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Projects to train community mini-bus drivers, help a rugby club tackle climate change and lower costs through eco-friendly floodlights and support school uniform banks have all won grants through Perth and Kinross Council's Green Living Fund.

The Council's Children and Disabilities Social Work Team have been working recently to develop further, creative ways to engage with families in the Perth and Kinross area that they work with.

Here are some useful tips for reducing the amount of waste you produce this Christmas and New Year.

Comrie residents are celebrating after the town's Legion Park underwent a £227,000 facelift.

Work to introduce the national 20mph speed strategy to Perth and Kinross and encourage safer driving speeds on local roads has been progressing well over recent months.

Perth and Kinross Council's Budget Consultation for 2026/2027 is now live, and people are being encouraged to have their say on how the Council can best spend its resources.

Householders are reminded that on Christmas Day, Boxing Day (Thursday 25 and Friday 26 December 2025) and the New Year Bank Holidays (Thursday 1 and Friday 2 January 2026), there will be no kerbside bin collections, all 9 Recycling Centres will be closed, as well as all public toilets, Perth Crematorium and Greyfriars Cemetery. The last special uplift collection for 2025 will be on Thursday 18 December, and collections will resume on Monday 5 January 2026.

Perth and Kinross Council leader Councillor Eric Drysdale's statement on approved audited accounts for 2024/25.

We will be carrying out essential road resurfacing works on the A94 Angus Road, Scone from Tuesday 2 December 2025 for up to two weeks, weather permitting.

Motorists are being reminded that disabled and electric vehicle charging parking spaces should never be used for general parking in Perth and Kinross Council car parks.

Perth and Kinross Council will receive £1 million from the Scottish Government to help meet the costs incurred by the fire at 41 Scott Street in June.

"Unfortunately, Scone Park and Ride will close from 1 February 2026. We're looking at where recycling and EV facilities currently at the site can be relocated to and we welcome the early conversations that have already taken place between ward members and Scone & District Community Council to provide local feedback on possible alternative locations.

Local partners the Neuk Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Centre will be offering free community outreach support in Blairgowrie for six weeks.

Perth city centre was transformed into a festive wonderland as thousands gathered to celebrate the annual Christmas Lights Switch-on weekend.

Councillors will be asked to approve a £110,000 trial scheme to improve weed management in Perth and Kinross next week.

The annual 16 Days of Activism campaign against gender-based violence begins on Tuesday 25 November 2025, with the local launch taking place on Friday 21 November at Perth Concert Hall.

Residents of Blairgowrie, Rattray and surrounding areas are invited to a Winter Wellbeing Event at Blairgowrie Town Hall on Tuesday 9 December 2025 from 1.30pm to 4.30pm.

A time capsule buried for more than a century in a former Perth school destroyed by fire has been rescued from the ruins.

Public voting is now open for both the Fairer Communities for All and the Green Living Funds.

Bakers are being asked to rise to the occasion when Cakefest returns as part of Perth's Christmas Lights Switch-on Weekend.

Residents and businesses are being asked what they think of a proposed short-term let control area in parts of Perth and Kinross.

A continued commitment to partnership working across Perth and Kinross to support further reductions in the numbers of children and families locally affected by poverty will be the focus of next steps by Perth and Kinross Council, NHS Tayside and other Community Planning partners.