Our Heritage Skills project primarily aims to engage and support Callander’s young people through training and apprenticeship opportunities. Across the three years of the project a number of Modern Apprentices will be recruited, creating a network of young people working together for Callander. Struan is currently undertaking a Modern Apprenticeship in Adventure Tourism and
Luke Mallett, a dedicated Callander's Landscape volunteer, talks about his experience as a practical conservation volunteer and the positive influence of being in and around nature. I started volunteering with Callander’s Landscape earlier this year and have found it a very rewarding experience. It’s involved a variety of tasks from litter picking, removing invasive
Our Gaelic project aims to celebrate Callander’s Gaelic heritage and promote engagement with the language through guided walks, place-name research, and art. Find out more about the importance of Gaelic to Callander from Ruairidh Maclean, who will be leading a workshop in July as part of the annual Callander & Trossachs Summerfest. Have a
A planning application has been submitted for the first phase of works to help restore the Falls of Leny as a visitor destination in its own right. The Falls of Leny is a historically important local landmark from when Callander was first developed as a tourist destination. Particularly popular in the 1800’s, the beautiful
Find out what’s on in this year’s Callander & Trossachs Summerfest, which launches its programme today. Summerfest is organised by Callander Community Development Trust, Creative in Callander, Callander Youth Project Trust and Callander’s Landscape, and is funded by Callander Community Hydro Fund, Friends of Loch Lomond & The Trossachs, Stirling Council, advertisers, sponsors and
Dunmore hillfort, near Bochastle just west of Callander, is a well-known local landmark and nationally important monument. As part of our Archaeology project, the hillfort was recently surveyed using drone-based photogrammetry, a form of aerial survey that allows us to see sites from new perspectives and creates highly accurate 3D terrain models by “stitching”
This month we are celebrating the success of our Black Grouse project in partnership with Drumardoch Estate, which is the first project to be completed as a part of Callander’s Landscape! The Black Grouse project, which falls under the project theme of ‘restore’, aims to extend black grouse habitat within the Callander landscape. The
An exciting range of archaeology workshops and training opportunities are taking place in Leny Woods over the next few months to help us uncover the area’s historic past and unlock the cultural heritage of Callander. Leny Woods is situated at the Highland Boundary Fault and holds archaeological sites from the prehistoric, Roman occupation, medieval,
On Saturday 17th November we hosted our first big Callander’s Landscape event as a part of our Dark Skies project – an evening of stargazing at McLaren Leisure Centre. We anticipated that the event would be popular but we were blown away by the support from the community, with well over 250 people attending.
Callander’s Landscape is go! Three new team members, Julie, Ross and Toby, have started and will be supporting Emma Martin who is the Programme Manager. Our new staff have been in post for just over two months now and Julie explains some of the things they have been up to so far. It has