On Friday night, the 7th February 2025, Auchenblae Youth Club had the pleasure of hosting an evening dedicated to Auchenblae’s rich heritage. We had two wonderful guests: Dans Rous aka Community Dan from Ceangail and local historian, Jenny Thomson.
Jenny showed our young members her fascinating collecion of old photographs. Our members (over 20 of them were attending the presentation) were delighted to learn about their village’s past. They especially loved comparing old Auchenblae with present day Auchenblae. They tested their local knowledge by guessing when the landmarks had been built and how old the photgraphs were. Thank you to Jenny for taking the time to share her extensive knowledge of local history with the younger generation. It is genuinely appreciated by all of us at Auchenblae Youth Club.
Dan spoke of a great opportunity for young people to showcase Auchenblae’s landmarks on a website called https://my.scot/
The plaform has been created by young people for young people to showcase the best that Scotland has to offer. Dan ran a digital content creation community day on the Saturday where 12 young people were given an opportunity to take pictures and make videos of Auchenblae’s landmarks. The project is still ongoing. Thank you Dan for sharing your knowledge with our members, giving them the tools to make a positive difference in the community.
Youth club worker
We are excited to share an upcoming opportunity for young people to get involved in an engaging and creative community digital project as part of the Auchenblae Youth Club.
On Friday, 7th February, during our regular Youth Club session, we will host a fascinating talk on Auchenblae’s history and landmarks by local historian Jenny Thomson from 7.15-7.45pm. This is open to all members who wish to listen and learn more about the rich heritage of our local community.
The following day, on Saturday, 8th February, from 10:30 am to 4:30 pm, we will be running a special programme based at the church hall that focuses on local landmarks and buildings.
This exciting opportunity is part of a collaboration with Ceangail CIC, a Tourism and Events Social Enterprise, on the My Scotland project, a youth-focused tourism website created by young people, for young people.
If this project interests you, please sign up on KMYC.classforkids.io
Join Auchenblae Youth Club Online tonight at 7pm
Due to the adverse weather and challenging road and pavement conditions, we will be holding tonight’s Youth Club session online to ensure everyone’s safety and convenience.
We warmly invite our young members to join us for an engaging online session: Google Meet Link: https://meet.google.com/kvm-mqdr-qro
There will be: Exciting activities and a fun quiz Positive updates and news Planning our term trip to Dundee (options include tenpin bowling or escape rooms!)
We are inviting young people from Stonehaven Youth Club SYC to join us. Young people are welcome to participate actively or simply observe—there’s no pressure to have their cameras or microphones on if they’d prefer not to.
We’re looking forward to reconnecting with everyone digitally and having a great time together despite the weather.
Thank you for your support, and we hope to see your young person online tonight! Best regards, If you have any concerns contact Ginette 07484115226 on or Clare on 0779187896278962
Find out more about the 2025 Tall Ships Youth Opportunities
Hollie is coming to Auchenblae Youth Club this Friday to tell young people about the amazing Tall Ships opportunity.
Come along and meet Hollie, she will share exciting details of the voyages, what life is like onboard a tall ship, and all the amazing experiences in store for them (sailing with dolphins, magnificent sunsets, stargazing on an open sea!) she will answer questions and also stay to help young people with their application forms, if interested.
AYC welcomes any local young person aged 15-25yrs interested in the opportunity to pop in and meet Hollie, if they would like to know more about this chance of a lifetime.
Messenger December 2024
Dear All
Many thanks for your contributions
We have published a first edition today on the Auchenblae Noticeboard on Facebook and our own section here on The Blae.
If any more contributions come in we will publish a second edition later in the month
Many thanks to Kevin for his publishing work and for all our regular contributors and thanks to Jenny for hand delivering hard copied kindly produced by Macphies.
Have a good Christmas and all the best for the New Year
Keith and Christine
Cinema Today
Cinema
The Cinema will be up and running again from this Saturday and the last Saturday of every Month. We will be operating under a new licence system that means all screenings will now be FREE but we will no longer be able to advertise the forthcoming film to the general public. Please see the notice board in the Hall for details of upcoming films or join the film club to get details and notifications of upcoming films.
Gala Cinema Night
Due to licensing issues we won’t be able to show any Taylor Swift video content at tomorrow’s Gala Cinema night.
We apologise for this and will instead be showing.
Film for December the 2nd
This months film is Barbie the hugely successful highly acclaimed cultural phenomenon.
It’s a riotously entertaining candy-coloured feminist fable that manages simultaneously to celebrate, satirise and deconstruct its happy-plastic subject.
Come and see it in its full glory with our now upgraded surround sound and 4K projection system.
Up The Blae
The Great Auchenblae Paper Boat Race 2023
The Great Auchenblae Paper Boat Race is to be held on Sat May 27th 2023 during Auchenblae’s annual Gala Day . It is open to all entrants young and old, family teams etc and we hope it will add to the great family fun day that is Auchenblae Gala Day.
This year, the value of the prizes has risen to £200 in total and the entrance fee has dropped to £1.
The race will be run on the burn between the pavilion and the footbridge a course length of 90 metres. Races will be in heats of 5 boats with the winner going through to the next heat.
The number of entries is limited to 100. Please book in advance to ensure your place.
Boats are to be made of paper or card and can be a traditional folded paper boat or a sophisticated paper paddle steamer just as long as they meet the required build and size restriction outlined in the race rules.
