Bamff Wildland
Funding from Alyth Development Trust is set to boost volunteer work this summer to tackle a non-native plant threatening waterways and ecosystems around Alyth. ADT’s Community Projects Fund is giving £2000 to help Bamff Wildland recruit a coordinator to manage a team of local volunteers to remove Himalayan balsam from along the Auchrannie Burn, which runs from Bamff down to the River Isla at Airlie Castle, crossing several farms along the way. Himalayan balsam is classed by NatureScot, the Scottish Government’s nature agency, as a “priority invasive non-native species”, meaning it can be a serious threat to native species and ecosystems. Full story: https://lovealyth.org.uk/news/adt-funds-help-target-damaging-invasive-plant-in-alyth-countryside/
Alyth Pipe Band
Alyth Pipe Band is getting ready to compete at national and maybe even international level, thanks to a grant from Alyth Development Trust’s community projects fund. The fund is contributing £2000 to help the band hire specialist tuition from leading experts within the Scottish piping and drumming communities. Full story: https://lovealyth.org.uk/news/alyth-pipe-band-aims-high-with-help-from-adt-community-fund/
Alyth Scouts
Alyth’s Scouts will be representing the town to the world this summer, with the help of Alyth Development Trust’s community projects fund. Three Explorer Scouts from Alyth will travel to Iceland for the Icelandic Scout Association’s National Jamboree in late July. They will join up to 3,000 other scouts from all over the world for a week of adventure near Reykjavik. Around the same time, three more Explorer Scouts will join the 40th International Patrol Jamborette at Blair Atholl, where they will camp alongside 500 other Scottish scouts and dozens more from around the world. Full story: https://lovealyth.org.uk/news/adt-fund-helps-alyth-scouts-go-global/