The Arbroath & District Community Council is a non-political organisation which works between Angus Council and the local community. We maintain and have put up the Christmas Lights for the past few years. We ran a successful “Scrubs” project last year during the pandemic. We are also the conduit for the money coming to the […]
Man given “the gift of life” from Scottish Ambulance Service
A man who had a heart attack while feeding his horse and sheep said the ambulance crew who attended to him has given him “the gift of life”. Ken Neil, of Cupar, said he was able to celebrate his 65th birthday this year thanks to Grant Telfer and John Venters, of Cupar Ambulance Station. They attended […]
Skilz selected as finalist in Persimmon Competition – Please Vote
Skilz, a local charity in Arbroath are excited and proud to announce we have been selected as a finalist to be in the running to win up to £100,000 from Persimmon Homes Building Futures. This £1 million scheme is to support children’s health, sport, education & arts. We are up against 32 UK finalists in […]
19th-21st November, Northern Hotel, Brechin/Angus Bookfest. Daytime events include free audience with authors from near and far as well as workshops and kids activities, Evening entertainment;- Family Quiz Night,Disco, Jason Buck Storyteller stovie supper, Afternoon tea with the authors and a Character mystery evening.Along with all of this we have short story/drawing competitions running in the Brechin & Montrose schools, local window displays, care home/day centre activity competition, a floral display competition, all with a book theme! There will also be a book hunt for younger ones. All information can be found on our website: http://brechinangusbookfestival.com/brechinangusbookfestival. com Before all of that we are holding a Christmas shopping night on the 3rd of November at the Northern Hotel to help raise funds for the main event and selling tickets to the event.
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Reminder of arrangements for COVID booster and flu jabs
People are reminded of the arrangements in place to get a COVID-19 booster jab or a flu jab. Following a busy week at the vaccination centres, here is a reminder of all you need to know about COVID-19 booster and flu jabs. COVID-19 booster vaccinations: Please do not phone your GP to ask […]
Angus Archives is to host a display entitled ‘Opening Night’, which coincides with the reopening of the Archives at Restenneth, Forfar, to the public after a lengthy closure.
The display opens on 21 October and will feature documents, objects and photographs recording some of the various theatres, operatic, dramatic and musical societies who have operated in Angus. Photographs of performances by Kirriemuir Amateur Operatic Society and Arbroath Amateur Operatic Society, along with show programmes from the Montrose Amateur Dramatic Society will be on […]
ANGUSalive is looking forward to offering visitors to the Signal Tower Museum in Arbroath an opportunity to climb the spiral staircase and visit the tower room from Saturday 30 October 2021.
Visitors to the museum have previously only been able to climb the dramatic spiral staircase and visit the tower room during infrequent special events, sadly the internal décor of the tower room and stairs has meant this access has not been possible recently. Thanks to funding the tower room has been sympathetically restored. This has […]
Brothock Gallery reopens with Carnoustie Photo Group Exhibition
The Brothock Gallery at Arbroath Library has reopened after being closed for 18 months. The gallery space displays temporary exhibitions from different local artists and community groups. Carnoustie Photo Group, who hold annual exhibitions of their work at the Library, is the first to exhibit their work at the Brothock Gallery since March 2020. An […]
Arbroath’s A Place For Everyone drop-in events
Public drop-in events to further engage with residents of Arbroath around the Place For Everyone project will take place at the Abbeygate Centre, Arbroath on Tuesday 26 and Wednesday 27 October. In 2019, the Scottish Government awarded Angus Council funding under the Sustrans Places for Everyone programme to design and develop an exemplary walking and […]
Don’t get left in the dark
Hill-walkers should gear up for the autumn – and get a torch Mountain safety experts have underlined the importance of hillwalkers carrying a headtorch as the days get much shorter. And autumn weather makes both careful planning and proper clothing essential. Mountaineering Scotland’s Mountain Safety Adviser, Heather Morning, said: “Autumn is a cracking time of […]