Angus Community Planning

March 2010 - Forfar and Area Partnership supports "Greener Angus" Initiative NEW!

The Forfar and Area Partnership has recently agreed to support the Greener Angus initiative being led by Volunteer Centre Angus and the Dobromysl Foundation.

The Partnership sees this as being an excellent opportunity to involve young people in its work and to make a demonstrable difference to the local environment. The Partnership is currently looking at options for community projects such as litter picks, which have proved successful in the past.

March 2010 - Forfar Fairtrade Initiative NEW!

The Forfar and Area Partnership is leading on the development of a Fairtrade Initiative in Forfar.

Fairtrade seeks to transform international trade in favour of the poor and disadvantaged, seeking to get a better deal for the farmers and producers in some of the world's poorest countries. In seeking to become a Fairtrade Town, a small group of volunteers is needed to form an Action Group in order to register with the Fairtrade Foundation and agree a list of things to do to get Fairtrade status. The main focus of the process is around encouraging local shops to sell Fairtrade products and to encourage local cafés and restaurants to use them.

An initial meeting took place in mid-February with support from a number of groups. The Forfar and Area Partnership have agreed to take this forward as a priority and will discuss this issue at their meeting in March. Anyone else who is interested in becoming involved, should contact Lee Haxton, or Jeanette Gaul at jeanettegaul@talktalk.net

March 2010 - Forfar Community Safety Group NEW!

In response to the production of a new Community Safety and Anti-Social Behaviour Strategy and the completion of a Community Safety survey in Angus, the local community planning team made contact with a number of groups in the town who may have an interest in these issues.

As a result of these discussions, the team organised an initial meeting of interested parties in early February. A good discussion took place, with support from Council officers and Tayside Police. The group agreed a small number of action points, which will be taken forward initially be the local community planning team, with the option of reconvening once the details of the points have been ascertained.

2 October 2009 - Forfar Energy Awareness Day - Saturday 17 October 2009

With the recent floods in Angus and the promise of higher energy bills in the coming months, the issues of climate change, the environment, personal finance and energy efficiency are again coming to the fore.

14 May 2009 - Forfar and Area Partnership Clean Up

On the Sunday 26 April 2009 the Forfar and Area Partnership carried out a litter pick in Beech Hill Woods, Forfar as part of Keep Scotland Beautiful's National Spring Clean Campaign.