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I am reaching out to people and local groups in the community of Dores to find out if anyone would be interested in volunteering with Macmillan Cancer Support at the upcoming Loch Ness Marathon. We have approximately 200 people running on behalf of Macmillan who are hoping to raise £50,000. I will be there on the day at our cheerpoint which is situation at mile 17 of the marathon in Dores, just along from the Dores Inn, and it would be great to have people from the local area join me to offer some well-earned encouragement to the runners taking part.

If you or anyone you know would be interested in volunteering can you please ask them to get in touch or they can register to volunteer online through our volunteer village.

Thank you very much for your help. If you have any questions at all please don’t hesitate to get in touch.

Best wishes

Stacey 

Stacey Murray

Volunteering Fundraising Manager – Scotland and NI

Email: [email protected] / [email protected]

Phone: 0141 223 7684

We are Macmillan. We do whatever it takes. With heart. With strength. With ambition. 

For information, support or just someone to talk to, call 0808 808 00 00 or visit macmillan.org.uk.  

To donate, volunteer, raise money or campaign with us, call 0300 1000 200 or visit macmillan.org.uk. 

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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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 22^nd of September. Our thanks to Highlands and Islands Enterprise for their support.

Applications may be submitted through:

• Indeed
• LinkedIn
• HIJOBS

If you have any questions please feel welcome to get in touch.

Kind regards,

Michael Golding CEOVisit Inverness Loch Ness

Defibrillator refresher course on Zoom Monday the 6th of Sept at 7pm. Anybody interested just needs to register name.
Information at  ([email protected] )

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