Great Auchenblae Paper Boat Race rules
If you wish to enter please fill out the entrance form
Gala Band Night
Book your tickets here
Gala 2023
Cinema Club
We are very pleased to announce that the Cinema Club will start film Screenings again from the 29th of April. We are starting with the Empire of Light a wonderful film by Sam Mendes about the power of human connection during turbulent times, set in a cinema
Emergency Community Fund Applications
Auchenblae & District Community Association (ADCA) has received a request from the Parks Committee requesting that we consider an emergency application to the windfarm fund. A vital piece of equipment requires substantial repairs, without it the Golf Course cannot be maintained to an acceptable standard and without the income from the golf course, the Parks Committee will be forced to cease operations. Our community faces losing community amenities including our golf course, den, playgrounds, bowling green, tennis courts, pavilion, exercise equipment, football pitch and pump track.
ADCA still have a number of tasks to complete before we can re-open the normal Auchenblae Community Fund process to applications. We are making good progress with our review and with community support over the next few months, we intend to announce the re-opening the fund at the Auchenblae Gala 2023. We do not yet have a panel in place so cannot open the normal fund process quickly enough to help the Parks Committee now. Indeed, Auchenblae Community Fund Panel could not meet to consider one application without being grossly unfair to other eligible groups.
The panel was only set up to create arms-length decision making from ADCA so that ADCA could apply to the fund as well. The Mid Hill contract requires ADCA to consider all proposals submitted and to present all proposals to MHWL/Fred Olsen, specifying those we recommend for approval.
Please remember that the purpose of the fund is to benefit the residents of the area of Auchenblae – the best way to ensure that the benefit reaches our community as widely as possible is by supporting all our volunteer-led community groups, whilst respecting their autonomy and accepting that they know best what their group needs. The point is to say yes to as many projects as possible.
In the short time remaining until the fund re-opens, our committee has agreed to consider emergency applications from eligible groups who face closure in the short term (risking subsequent loss of community amenities). Please contact ADCA if your group wants to consider submitting an emergency application.
We have contacted MHWL/Fred Olsen to discuss our fund review progress and our interim plan and they are happy for us to proceed on this basis. We will directly contact known eligible groups to notify them of the situation.
In a process to be considered entirely separate from ‘Auchenblae Community Fund’, ADCA proposes to submit the Parks Committee emergency application to MHWL/Fred Olsen for approval. If you wish to comment or provide feedback on our proposal, please do so by 16/2/2023 via letter or email to auchenblaecommunityassociation@gmail.com
Yours Sincerely,
ADCA Committee
This years gala
It will be 4 years since the Gala Day was last held in the Den. But we hope that this year everything will be back to normal and we can have a fantastic fun filled day in the Den once more. The Auchenblae Community Association will be meeting on Jan 13th to finalise the arrangements for this year. We intend to have all the regular events and hopefully make this an extra special one. Also we will get to try out our new marquee that we bought at the start of covid due to a grant from the Tullo wind farm fund.
If you want to get involved or have any ideas you would like to be considered please contact the ACA at auchenblaecommunityassociation@gmail.com or leave a comment below.
The Great Auchenblae Paper Boat Race 2019
The Great Auchenblae Paper Boat Race is to be held on Sat May 25th 2019 during Auchenblae’s annual Gala Day following our fantastic inaugural race last year . It is open to all entrants young and old, family teams etc and we hope it will add to the great family fun day that is Auchenblae Gala Day.
The race will be run on the burn between the pavilion and the footbridge a course length of 90 metres. Races will be in heats of 5 boats with the winner going through to the next heat.
Boats are to be made of paper or card and can be a traditional folded paper boat or a sophisticated paper paddle steamer just as long as they meet the required build and size restriction outlined in the race rules.
Great Auchenblae Paper Boat Race rules
If you wish to enter please fill out the entrance form
The Great Auchenblae Paper Boat Race
The Great Auchenblae Paper Boat Race is to be held on Sat May 25th 2019 during Auchenblae’s annual Gala Day following our fantastic inaugural race last year . It is open to all entrants young and old, family teams etc and we hope it will add to the great family fun day that is Auchenblae Gala Day.
The race will be run on the burn between the pavilion and the footbridge a course length of 90 metres. Races will be in heats of 5 boats with the winner going through to the next heat.
Boats are to be made of paper or card and can be a traditional folded paper boat or a sophisticated paper paddle steamer just as long as they meet the required build and size restriction outlined in the race rules.
Great Auchenblae Paper Boat Race rules
If you wish to enter please fill out the entrance form
Cinema Screening for September 30th
This months cinema screening will include a Family Fun Matinee at 4.00pm doors 3.30pm see in hall for details.
The evening film is La La Land at 7.30pm doors 7.00pm
Cinema Screenings for February
Auchenblae Cinema Club Screenings for Sat 20th of Feb
Shaun the Sheep Movie
From Aardman, the creators of Wallace & Gromit and Chicken Run, comes the highly anticipated big screen debut of Shaun the Sheep. When Shaun decides to take the day off and have some fun, he gets a little more action than he baa-rgained for!
Screening time
15:00 – 16:30
KINGSMAN: THE SECRET SERVICE
Based upon the acclaimed comic book and directed by Matthew Vaughn (Kick Ass, X-Men First Class), the film tells the story of a suave, old-school British superspy who recruits an unrefined but promising street kid into his agency’s ultra-competitive training program .
Screening time
19:30 – 21:30
Tickets £5.00 and £3.00 available on the door