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June Monthly Police Report. Find out what the local police have been up to during the past month.
Contact details for local police and Crime Watch

Funding. Does your club or group need funding? Funding Page

Newsletter Grants
Community groups and individuals are again invited to apply for grant funding from Kinross Community Council Newsletter Ltd charitable company (KCCNL). This is the fund that has built up over the years from profits made by the Kinross Newsletter.
Deadlines for applications are 30 September and 31 March.
For more information and forms, click here

Kinross Community Council
Minutes of Meetings and Agenda of next meeting.

Milnathort Community Council
Minutes of Meetings and Agenda of next meeting.
www.milnathortcommunitycouncil.org

Big Stories, Wee Places. Local and Family History from AK Bell Library along with Keathbank Media have been filming around Kinross capturing the history, myths and stories of the Loch Leven area. Featuring Prof David Munro, RSPB, Loch Leven Castle and Kinross House Gardens this short film explores the sights and attractions both past and present
View20 minute film Kinross-shire and Loch Leven.

Do you enjoy reading? Are you interested in joining a book group? There are three book groups for adults running at Loch Leven Community Library. Crime book Group: Once a month on a Tuesday evening, 6.45-7.45pm General Book Group: Once a month on a Friday morning 10.30-11.30am Café Book Group: Once a month on a Saturday morning 11.15am Please contact the Library for the next book group date.

Books on Wheels Would you, or someone you know, like books/multimedia delivered to your home?- see poster for details

Mobile Library - timetable of stops in Kinrosss-shire.

100th Birthday and Diamond Wedding Anniversaries. Do you know anyone about to celebrate their 100th/105th birthday or a couple celebrating their 60th, 65th or 70th Wedding Anniversary? If so please contact Perth & Kinross Council who would like to help them celebrate. See poster for details.

SATURDAY 24th - Come along to this Saturday's Kinross Farmers' Market (9am-1pm at Kinross High Street (old town hall). Kinross Fire & Rescue Service will be there with a fire engine and Cate Menzies Designs will do face painting and there will be plenty of fabulous stalls with Aero Space Kinross, Allan's Chilli Products, Angel Cakes-Angela McCormack, Arbroath Fisheries, Arran's Cheese Shop, Casella & Polegato (bread), Caurnie Soaperie, Cochrane's Kitchen, Cups 'N' Cakes by Monica, Edenbank Studio's, Good - Life Farming (veal), Hunters of Kinross Butchers, Loch Leven's Larder, Meadowsweet Organics (salads, herbs, flowers), Olives and Thingz, The SHIRE (deli), Versatile Vegetables, Unorthodox Roasters (coffee), Val's Scottish Tablet Treats

Block bookings deadline
Sports clubs and other groups that use Live Active Leisure Loch Leven and the Loch Leven Community Campus on a regular basis are reminded that the deadline for block
bookings is coming up soon.
Applications for the period July 2017-June 2018 must be made by Monday 26 June 2017.
Applications must be made on the most up to date version of the form. Clubs that have made regular bookings previously should have received this directly by email. For further information, see www.liveactive.co.uk

Save the Date - 3rd March 2018!!
for the BETTER PLACE TO LIVE FAIR 2018. Further details will be available shortly.
This is a call for clubs, groups, organisations and small businesses to start thinking about displays to showcase their activities to the community - Always a fun, busy day.

Live music regularly at Backstage, in The Green Hotel.
See diary pages for forthcoming dates.

Live Jazz at The Boathouse on the 1st Saturday of every month.

Citizens Advice Bureau - Benefits Advice in Libraries (BAIL) and Debt and Money Service.
See details

Benefits Advice in Libraries (BAIL) Benefits specialist Sarah MacLean is available at Loch Leven Community Campus to provide advice on all benefit related issues. Alongside general benefits advice, Sarah can help with: completing forms (including online), conducting checks to see if clients are receiving everything they are entitled to, and providing advice and support where an application is refused or awarded at a lower level than expected. Sarah is available by appointment only. Appointments are usually offered on Wednesdays and Thursdays. To make an appointment, call 01738 450599 or email Andrew Scobie (benefits and debt administration) using the following: Andrew.Scobie@Perthcab.casonline.org.uk

SPARK - 2.
Are you an adult with a disability? Would you like there to be more for you to do in Kinross?
Come along on Thursdays, 1pm - 3pm. See poster for details.

Kinross "Stride for Life" Short walks every Monday
Meet 2pm at the Day Centre
A short led walk around the town or on the Heritage Trail ..... (more)

Kinross Recovery & Conversation Cafe.
This weekly group is for anyone with an interest in improving their wellbeing and needing support on their recovery journey from addiction or substance misuse. See poster for further information

Passing the Baton
Are you New to the area?
Would you like someone to talk to?
Someone to have a coffee with?
Help to feel less socially isolated?
Our befriending service matches volunteers with clients to help reduce loneliness, increase self esteem and community engagement.
See our poster for further details.

The Beacon. The Kinross Food Bank. Open every Tuesday and Thursday. 10 - 2. St Paul's Church. See poster for details.

Supporting local people with ethical finance
Perth and Kinross Credit Union (PKCU) is now open for business in Kinross. Looking for great value, ethical savings and loans?
PKCU will be open from 11am to 1pm every Tuesday in St Paul’s Church Hall. Visit the website. Read article

Time Bank come along to meet us at St. Paul's Episocoal Church Hall on at 12.30 - 1.30 pm on the second and forth Thursday of each month