It takes a village..

It most definitely does!

We’re sure that you will have heard the phrase before, usually referring to raising children.

It also depicts how the success of our community projects can only be achieved through the goodwill and support of everyone connected to our village, whether as a resident, visitor, business, or organisation.

It was disappointing to have to cancel our planned fundraising Race Night this week.

We have some amazing volunteers, and the generosity of local businesses always exceeds our expectations.  We couldn’t begin to achieve our aim of making Aviemore a better place to live without them and we know that the community is extremely grateful to them all.

Best laid plans

The need to raise funds to cover the costs of  Aviemore’s Community Winter Lights led our decision to hold the fundraising Race Night and following discussions with the venue, the Cairngorm Hotel here in Aviemore, we hoped the time was right. The plan was to repeat our very successful event held in 2019. What a fun night that was!

It turns out that unfortunately, it was too soon. The village were not ready to gather, and not enough people could be tempted to come out for a good night of fun and games, however good the cause. We had no other choice but to cancel our Race Night.

When we decided to hold the Race Night event, it was a risk, we knew that. We totally understand people’s feelings under the current climate. The ‘new norm’, as its being called, has had, and is continuing to have, an impact on individuals, families, businesses and organisations .

Plan B and C..

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