚𝟟𝕥𝕙 ℕ𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕞𝕓𝕖𝕣 🐻
🐾 𝟙𝟚𝕡𝕞 – 𝟚𝕡𝕞 🐾
Where there’s Bees, there’s honey and where there’s honey, there’s Bears!
This Saturday, 30 tiny Wooden Bees will be hiding around the lower half of Alva Glen.
Once you find your Bee, come up to the car park where I’ll be there handing out Sweetie Cones and Alva Bear Hunt Stickers as prizes🍭🍬
There’s also new Christmas themed Paws going up to get everyone excited for Santa coming!
I’m so looking forward to meeting all the little Bear Hunters (You might also meet mine, if he doesn’t get fed up🤭)
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*Subject to availability, once they’re gone – they’re gone.
*All cones have Allergen Information Stickers.
*One Bee per child.
*All prizes will be handed out between 12pm – 2pm – Any Bees found after will not be valid for a prize.

Thanks to the innovative skills of two specialist NHS Forth Valley physiotherapists, 846 walking aids have been returned to NHS Forth Valley in the past 7 months representing a saving of more than £6,500 against the cost of buying replacements.
The walking aid recycling scheme, which was set up initially in Falkirk, has been so successful it is now being rolled out to the Stirling area and there are also plans to extend it to Clackmannanshire.
To read more visit ➡ https://nhsforthvalley.com/walk-this-way-new-recycling…/

Thank you to everyone who attended the ACC INAUGURAL & PUBLIC MEETING on Monday night (8th November) in the Cochrane Hall and to our hosts Alva Development Trust.
A decision was made to continue using the Cochrane Hall going forward. As there is no meeting in December, the next meeting will be on Monday 10th January 2022 at 7.30PM
All members of the Alva community are welcome.
If you would like an item discussed on the agenda please email
info@alvacommunitycouncil.org.uk no later than 10 days before.

Concerning the Royal British Legion Remembrance Service at the War Memorial in Johnstone Park:
On Sunday morning
10.30 services at both the Parish Church and the Baptist church; and a procession leaving the Parish Church for the war memorial at 11.30.
On 7 pm Friday there is a rehearsal in the Parish Church for anyone wishing to attend eg. flags and wreath bearers.

New documents have been added recently to the Alva West Development Proposal, (Planning Application reference: 21/00144/FULL) the most interesting one is from SEPA dated 2nd November 2021 in which it states they still object in principle to it and give their reasons why. You can download and view the SEPA response below.

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