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(Issued on behalf of Tayside Biodiversity Partnership) The Perth and Kinross Ponds for Puddocks Project has been shortlisted in the Community Initiative Award at the RSPB's prestigious Nature of Scotland Awards. It was announced as a finalist at a recent reception held at the Scottish Parliament, hosted by Colin Smyth MSP and sponsored by Beam Suntory.

Fairview School, Perth & Kinross Council's school for children and young people with significant additional support needs (ASN), is celebrating a national awards win for its work to help pupils locally with ASN feel included, supported and celebrated.

Works to extend the Crown Inn Wynd public car park in Auchterarder will begin on Monday 18 September 2023 and will take approximately 10 weeks in total to complete.

We intend to carry out essential road resurfacing work on the A822 Front Street, Braco from Thursday 21 September 2023 for approximately nine days, weather permitting.

Perth and Kinross Provost Xander McDade has said it will be an honour to welcome His Majesty The King to Kinross on Friday, September 15.

Perth and Kinross Council's highly anticipated Winter Festival Christmas Lights Switch-on will return on Saturday December 2.

Perth & Kinross Council has become the first place in the world to use spiral-flow battery technology to reduce its carbon footprint.

The latest figures released by the Scottish Government show that Perth & Kinross Council's Housing Service is continuing to deliver sector-leading outcomes for people experiencing homelessness.

Road patching works on the A822 between Muthill and Bishops Bridge commenced on Monday 4 September 2023 and are expected to be complete on Tuesday 12 September 2023, weather permitting.

Perth and Kinross residents are being urged to be part of the Big Place conversation before 31 August and complete the big place consultation survey.

We will be carrying out remedial resurfacing works at the junctions of Commercial Street and Wellmeadow, and of Balmoral Road and Boat Brae in Blairgowrie and Rattray for five nights from Monday 4 to Friday 8 September 2023.

Community groups and organisations who would like to offer support to residents in their local area over the winter months are being invited to attend workshops to help them develop their applications to Perth and Kinross Council's Warm Welcome Fund (formerly known as the Cost-of-Living Community Fund).

A £3m development of 18 new flats for affordable social rent has been completed on the site of the former Fairfield Community Centre in Perth.

Ukrainian Independence Day will be celebrated in Perth on Sunday, August 20.

A major milestone in the development of Perth Museum took place this week as Culture Perth and Kinross were handed the keys to the building by the Council.

A collaboration between Kinross-shire community organisations, a developer and Perth and Kinross Council has ensured that the war memorial in Blairingone remains accessible to the public wishing to pay their respects and remember local people who served in the armed forces.

Attainment statistics published today by the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) show young people in Perth and Kinross have performed well across a range of measures in their exams in 2023.

Anyone operating or intending to operate a short-term let (STL) property or properties in Perth and Kinross is being reminded that they have just under two months to apply for a licence.

The Gran and Medio Fondo cycle race will take place in Perth and Kinross on August 4

Perth City will host the City of Perth Salute on Sunday August 6.

The highly anticipated City of Perth Salute is set to return to Perth City once again on Sunday August 6.

Scone Palace, the Crowning site of Scottish Kings and the original home of the Stone of Scone, also known as the Stone of Destiny, will now see UCI World Champions crowned as it welcomes the finish of the 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships Gran Fondo and Medio Fondo road races on Friday 4 August.

Applications to the £400,00 Community Investment Fund (CIF) are open. To help community groups with their applications, our Communities Team will be hosting drop-in sessions throughout Perth and Kinross from 18 July 2023.

Perth and Kinross is the place to be this August with a series of spectacular events taking place across the region.

Community groups in Perth and Kinross are being urged to apply for funding to help support vital work in their communities.

The Learning Curve will relaunch on June 30.

An updated booklet providing advice to people leaving the Armed Forces has been launched in Perth and Kinross to mark the start of Armed Forces Week.

Visitors to Perth and Kinross have been warned not to build fires or use disposable barbecues during the current heatwave.

The Council's Communities Service continued to provide high-quality services and vital support for tenants and residents over the last 12 months despite challenges caused by the cost-of-living crisis and the Covid-19 pandemic, a report to Councillors says.

Councillors will be asked to approve the distribution of funding totalling £600,000 to be used for local projects across Perth and Kinross through the Community Investment Fund (CIF) and Local Action Partnerships (LAPs).

Perth and Kinross Council's Community Greenspace team and the Friends of Wallace Park group have recently completed the latest phase of a collaborative project that significantly enhances the Glenfarg park's play area for community use.

Perth & Kinross Council has awarded a significant 10-year contract worth £50 million to treat residual waste and turn it into energy.

Work on the new £36 million Blairgowrie Recreation Centre (Live Active Blairgowrie) is underway.

Perth and Kinross residents have been urged to have their say on whether Short-Term Let Control Areas are needed in Highland and Eastern Perthshire.

The 25th anniversary of Perth's twinning with Bydgoszcz will be celebrated this weekend.

The 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships Gran Fondo will take place in Perth and Kinross on August 4.

A Perth and Kinross project that supports young tenants to settle into permanent accommodation has had a successful 12 months, helping a total of 113 people.

This weekend will be the Vintage Wheels Weekend in Perth City. We have two days of events on Saturday 3 June and Sunday 4 June 2023.

In response to the news last night that Kilgraston School is to permanently close on 24 June 2023, it is recognised that parents/carers of current Kilgraston pupils will be trying to find another school for their child to attend.

As from 09 July 2023, Service 19 on Sundays will only operate between Perth and Blackford via Aberuthven and Auchterarder with no onward travel to or return from Stirling.

Over 13,000 schoolchildren have taken part in Show Racism the Red Card's schools programme since it was launched in Perth and Kinross 15 years ago.

Councillors will be asked to approve a consultation on whether controls on short-term lets should be introduced in some areas of Perthshire where there is pressure on the availability of affordable housing.

New grassland maintenance techniques aimed at increasing biodiversity in Perth and Kinross parks and open spaces could be extended after a successful trial run.

A £1.465 million plan to supercharge electric vehicle charging in Perth and Kinross will be presented to councillors next week.

The Learning and Families of the Council committee comprises Elected Members of Perth and Kinross Council, Teacher representatives, Parent representatives and youth representatives.

Perth & Kinross has reaffirmed its commitment to gender equality by signing up to the Equally Safe at Work accreditation programme.

The Big Place Conversation will continue across Kinross-shire, Glenfarg, Almond and Earn, and Strathearn and Strathallan, providing an opportunity for residents to give their views over future development and land use in their communities.

The dark corners of Scottish folklore have inspired a stunning new light installation in Perth city centre.

Perth and Kinross residents are being urged to Talk Transport and help the local authority develop its transport network over the next decade.

Work on the new Blairgowrie Recreation Centre will start at the end of next month (May).