| We would like to give you advance information regarding the Baxters Loch Ness Marathon, River Ness 10K & 5K taking place on Sunday 3 October 2021. We would like to reassure you that we continue to follow advice and guidance from Scottish Government and we are taking all the appropriate measures to ensure the safety of everyone involved and the wider public and local community. We will only stage the event with full support from local authorities and key stakeholders. The health, safety and welfare of our participants, volunteers, staff, stakeholders and local community is at the heart of everything we do and will always remain our priority. We would like to thank all the local communities, residents and businesses along the route for your continued support and patience. Should you have any enquiries regarding the event please do not hesitate to contact us. Kind regards Events Team Baxters Loch Ness Marathon & Festival of Running Event Information Temporary Traffic Restrictions During the event, temporary traffic restrictions will be in place in Inverness and around south-side Loch Ness to ensure the safety of participants and other road users. We have kept have kept temporary traffic restrictions to a minimum and we are working closely with the Highland Council and Police Scotland to ensure that we cause minimal disruption and inconvenience to all residents and businesses along the route. You can download our summary of road closures below to see which roads will be affected. Please be advised the town bound lane between Dores and Holm roundabout is closed from 10:15 –16:30 on Sunday 3 October. During this period there is a diversion via the Essich Road for access to Inverness. Temporary Traffic Restrictions Would you like to volunteer? The event could not happen without the support and commitment of our amazing volunteers. If you would like to join our team, experience the event and raise money for a local charity of your choice, or your community group, then please get in touch with us now. |
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Dores Community Development Trust Education Bursary
I am posting a link to the form needed for anyone who wishes to apply for an Education Bursary from the Dores Community Development Trust. Applications need to be in by the end of September.
If you scroll down the page you will see the download button for DCDT Policy on Educational Funding and it includes the application from
RECRUITMENT OF DESTINATION DEVELOPMENT MANAGER ROLES
Visit Inverness Loch Ness is delighted to announce it is seeking to recruit two new Destination Development Manager roles. We are asking for your assistance to circulate the advert, and by doing so to help to find candidates who can support the recovery of our destination. A full job description is attached, and applications are invited from suitable candidates before midday on the 22nd of September. Our thanks to Highlands and Islands Enterprise for their support.
Applications may be submitted through:
If you have any questions please feel welcome to get in touch.
Kind regards,
| Michael Golding CEOVisit Inverness Loch Ness |
Defibrillator Refresher Course via Zoom
Defibrillator refresher course on Zoom Monday the 6th of Sept at 7pm. Anybody interested just needs to register name.
Information at (info@luck2behere.com )
Statement from Cllr M Davidson and Cllr D Fraser
On behalf of Councillors Margaret Davidson & David Fraser we just want to say we share the community anger and frustration with MOWI and their failure to move the fish cages.
MOWI applied for permission to move the cages to make way for the future Red John pumped storage scheme. They were granted permission for an alternative site close to the shore. We are not aware of any time pressure on MOWI to move the cages at the start of this summer, however and despite low Loch levels, they chose to do so. When MOWI tried to move to the approved area they found that the water levels were too low, so moored the cages in the current position. At that time it would have been easy to seek guidance on the suitability of this location, or simply moved the cages back to the original location. They did neither and despite an immediate outcry about the location MOWI filled the cages with fish and started to claim they could not be moved as a consequence of the fish being in the cage.
Highland Council planning department have taken enforcement action against MOWI and were in dialogue with them very soon after the cages were moved. This will result in the cages getting moved. Just not in the timescale that the community, or us, would wish. This is not due to any omission by the planners but a consequence of the way the planning regulations work.
As Councillors we do not accept that MOWI cannot move the cages before January, it may be expensive but we are sure it must be technically possible and without damage to the environment or fish welfare. The current location is totally unacceptable but MOWI must ensure that in arriving at a solution there is no escape of fish into Loch Ness.
We have been in contact with the Chief Executive of MOWI regarding the Dores fish farm and we are writing again this week demanding urgent action to resolve the situation”
Councillor David Fraser
Aird and Loch Ness
Mobile 077 913 90792
Covid Resilience Group Update
Dear Community Resilience Group/Community Council/Colleagues
I hope you have all had a good week.
Numbers of confirmed cases of COVID have risen across the NHS Highland area in the last week as pupils returned to schools after the summer break. As you will see in the attached joint press release from The Highland Council and NHS Highland issued on Wednesday, this increase is expected to continue and while COVID-19 is circulating at such high levels, NHS Highland advise us all to try to minimise our contact with others as much as possible to limit further spread within our communities.
This week’s briefing is attached and contains information on:
- The current numbers of covid cases across Highland.
- NHS Highland Stakeholder briefing and joint press release attached.
- Updated COVID-19 advice from the Scottish Government for people at highest risk.
- Next week’s community testing programme for people without symptoms which will be in Grantown on Spey.
- The launch of a Long COVID e-Learning Self-Management Resource by LGOWIT.
Thank you for everything that you are doing in your communities